Special Education Teacher

5 hours ago

Skokie, Illinois, United States KESHET Full time $60,000 - $70,000
Job Details Job Location: High School at Ida Crown Academy - Skokie, IL 60076 Position Type: Full Time Education Level: 4 Year Degree Salary Range: $60, $70,000.00 Salary/year Travel Percentage: None Job Shift: Day Job Category: Education

LOCATION: Keshet Therapeutic Day School / Northbrook and Skokie, IL

SUPERVISOR: Director of Education

WAGES: $60,000 – $70,000 Annual

JOB STATUS: Full-time / 12-month Contract / Salary / Exempt

POSITION SUMMARY: Licensed teachers work with students in our self-contained special education classroom. The teacher will focus on student education and engagement with academic, nonacademic, social, health, behavioral and emotional needs of the students in the special education and general community environments.

The teacher will provide supported instruction and strategies to Para-educators and individual students, small groups of students as well as monitor students.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • All case management

  • Development, implementation, and monitoring of IEPs, Behavior Plans, student assessments and data collection and analysis

  • Development, implementation, and monitoring of instructional, behavioral, daily living, personal care, independent living goals, and designing active community-based instruction

  • Partners with related service personnel to meet the IEP needs of students

  • Classroom staff management

  • Site management

  • Multidisciplinary collaboration

  • Transition planning and experience with transition programming preferred

  • Job responsibilities may include lifting and physical management

  • Driving is required to access the community

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor's Degree

  • Valid Illinois Teaching License for Special Education 

  • Hold or be eligible for LBS-1 and/or LBS-2

  • Experience working with students with significant special needs to include autism, intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, and behavioral challenges.

  • Demonstrate calm leadership in a fast-paced environment

  • Knowledge of Judaics is helpful

  • Hold a valid driver's license and a safe driving record

  • Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds

  • Must maintain a current certification in CPR and Safety Care

ABOUT KESHET

Keshet is a one-of-a-kind organization that brings classroom experiences, camps, sports, residential, social, and vocational activities for 600 people with disabilities each year. From the very start, Keshet has grown alongside our participants, creating a community of belonging where people of all abilities learn, play, work, live, and grow together. 

Today, Keshet continues to flourish, with over 75 programs in the Chicago and Wisconsin area, four residential homes, 200 dedicated staff and lay leaders, dozens of community and corporate partners, and thousands of engaged donors around the world. Nurtured by respect, creativity, tenacity and unconditional love, Keshet makes a powerful difference in the lives of each child and adult with disabilities, their families, the community and beyond.

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