Summer School Teacher, Part-time

Part-time, Summer School Teacher

The teaching position is a summer position at the Center to keep structure in the children's day and help them to maintain the progress made during the regular school year. The position is responsible for planning, coordinating and facilitating a summer school program for 8 weeks during the summer months. This position reports directly to the Clinical Director.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Responsible for ongoing compliance with agency, division and facility policies and procedures.
• Follows the directives of the Clinical Director.
• Completes daily teaching plans to facilitate smooth operation of the school day.
• Teaches half day of school for 8 weeks during the summer months using hands on activities to support the academic progress made during the school year and reinforce life skills.
• Develops an overall summer school plan that includes, themes, speakers, field trips, etc prior to the start of the summer school classrooms convening.
• Plans, coordinates and conducts a variety of individual and group activities within the school day to support the growth of each child.
• Responsible for documenting on the school progress report weekly for the child's medical record with notes reflective of the children's response to the program.
• Completes a 2 day orientation to be arranged by the Clinical Director.
• Meets weekly with the Clinical Director or more often as needed to make sure plans are in place, help is secured for special programs and resources are available to carry the program out.
• Facilitates teamwork among other departments working closely with Nursing Services who provides support staff in the school setting.
• Evaluates academic skills.

Job Requirements:

• Strongly collaborative leadership skills
• Ability to communicate complex issues in a clear and concise manner
• Organizational ability to plan, form and execute programs and policies
• Ability to self direct initiate change as needed
• Effective problem solving and analytical skills
• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree with special education endorsement

Supervisory Responsibilities/Direct Reports: None

Difficulty of Work: Incumbent will need to maintain a safe, educational environment for all children.

Responsibility: Personal Work Relationships: Will need to be collaborative with all other disciplines working with the team.

Physical Effort: Lots of moving around to accommodate each child's needs in the classroom.

Working Conditions: Incumbent will be in classroom setting for the most part and will always have Center staff there for support. There will be some field trips where this position will be working with other Center staff to monitor/supervise children off grounds.