Job Description

Job Description

Maryville Academy has an opening for full-time Special Education Teacher at our new Niles Campus, Walsh Academy.

About Maryville Academy

Since 1883, Maryville has been committed to providing protection and guidance to children. As the world has changed, so have the needs of the families and children we serve. Maryville has adapted by focusing on our community’s most critical issues. Today, our range of programs includes residential care, mental health services, healthcare and family support services, as well as a variety of educational and youth development offerings. Maryville’s mission is to help children and families to reach their fullest potential by empowering intellectual, spiritual, moral and emotional growth.

About the Walsh Academy

Walsh Academy provides specialized academic and vocational opportunities for young men experiencing academic, emotional, behavioral or cognitive challenges that can potentially limit their life success. Students are served in uniquely designed classrooms to maximize effectiveness across the continuum of age and disability type.

About the Special Education Teacher Position

Lead classroom instruction in a Special Education classroom. Responsible for the supervision and coordination at classroom environment (i.e., students and instructional assistants). Develops and actualizes school curriculum within self-contained classroom environment and is responsible for delivery instruction at various levels within classroom so to ensure every student’s opportunity to be academically and vocationally successful.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Establishes collaborative relationships with colleagues, consultants, therapists, and administrators.
• Maintains the required educational certifications and training required of all.
• Maryville Academy employees as well as those professional certifications and endorsements required by ISBE.
• Keeps informed, and actively seeks training in current developments, trends, and instructional best practices which pertain to the overall success of the student by maximizing his individual skills and talents.
• Attends scheduled team meetings and participates in discussions in a proactive, professional, and solution focused manner.
• Recognizes and proactively reacts to conditions which, potentially, may alter the effectiveness of the whole program and/or their specific job responsibilities.
• Gathers information from other faculty and completes individual tasks/assignments prior to staffing and/or completion date.
• Communicates with parents/guardians and external consumers in a positive and supportive manner.
• Participates and contributes to in-service trainings and staff development opportunities and providing input and suggestions for future topics and directions.
• Contributes to a school environment which encourages students to be responsible, independent, and confident.
• Interacts with students in a supportive, professional manner maintaining self-control when reacting to threatening or aggressive behavior of students.
• Follows through on all behavior programs developed in conjunction with therapists, and other educational and therapeutic personnel at team meetings or IEP conferences.
• Documents all progress and completion of student work in a timely manner. Completes grade reports and progress updates at designated times or when requested to do so by administrative team members.
• Develop new courses of instruction with accompanying IEPs to meet the changing needs of the students. Evaluates curriculum needs and requests necessary materials.
• Understands and adheres to policies involving reporting of suspected and known abuse of students and maintains appropriate confidentiality regarding all information about students.
• Keeps materials and assigned space in a neat and orderly condition.
• Participates in continued performance quality improvement.
• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

• A Bachelor's Degree, Master’s Degree preferred, in Education (Special Education) from an accredited college or university.
• Illinois Professional Educator License with Learning Behavioral Specialist (LBSl) endorsement.
• A minimum of 1-2 years' experience teaching, with experience in special education, crisis invention and alternative school settings preferred; must have instructional and assessment skills, with majority of experience focused on the special education population preferred.

SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE

• Must possess a valid Illinois driver’s license.
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with Walsh Academy students, supervisors, coworkers, subordinates, support agencies, and a variety of internal as well as external consumers.
• Basic computer proficiency including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite of programs (ex: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Microsoft Outlook, Embrace IEP, Blackbaud LMS, Google GSuite, Microsoft Teams, Impero, and Adobe
• Adheres to the policies and procedures of Maryville Walsh Academy.
• Knowledge of Individualized Education Plan (IEP) eligibility, planning, and instruction.
• Knowledge of service delivery options and documentation of service delivery.
• Knowledge of crisis intervention procedures;
• Skill in organizing and prioritizing workloads to meet deadlines;
• Skill in telephone etiquette.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Required to frequently sit, stand, bend, stoop, walk and drive for extended periods; able to walk up and down stairs;
• Required to occasionally lift/move objects and/or youth weighing in excess of 40 pounds.
• Must possess the ability to provide physical restraint for students threatening to harm themselves or others.
• Must have the visual, hearing, and learning capabilities sufficient to perform the essential functions defined above.
• Must participate in physical education activities with the students and, if necessary, physically interact (intervene) with students.
• Position requires frequent to continuous work on a computer which requires employee to possess the manual dexterity to operate equipment.

ENVIRONMENT & SCHEDULING

• Work is performed during school and vocational program days and hours.
• Work may be performed off-site during required remote learning days or in situations when in person learning is deemed unsafe.
• Work is performed in and in association with the Maryville Walsh Academy, hospital, and residential programs/settings as well as in an administrative office setting.
• Duties involve contact with students who may be verbally and physically threatening, aggressive, suicidal and/or under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Why Join the Maryville Family?

Maryville offers full-time Teachers:

• PPO health insurance options
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• FSA and HSA
• 403(b)
• Paid sick days.
• 9 paid holidays a year
• After one year of service, you will be eligible for long term disability and life insurance and tuition reimbursement.

For more information about all of the services that Maryville provides, please visit our website at www.maryvilleacademy.org.

Maryville Academy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No applicant for employment shall be discriminated against because of age, race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, veteran status or disability.

Company Description

When you join our team, you become part of the Maryville family and a partner in achieving this mission. Maryville provides many opportunities to make a difference in the lives of the clients we serve in settings which will challenge you to grow professionally. Maryville offers competitive pay and benefits in a culture of respect, service, and compassion.

Company Description

Our students at Walsh Academy have one or more significant challenges such as specific learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, autism or other health impairments. Many students have also experienced childhood trauma such as abuse, neglect or abandonment.\r\n\r\nStudents learn through a curriculum that follows the trauma-informed model combining high school academics with career technical education (CTE) courses and social emotional learning (SEL).\r\n\r\nCTE makes learning more accessible for special needs students by contextualizing academics.\r\n\r\nWalsh Academy is the only nonpublic special education school that has a unique staffing model of having a special education teacher, a social worker and a paraprofessional in every classroom. Individualized attention and guidance to each student are provided.Since our founding in 1883, Maryville has been committed to providing protection and guidance to children. While the challenges that children and families face have changed over the years, Maryville’s commitment to healing children, strengthening families, and building a better community has never wavered.