Teacher - Behavioral Health
Village Behavioral Health is a leading provider of residential treatment to adolescents struggling with a mental health and/or substance abuse history.
Village Behavioral Health is currently recruiting for a certified teacher.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in education or related field which is eligible for teacher certification or license.
- Current certification or teaching license required.
- Prefer one year experience working with population of the facility.
- Must be knowledgeable of the developmental stages and behaviors for age group of person(s) receiving services.
- Excellent written, verbal, and oral skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Basic computer knowledge.
Essential Duties:
- Identify the educational needs of person(s) receiving services, develop formal educational plan or program to meet those needs.
- Create lesson plans to teach a subject(s) and teach person(s) receiving services how to study or communicate with others.
- Observe person(s) receiving services to evaluate their educational abilities, strengths and weaknesses, working with them to improve their abilities and work on their weaknesses.
- Teach and mentor person(s) receiving services as a class, in small groups or one-on-one.
- Communicate with family members, counselors, administrators and other teachers on progress.
- Work with person(s) receiving services individually to help overcome specific learning challenges, prepare person(s) receiving services for standardized tests, as required by state.
- Document educational plans, goals and progress, as required by the facility and the state where the facility is located.
- Supervise classroom and maintain a positive environment for learning.
- Develop and enforce classroom rules and administrative policies.
- Supervise students outside of the classroom setting, such as at lunch time or during detention.
- Adhere to treatment plans and participate in treatment team meetings as requested.