The Pathway School (www.pathwayschool.org) is currently at its highest level of enrollment ever! We have been developing and implementing innovative, quality programs and services that enrich the lives of children and young adults with special needs for more than 60 years. Throughout all this growth, the school’s mission has remained the same: to build academic, social and life skills in students with special needs to promote their success and independence after Pathway. We have always applied a wholistic approach to our students, with a full-time interdisciplinary clinical/education team, that meets the needs of our student's based on their individual need. Our classroom ratios are small. Every classroom has a Teacher and an Instructional Coordinator. We are big on technology - check out our Innovation Center on our Website.
Position: Emotional Teacher - Lower School Program
Position Schedule: 10 month schedule; Monday thru Friday; 7 hours per day
Qualifications:
Education: Master’s Degree in Special Education strongly preferred.
Certification: Must have Pennsylvania Special Education Certification. Must have Elementary Education Certification in the State of Pennsylvania. Certification in an area of behavior management a plus.
Experience: A minimum of 2 years of experience working with and supervising paraprofessional staff. A minimum 2 years of experience teaching students with significant social and emotional needs required.
PROFESSIONAL DUTIES:
- Develops an individualized education plan (IEP) based on each student’s current education needs. Ensures the IEP is implemented with integrity, revises plan when required and in accordance with regulations.
- Requests further educational assessment information when needed from educational specialists or consultative assistance from related services and support staff. We have an impressive clinical team.
- Provides individual assistance and direction to students in learning, counseling, and classroom management situations.
- Maintains assessment and evaluation information and a current copy of the IEP for each assigned student in classroom files for use in planning instruction.
- Shares IEP information with Instructional Coordinator(s) and/or 1:1 staff; makes certain that said staff clearly understands their IEP responsibilities; maintains appropriate documentation.
- Prepares classroom lesson plans, which clearly take into account student differences.
- Instructs assigned students according to the established IEP goals, designated objectives and Pennsylvania curriculum guidelines.
- Maintains appropriate classroom discipline.
- Monitors student progress on IEP goals and maintains a record of each student’s instruction, including IEP objectives mastered.
- Collects and maintains all appropriately student data as directed by his/her supervisor.
- Prepares, plans, and implements a therapeutic classroom.
- Participates in daily debriefing and planning with related service providers, instructional coordinator to include IEP team meeting and interagency meetings.
- Prepares for and contributes to student team meetings, parent-team conferences and IEP planning meetings.
- Participates in ongoing staff development training programs.
- Writes student progress reports.
- Requisitions textbooks, instructional materials and supplies as needed through established procedures.
- Contributes to in-service education programs at the request of an Educational Supervisor and/or the Educational Director.
- Participates in the development of curriculum, instructional materials and techniques.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $58,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
