Cte Teacher

**Responsibilities**:
**Liberty Point Behavioral Healthcare **is actively seeking a certified Career & Technical Education (CTE) Teacher in our on-campus school, **Liberty Point Academy.**

**$2,000.00 sign-on bonus **This opportunity is full-time and offers full benefits, generous paid time off, and competitive pay.**

**Liberty Point Behavioral Healthcare** is located in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley - a region best known for its natural beauty - in the charming city of **Staunton, Virginia**. We provide trauma-informed psychiatric residential treatment to adolescent males who are experiencing complex emotional, behavioral, and educational difficulties. Our programs are specifically designed for youth with psychiatric disorders and co-occurring intellectual disabilities. We also specialize in working with young men who are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. We are a 42-bed facility with a program that prepares these young men for return to a home, a less restrictive environment, or to independent living. Our primary focus is on encouraging constructive change and personal growth, learning positive ways to get appropriate attention, improving behavior choices, developing a sense of responsibility for actions, learning problem-solving skills, and developing thinking patterns that support positive relationships.

**This is a challenging population; therefore, we strive to create a safe and supportive environment that puts patient care first and values the clinical professions**. One of the most rewarding aspects of working at Liberty Point is providing excellent care, comfort, and security to the patients and families you treat at their most vulnerable times. You are never alone, as you are part of a team-based environment of care which includes clinical staff, case management, nurses, doctors, educators, leadership, and direct care personnel who routinely meet to exchange ideas, updates, strategies, and concerns. We want to help you succeed and grow in your profession and enjoy a sense of belonging and trust that comes through your expanding experience. At Liberty Point, you have a voice.

Work days are **Monday thru Friday,** additional hours as needed. Salary is competitive and commensurate to education and years of experience. This is a year-round teaching position.
- Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree
- Hold a current Virginia or out-of-state teaching license in SPED or General Curriculum K-12, or Technical Professional License (see VAC20-23-50), or hold a Technical Professional provisional license with plans to fulfill the requirements to obtain a Technical Professional License
- At least three years of experience in a classroom situation, _preferred_
- Hold a current VA Driver's License, _preferred_

Qualifications:
**Job Duties & Requirements**:

- Assist in providing supervision, instruction, and evaluation of students in vocational areas such as gardening, drafting, woodworking, landscaping, horticulture, auto detailing, auto maintenance, cooking, custodial maintenance, and construction.
- Develop and implement projects and activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to learn.
- Provide pre-vocational training to enhance vocational skills among assigned students; explain a variety of vocational functions, tasks and activities; assist students by answering questions and providing proper examples, emotional support, friendly attitude, and general guidance.
- Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials, in order to prevent injuries and damage.
- Provide developmentally appropriate classroom instruction to assigned students according to IEP/IPP goals and objectives, student strengths and learning preferences, research-supported methods and techniques, and Liberty Point recommended practices.
- Implement the Behavioral Program at Liberty Point, assess and document students’ behavior progress (or lack of progress), and adjust behavioral strategies as needed and in consultation with the treatment team in order to maximize students’ behavioral success.
- Assess students’ academic achievement continually through a variety of methods, document progress (or lack of progress), and adjust instructional planning as needed to maximize student achievement.
- Maintain consistent communication with other staff at the facility, including parent(s)/guardians, and local education agencies by consulting with team members, attending meetings, keeping accurate records, completing progress reports, making phone calls, writing letters and updating IEP’s/IPP’s.
- Subject matter to be taught
- Theories of learning and teaching (modifications & accommodations)
- Stages of learning
- Effective teaching methods
- Assessment principles and types
- Cognitive/Behavioral/Social Learning theories and principles
- Effective classroom management techniques
- Methods for observation/data collection
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