TEACHER - ACADEMIC

Mountain Youth Academy (a UHS company) is seeking a Teacher (Licensed) to join our growing team! Come make a difference in the life of a child and love what you do!!

***This role requires a successful background check, fingerprinting and employment verification***

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.

https://mountainyouthacademy.net/

Position Summary:

This position is responsible for planning and providing instruction for students assigned to his/her classroom. He/She 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. He/She must maintain ongoing communication with the families and involved agencies for each student. Work with TACF administrator to ensure all grant requirements are met on a monthly and yearly basis

JOB REQUIREMENTS: (include, but are not limited to, the following)

• Administers and interprets informal educational assessments as assigned in order to plan each patient's educational program
  
• Administers formal educational assessments as assigned in order to plan for IEP.
  
• Must provide individualized instruction for all patients 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 patient as requested.
  
• Writes monthly academic and behavioral progress notes for each patient.
  

Benefit Highlights:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300 Subsidiaries!
• Free Meals
• Attendance Incentives
• Shift Differential Pay
• Tuition Reimbursement

For a full preview of benefits, please visit UHS Benefits Service Center (ehr.com)

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America's Largest Public Companies. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

JOB REQUIREMENTS/SPECIAL SKILLS:

• BA required Master preferred
• Must hold a valid Tennessee Teaching License or be Permit Eligable
• 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.

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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