Purpose of Position: Provide educational program to residents of the Residential Treatment Center as per State Education Department guidelines.
Specific Responsibilities
- Implement school policies and procedures, maintaining compliance with Federal, State and local regulations
- Instruct and monitor teachers and classroom staff on applicable classroom regulatory requirements and compliance issues
- Monitor implementation of school policies/procedures.
- Attend scheduled meetings and any meetings as directed by the Principal
- Maintain on-going communication within the program and to the RTC, as necessary
Personnel
- Interview and recommend for hiring-teachers, teacher assistants and classroom aides
- Assist in conducting orientation of staff to school and agency policies and procedures
- Write performance evaluations on teaching assistants and classroom aides with input from classroom teachers.
- Provide ongoing training and support to staff regarding behavior management and educational programming
- Provide ongoing support to educational staff
- Conduct informal classroom observations; provide feedback and recommendations to teachers and classroom staff on their performance
- Maintain oversight of staff certifications and ensure scheduled mentoring for certification, as necessary
Programming
- Instruct teachers in development of daily classroom schedule and monitor adherence to schedules
- Review Educational Evaluations to ensure thorough and descriptive depiction of students’ strengths and needs in order to facilitate academic progress
- Supervise teachers, teaching assistants and classroom aides on developing and consistently implementing individualized behavior management programs and PBIS for each student
- Supervise and train crisis intervention staff. Monitor crisis intervention techniques utilized; conduct team review and provide feedback, oversee revisions of plan as appropriate to situation
- Supervise teachers in implementing functional educational programming consistent with NYS Common Core Learning Standards; ensuring lesson planning is completed and submitted in a timely manner. Periodic review of classroom program books; ensuring progress and needs toward meeting IEP goals is evident
- Assist in the development of the vocational and pre-vocational programs
- Supervise programs and the integration of lesson plans/ IEP goal objectives during specials
- Assist in programming, staffing and class recreational/educational outings during the six-week summer program
- Ensure teacher access to lesson planning materials remains current including internet and print subscriptions
- Ensure materials are accessible for daily programming, requesting order as necessary, including but not limited to; staff protective equipment, student safety and sensory equipment
Other Duties
- Oversee staffing schedule and student attendance on a daily basis
- Assist in the completion and of staff probationary and yearly evaluations
- Supervise student arrival and dismissal daily
- Maintain meeting book including sign-in sheets and minutes
- Coordinate various schedules throughout the school year, including but not limited to; multipurpose room, event transportation, class trips, RTC daily unit coverage
Qualifications
- NYS SBL certification, Master’s degree, experience with population
Relationship with others
- Work closely with all members of the Tyree Learning Center and RTC to provide comprehensive educational program to all students.
- In addition, employees need to possess the following characteristics:
- Team player within program and with RTC, support staff and families
- Strong sensitivity to cultural differences
- Strong belief in child’s ability to progress
- Ability to maintain respectful partnership with students, staff and families
- Ability to set limits and intervene appropriately to maximize learning environment
Working Conditions
- Article 81 school serving MD students ages 5-21on campus of Robert J. McMahon Children’s Center.
