SUMMARY: Lead an innovative team of educators supporting students with special needs. To meet the needs of students with complex learning and developmental needs, Lewiston Schools has established a multidisciplinary intensive education program designed to support students with individualized programming.
This role is designed to boost instructional practices, and maintain the programmatic structures including TCIS for all Day Treatment classrooms. Leads will help to support a flexible class environment favorable to learning and personal independence; to establish meaningful social interaction with peers; to motivate students to strengthen social, executive functioning, de-escalation, and foundational learning skills needed for success in their education. This role offers many opportunities for team collaboration and family outreach in order to best help students generalize their learning across settings. This role is the lead for day to day operations of the school based day treatment program.
Salary Range: $ 70,000 - 95,000
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Other duties may be assigned.
- Assesses and evaluates the accomplishments of students’ academic and social growth using standardized and curriculum-based measures, paired with on-going data collection and analysis.
- Assists with the development of lesson plans and instructional material, and supports implementation strategies so students can access curriculum.
- Communicates regularly with parents in monthly student meetings as well as newsletters, notes, phone calls, etc.
- Creates a learning environment that encourages student independence using evidenced based practice and data-based decision making.
- Leads a team of Teachers, Ed. Techs/BHPs:
- Providing coaching and modeling around classroom and individualized programming.
- Coordinating schedules within and across days.
- Works with a multidisciplinary team to collaboratively design individualized supports.
- Monitors compliance with assessment, progress monitoring and IEP reporting standards.
- Serves as a liaison between programming and building administration.
- Attains and maintains train the trainer level TCIS certification and conducts training.
- Other tasks as assigned.
COURSE OF YEAR & SCHEDULE:
This is a full time role working a program-specific calendar aligned to Lewiston Public School’s academic year and summer programming/training with expected 230 work days.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Supervises classroom and students and volunteers with assistance, advice and support from administration.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's degree. Current Teaching Certificate preferred. If current certification is not held, a plan for obtaining one may be required.
OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES, PHYSICAL DEMANDS and WORK ENVIRONMENT:
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and talk or hear and sometimes walk and sit. Occasionally the employee will bend or twist at the neck more than the average person While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 25 lbs such as boxes of books and AV/VCR carts. The employee is directly responsible for safety, well-being, or work output of other people.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, and the ability to adjust focus. The position requires the individual to meet multiple demands from several people and interact with the public and other staff.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
Lewiston Public Schools provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.