INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM LEADER

Do you want to help improve the lives of at-risk youth in your community?

 Do you want to join a team of people who are hard-working and want to help others?

 Do you want to build a career while making a difference in the world?

 If this sounds like you, let’s talk!  We’re looking for an Instructional Team Leader at Western Secure Treatment Unit, 12 Dakota Drive, Emlenton, PA . Our employees are dedicated and passionate individuals that are committed to inspiring positive change in the lives of youth. Joining our team is more than just a job, it’s an opportunity to create a meaningful career with a company driven by its powerful mission to make a difference.

 Rite of Passage is a leading national provider of programs and opportunities for troubled and at-risk youth from social services, welfare agencies and juvenile courts. With an emphasis on evidence-based practices and positive skill development, combined with our supportive and therapeutic approach, our organization is respected by industry experts as a highly effective solution for our youth. Since 1984, over 25,000 youths have entered and completed our programs. ROP has built its reputation on running life-changing educational treatment programs that positively contribute to the community.

  What you’ll do:

• Collect and submit education KPI data.
• Facilitate and organize education activities.
• Attend school leadership meetings and disseminate information across departments.
• Identify staffing and classroom coverage in the absence of the educator.
• Responsible education compliance.
• Draft and submit reports for external and internal customers.
• Represent education in MDT, leadership meetings, etc.
• Coach teachers on instructional delivery, academic rigor, etc.
• Support and be a resource for ROP education initiatives at the site.
• Implements the Clinical Supervision of Instruction and the effective delivery of Target Teaching.
• Evaluates educational staff on the delivery of instruction and student assessment.
• Manages the special education process and staff to ensure compliance.
• Supports the site’s Professional Learning Community process by consistently communicating relevant information, leading the process and preparing for PLC activities.
• Implements the Educational Advocacy process; ensures that all students have a PLP, Post Secondary Plan, teachers are tracking, monitoring and reporting PLP progress and there is a consistency in Educational Advocacy procedures.
• When responsible for CTE staff, evaluates vocational programs, supervises instructors and implements vocational programming that aligns with current Career and Technical Educational programs.
• Coordinates staff days off and collaborates with Group Living to ensure classroom coverage and/or arranges for a substitute.

 **NOTE: this is a year round school operating on a rolling enrollment basis. Intersession breaks are scheduled quarterly*** 

 To be considered, you should: 

• Be empathetic, patient, and treat others with respect.
• Possess a current State teaching credential from the state in which employed.
• Successful administrative experience in developing curriculum, fostering a healthy work environment to stimulate a positive and productive workplace.

• Demonstrated ability to effectively supervise education staff and projects.

• Have 3 or more years successful classroom teaching experience.

• Have related experience working with at-risk youth
• Be able to pass a criminal background check, drug screen, physical, and TB test.

 The Perks: 

• Eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance after 30 days of employment.
• Choice of supplemental benefits, including Short Term Disability and Life Insurance.
• Eligible for 100% 401k match of up to 6% of your salary after 1 year of employment.
• Paid Time Off that can be used as soon as it accrues.
• Free Meals on shift.
• Employee incentives including On-The-Spot Bonuses, Rams Bucks, and Longevity Awards.
• Growth opportunities nationwide – we have 60 programs in 18 states!
• Tuition Assistance.

Apply today and help us make a difference!