What are the responsibilities and job description for the Special Education Teacher position at Third Way Center?
Description
Third Way Center's Joan Farley Academy is looking for a full time credentialed CDE Special Education Teacher to work as a member of our team working with our high risk youth ages 13-20. We are looking for a creative and dynamic set of people who like to be challenged and seek to learn and better themselves professionally and personally. Strong classroom management skills needed. The teacher will be required to maintain high expectations for student achievement in an alternative high school setting. Our mission is to provide a continuum of services where at-risk youth can work through their traumas and learn to take responsibility for their actions and lives to become productive members of society.
Our teachers are active members of the school and treatment team that carry out our programmatic goals as well as work with the youth on their own educational goals.
Responsibilities Are
Qualifications
Requirements: Bachelors or Masters degree from an accredited college or university in a field of study related to the work assignment, along with a valid Colorado Initial or Professional Secondary Teacher license with an endorsement in SPED from CDE. The candidate must also possess a current valid Colorado driver's license, have a clean driving record(no DUI/DWAI in the last five years) and criminal record, be at least 22 years of age and be able to obtain QMAP, and CPR/First Aid certification. Additionally, the candidate must pass an extensive background and DMV check. We follow Federal Drug Screening laws.
Third Way Center's Joan Farley Academy is looking for a full time credentialed CDE Special Education Teacher to work as a member of our team working with our high risk youth ages 13-20. We are looking for a creative and dynamic set of people who like to be challenged and seek to learn and better themselves professionally and personally. Strong classroom management skills needed. The teacher will be required to maintain high expectations for student achievement in an alternative high school setting. Our mission is to provide a continuum of services where at-risk youth can work through their traumas and learn to take responsibility for their actions and lives to become productive members of society.
Our teachers are active members of the school and treatment team that carry out our programmatic goals as well as work with the youth on their own educational goals.
Responsibilities Are
- Classroom management including counseling and crisis intervention when needed
- Knowledge of the histories and IEP's for all youth in order to give individualized care
- Teaching the youth different skills based on their current abilities in order to enhance their opportunity for normalization and self determination
- Ability to work as a team and take direction utilizing student's needs is a must
- Complete IEPs and run IEP meetings for homeroom students
Qualifications
Requirements: Bachelors or Masters degree from an accredited college or university in a field of study related to the work assignment, along with a valid Colorado Initial or Professional Secondary Teacher license with an endorsement in SPED from CDE. The candidate must also possess a current valid Colorado driver's license, have a clean driving record(no DUI/DWAI in the last five years) and criminal record, be at least 22 years of age and be able to obtain QMAP, and CPR/First Aid certification. Additionally, the candidate must pass an extensive background and DMV check. We follow Federal Drug Screening laws.