What are the responsibilities and job description for the Science Teacher - Part Time position at Maple Lake Academy?
WHO WE ARE
Maple Lake Academy is a residential treatment center for adolescents (boys and girls 13 to 18) on the autistic spectrum. Our students are high functioning dealing with deficits in social skills, life skills, inability to understand their own emotions or put their emotions into words. We provide a safe and nurturing home like environment for our students to learn skills that push them in the areas mentioned above. Our team works with our client population daily, hands on, and in one-on-one situations.
SUMARY
Empower students who experience Autism, ADHD and other learning differences to gain skills, learn about their strengths, understand what accommodations they need to be successful leading to improved independence and productivity. We expect our teachers to exhibit qualities of teamwork, accountability, flexibility and attentiveness. We are a small school setting grades 7-12 with students at different abilities. We are accredited by Cognia. Our mission is to help our students feel successful and find that learning can be fun and rewarding.
OUR STUDENTS
Our students come from a variety of backgrounds, but all are working on building stronger skills to thrive socially, academically, and within their families. As mentioned, our students are on the Autism Spectrum and may be working through anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, various non-verbal learning disorders, reactive-attachment, and a number of other challenges. Our students are bright with great potential to succeed far above the level of functioning they demonstrate before coming to Maple Lake. Because of our intensive clinical programming, verbal abilities of our boys and girls are of average ability or above. Maple Lake Academy offers a supportive environment for learning one success at a time, and includes structured individual, group, and family therapy, recreational therapy, an accredited secondary education program, an equine program, fine arts, and a variety of other activities.
Read more at https://www.maplelakeacademy.com/our-students/
Schedule
Part-Time
Monday - Friday 8am - 1pm
Year Round (ESY)
Education Requirements
- High School Diploma
- Additional College Degree is preferred
- Additional Special Education Mild/Moderate endorsement is preferred
Required Experience
- 1 - 2 Teaching experience
Minimum Requirements
- Ability to pass background check upon hire and complete all required company trainings
- Must be willing to give a 12-month commitment.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Teaching students
- Knowledge of a variety of teaching methods and willing to be creative with teaching
- Communication skills both written and verbal
- Plan and prioritize work.
- Prepared lesson plans
- Classroom management
- Adaptable to the variety of learning and emotional needs of students
- Basic word processing skills and the ability to use on-line programs
- Follow Utah core curriculum for subject area
- Classes planned and documented
- Lesson plans prepared and emailed to substitute teachers
- Provide opportunities in and outside the classrooms (experiential learning)
- Assist students in learning, provide accommodations, support individual learning
- Evaluation pre and post assessment results and modify instruction as necessary
- High level of self-awareness, and demonstrate ability to self-regulate in stressful situations
- Provide culturally competent services, and ongoing commitment to training and development in a timely manner as directed by the company
Technology Requirements
- Copy/Fax machine: Basic
- Computer Skills: Intermediate
- Microsoft 365: Intermediate
- Video Conferencing: Intermediate
- Active Board: Intermediate
Why MLA?
1. Opportunities to work with educational colleagues and to grow professionally
2. Exposure to working with a team comprised of Academic, Residential and Clinical departments
3. Competitive PTO program that accrues each pay period. Paid holidays
4. Two weeks break winter break, spring break, Thanksgiving break. Not a part of the PTO program
5. 10 days during summer after one year of employment. Days to be taken between April and October. Not a part of the PTO program
6. Health and Dental benefits
7. Complete and Comprehensive Administrative Support
8. Part of a Professional Learning Community with a culture of feedback, inclusion, and professional growth
9. 8 hours of planning time per week
10. Small class sizes
Benefits:
- Opportunities to work with educational colleagues and to grow professionally
- Exposure to working with a team comprised of Academic, Residential and Clinical departments
- Complete and Comprehensive Administrative Support
- Small class sizes
- Break at winter, spring break, Thanksgiving break
- Part of a Professional Learning Community with a culture of feedback, inclusion, and professional growth
Position Relationships
- Supervised by: Academic Program Manager
- Interpersonal Relationships/ Personal Contacts: Academic Team, Residential Employees, Clinical Staff
THE MAPLE LAKE ACADEMY TEAM
Being part of the MLA team, you'll work with a talented group of mentors and professionals who are first and foremost dedicated to the well-being of our clients. You will receive both structured and on-the-job training, and have opportunities to learn about our Attachment Theory approach to care, where the focus is always on building trusting and safe relationships. We value our employees and do our best to create a rewarding and appreciative environment.
An ATTACHMENT Approach
Most youth residential treatment programs use a behavioral approach to therapeutic and residential support, but we set ourselves apart for our students by using an attachment-based approach. Everything we do is through the lens of attachment theory. As a member of the MLA team, you'll get great training in attachment styles, and how to best help teens in our program to build healthy relationships with themselves, their peers, and caregivers. Additionally, we focus on helping students identify the core issues behind their behaviors and thoughts, and then how to address those core needs. We seek to create a safe environment for students and employees to learn, grow, develop, explore, make mistakes, and build lasting impactful relationships with those around them.
Communication- Collaboration, organization, documentation via email, text, phone calls etc. When communicating will avoid sharing confidential information and will maintain professionalism with assignments and responsibilities. HIPAA compliant.
Time off- Request time off from direct supervisor.
Decision-making skills. Teachers must be able to balance the strengths and weaknesses of different options and decide the best decision. Many decisions have a significant impact on students.
Interpersonal skills. Teachers need strong interpersonal skills because they regularly interact with people. They will often collaborate on teams and must develop positive working relationships with their co-workers.
Leadership skills. Teachers must be able to direct/lead the residential staff and team and oversee the implementation of therapeutic interventions for their students. They must coordinate and communicate well.
Organizational skills. Organizational skills are essential for teachers. They must be able to manage several students through-out the week and prioritize tasks. Maintain close communication with the team, and the clients they work with giving pertinent and important information that helps each family to move forward in the therapeutic process.
Speaking skills. Teachers rely on speaking skills to give presentations, teach, and direct classroom instruction. They must clearly communicate information and instructions to the staff and other employees who are helping them in their classroom. Must exhibit confidence and have the ability to encourage others. Teachers must understand how to communicate and work with the clients/families they serve, especially in difficult situations.
***Interested applicants should apply to this posting, and you can expect an immediate email notification upon receipt of your application. A manager will reach out to candidates who appear to meet our needs within a few business days. If you don't see any emails come through upon submitting the application, or are awaiting a response from the manager, check your SPAM folder. Sometimes emails from our application system get sent there.