Special Education Multi-Intensive Center Director (2021-2022

Company: STRIVE Prep Schools
Location: Denver
Posted on: February 23, 2021

Job Description:

Special Education Multi-Intensive Center Director (2021-2022) Special Education and Student Services STRIVE Prep - Ruby Hill, Denver 2021-2022 School Year POSITION DESCRIPTION

Note: This application is only open to those with a current Special Education Teaching license and 2+ year of K-12 lead teaching experience. Position: Multi-Intensive (MI) Center Director
Reports to: Assistant Principal of Student Services
Location: STRIVE Prep- Ruby Hill
Salary: $50,000 - $60,000* STRIVE Prep is a Denver-based community of public charter schools that challenges every student to strive for college and thrive throughout life by helping them to discover and develop the knowledge, skills and confidence necessary to succeed in college and beyond. We encourage you to read our 2020 Impact Report and learn more about what a career at STRIVE Prep is like here .-- We seek dedicated educators that live STRIVE Prep's core values every day: Core Beliefs - Achievement--

• Commitment 1: I commit to celebrating academic and personal success for all.
• Commitment 2: I commit to holding myself and others accountable to high expectations.
• Commitment 3: I commit to bringing passion and joy to my work. Core Beliefs - Justice--
  • Commitment 1: I commit to intentionally disrupt inequity, bias, and systems of oppression.
  • Commitment 2: I commit to creating an environment of safe body, mind, and heart.
  • Commitment 3: I commit to building a community where each person can bring their full, authentic self. Core Beliefs - Perseverance
    • Commitment 1: I commit to the belief that we grow and get smarter through effort and by making mistakes.
    • Commitment 2: I commit to showing up Con Ganas, where we never give up even when the work is hard.
    • Commitment 3: I commit to showing up with integrity and doing the right thing even when the road is tough.-- ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
      Instruction
      • Provides instruction and services for students who frequently present with multiple disabilities. Curriculum emphasis is-- in the domain areas of basic skills and concepts (including functional academics), recreation and leisure, community, vocational and skill development. Motor, communication and social skills are infused throughout all areas.
      • Managing and leading a team of paraprofessionals in providing one-on-one instructional and behavioral support to center students, including teaching social and adaptive skills, providing small group or one-on-one academic instruction, and pushing-in and supporting students in a general education setting, as needed.
      • Work closely with district support staff and managing DPS transportation services.
      • Collaborate with school leadership, teachers, paraprofessionals, and the special education team to ensure that instruction is always meeting the needs of all learners, including supporting student inclusion in general education classrooms and supporting the team in tracking students on their Individualized Education Plan (IEP) goals on a daily basis.
      • Collect and use data to track student growth, and create or modify student IEPs.
      • Provide fair, accurate, and constructive feedback to students on their progress.
      • Build relationships with students and families through consistent partnership and communication.
      • Work in collaboration with para-educators to support students in daily living activities including feeding, toileting, communication, movement, etc.
      • Collaborate with multiple staffing team members to ensure all services are being provided to each student. Culture:
        • Refer to students using first-person language (i.e. "Josue is a student with autism" not "Josue is an autistic student).
        • Actively listen to all directions given in the classroom and be ready to repeat these instructions to students multiple times, if necessary.
        • Attend students' lunchtime when possible in order to build relationships outside of the learning environment.
        • Provide supervision of students during both lunch and recess activities.
        • Communicate regularly and often with families to both solicit their input and share student social and academic progress. Development:
          • Attend and participate in weekly staff and grade level meetings.
          • Participate in regular instructional coaching meetings and content-based department meetings.
          • Participate in STRIVE Prep's Summer Training Institute as well as professional development throughout the school year. REQUIREMENTS
            • Bachelor of Arts or Sciences degree
            • Two years of SpEd teaching experience
            • A current Special Education Teaching License PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS
              • Strong understanding of instructional strategies to support Emergent Bilinguals / Language Learners--
              • Experience working with historically marginalized communities in any setting
              • Strong understanding of achieving academic excellence through culturally responsive teaching and critical pedagogy framework COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
                • *Competitive base compensation based on years of K-12 teacher of record experience and other relevant factors allowable by Colorado law and STRIVE Prep policy.--
                • Health benefits (eligibility for full-time employees only)
                • 100% employer-paid premium for employee-only medical coverage--
                • Vision
                • Company Paid Employee Life Insurance
                • Voluntary Life (Employee, Spouse, Child)
                • Voluntary Critical Illness & Accidental Coverage--
                • Applicable Pay for Performance increase upon successful completion of a full school year
                • Time off benefits (eligibility for full-time employees only)
                • Paid Time Off (PTO)
                • Paid Designated Breaks
                • Up to 6 weeks of paid Family Leave (upon eligibility)
                • Paid Sabbatical (upon eligibility)-- -- --EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION STRIVE Prep is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. STRIVE Prep works to make a college preparatory education for all students in our community the norm, rather than the exception. To achieve this we are committed to building and sustaining a diverse team by maintaining hiring and recruiting processes that are free from bias.
                  
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