Math Teacher - Alternative Learning

WHY LARAWAY? When we ask our current team members why they stay at Laraway, these are the most common answers we hear: > Support, support, support! The amount of support we receive is unprecedented. > Generous and thoughtful benefits to take care of me and my family > Paychecks throughout the year so we don't have to struggle during gaps > Time with my supervisor is prioritized - a minimum of 1 hour every week for YOU > LARAWAY CARES ABOUT ME! Job Summary: The Math Teacher will provide instruction in content areas, utilizing best practices in assessment and instruction. This position serves at-risk youth with behavioral and therapeutic treatment plans. Essential Duties: Administrative/Educational: - Develop and deliver classroom and field based curriculum, based on current best practices utilizing a variety of medium including technology, project based learning, differentiated instruction and the concepts of universal designs for learning. - Responsible for developing and maintaining current substitute plans. - Provides daily leadership, support and direction to home room staff and students. - Creates and maintains daily, weekly and quarterly plans and schedules. - Collaborates and team teaches academic and therapeutic strength based activities from beginning to end of day. - Evaluates student progress, records results, and prepares grades and commentary to inform guardians of progress; participates in statewide and formal assessments as required. - Reviews student file for familiarity with Individualized Education Plans, learning abilities and other possible disabilities. Implements accommodations and goals from Individualized Educational Plans and Comprehensive Evaluations. - Collaborates with other staff to meet academic and treatment needs of students. - May design, implement and coordinate individualized learning plans based on student needs and interests - Leads and/or collaborates with others to support and deliver school wide cornerstone curriculum activities, developing related curriculum strands for students. - Participates in student team meetings to update team on academic progress, as requested. - Actively participates in Laraway School and agency meetings, trainings, events, etc. - Completes all related program specific, agency related and regulatory paperwork in an accurate and timely manner. - Builds and maintains professional relationships and appropriate boundaries with staff, clients and community. Academic, Therapeutic, and Behavior Services: - Strive at all times to foster a positive approach to problem solving and maintain a positive environment. - Model and utilize best practices in education and special education when working one-on-one or in small groups. - Develop and maintain trauma informed best practices: connection, building relationships, naming emotions, co-regulation, empathy, acceptance, congruence, presence, and attunement. Maintain awareness of own affect, posture, body language, and complexity and tone of language. Staff should be comfortable asking for a break and peers comfortable subbing staff out and letting staff know they can step in and give a break. - Participate in on going evaluations and reviews of Individual Plan of Care (IPC), Individual Education Plan, and Behavior Plans and support student in understanding of these plans and supports. - Become familiar with students’ academic abilities and disabilities, treatment needs and behavior plans in accordance with their Individual Education and Treatment Plan. - Track and report student progress and staff interventions toward treatment goals using daily data sheets, daily CERT (Concurrent Education Rehabilitation and Treatment notes, daily communication with peers and leaders, SIR’s (Serious Incident Reports), and in team and treatment meetings. - Engage with youth using replacement behaviors, sensory breaks while maintaining calm body, calm voice. - Support students throughout the day with behavioral situations and academic tasks both on and off campus. o Anticipate behavior, recognize the need for therapeutic intervention and implement strategies per individualized plan. o Maintain focus on the student at all times and engage to support student’s emotional and academic needs. o Monitor student behavior per student plan and ensure the safety and wellbeing of students at all times o Implement safety strategies, calming activities, sensory and/or redirection to positive activity, safe space, environmental changes, change of staff (if possible), seek support of others as needed. Utilize staff, systems, and physical area as de-escalation, redirection, and upregulating and or down regulating: art room, projects, walking or working outside, swing sets, music room etc. This position requires using therapeutic communication, experiential learning and strength based strategies to provide opportunities for youth to make positive choices, gain self-confidence, advance their academic skills and learn skills critical to their lifelong development. A strong sense of professionalism is required. The person shall present themselves as a strong role model for children and adolescents and demonstrate management and supervision of students in accordance with program policies, philosophies and mission. Must maintain confidentiality and privacy of those seeking services, with peers, on and off site, and in all forms of communication.

Salary : $39,532 - $64,079