Special Education Teacher

Job Title

Newport News Behavioral Health Center is a 108 bed intensive and highly structured residential treatment for psychiatric and behavioral health needs of adolescent males and females ages 11-18yrs. Newport News, VA is a beautiful seaside city, rich in maritime history and conveniently located to DC and other major North Eastern cities.

Position Summary

This position is responsible for planning and providing instruction of students assigned to classrooms. He/She participates in departmental meetings, completes paperwork pertaining to assessment, individualized education plans, monitoring student progress, reporting student progress, and transition planning as related to each student's educational needs. Provides education case management for students assigned to classrooms. He/She must maintain ongoing communication with the facility staff, families, and each student's agency stakeholder.

Primary Duties

• Administers and interprets informal educational assessments within 5 days of admission to plan each student's educational program.
• Reviews records and information received from the student's home school to plan the educational program.
• Contacts parents/guardians and home school system to get further input on student's educational needs.
• Participates in development and implementation of IEPs for students identified for Special Education services.
• Participates with parents and local education agency representatives in IEP meetings; maintains required documentation of assigned caseload in student files.
• Must provide individualized instruction for all students assigned to classroom and provide necessary accommodation as prescribed by the IEP as evidenced by lesson plan submitted to lead teacher as required or requested.
• Maintains working knowledge and active practice of evolving educational and behavioral strategies for working with students in a mental health setting.
• Writes monthly academic and behavioral progress notes for each student.
• Evaluates student work and completes report cards, including student goal progress reports according to school calendar, for distribution to the appropriate parties.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Must hold a valid Virginia Teaching License in Special Education, including K-12 SPED General Curriculum. Dual endorsement in any General Education area is preferred of SPED certified applicants but is not required. Teachers must be Virginia DOE certified or license eligible, may have a Bachelor's Degree in a related field and be actively enrolled in a state approved licensure program for Special Education, may have already taught between one and two years on a provisional Virginia Teaching License in K-12 SPED General Curriculum, or be able to demonstrate an achievable path to coursework completion for license eligibility prior to expiration of a 5-year provisional teaching license. Must have a good working knowledge of Virginia Special Education regulations and behavior management techniques. Previous classroom experience in a mental health setting and/or with children who have emotional and behavioral disorders is preferred but not required.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.