INSTRUCTOR/EDUCATOR: RTI SERVICES

Mountain Youth Academy (a UHS company) is seeking a RTI Educational teacher to join our current education team.  

Mountain Youth Academy is centrally located near Johnson City, TN, Boone, NC, and Abingdon, VA. We are a 120-bed residential treatment facility and assist in the  evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of behavioral health issues for our young adolescent patients.  Our in-house school is licensed as a non-public school by the State of Tennessee.

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position is responsible for planning and providing instruction for students in need of RTI services.  Participates in departmental meetings and completes paperwork pertaining to assessment, individualized education plans, monitoring student progress, write lesson plans that reflect instruction goals that support the state standards for student’s grade level and/or IEP goals, report student progress, and transition planning as related to each student’s educational needs.  Provides education case management for students assigned to his/her classroom.  Must maintain ongoing communication with the families and involved agencies for each student. 

Duties include but are not limited to:         

• Maintain attendance and intervention logs for each student receiving intervention
• Collaborate with teachers on which students need interventions and areas of need
• Perform diagnostic testing every two weeks for students receiving interventions
• Complete ROI and GAP analysis worksheets for each student based on diagnostic scores
• Must provide individualized instruction for all students assigned to classroom and provide necessary accommodations as prescribed by the IEP as evidenced by lesson plan submitted to Director of Education on a weekly basis.
• Provides educational and behavioral strategies for working with student as
• Implements Casey Life Skills curriculum with
• Writes monthly academic and behavioral progress notes for each
• Maintains student records in accordance with Tennessee 

About UHS

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, our annual revenues were $11.4 billion in 2019. In 2020, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; in 2019, ranked #293 on the Fortune 500; and in 2017, listed #275 in Forbes inaugural ranking of America’s Top 500 Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has more than 90,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care hospitals, 328 behavioral health facilities, 42 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network, and various related services located in 37 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and  the United Kingdom.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates.  UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

Must hold a valid Tennessee Teaching License.   Must have a good working knowledge of Tennessee Special Education regulations, IEP development and behavior management techniques.  Previous classroom experience in a mental health setting is preferred.

Salary : $11