Job Description

As an Bachelor's Degree Level Paraprofessional with The Menta Group, you will be responsible for working with classroom instructors and staff to offer targeted teaching and support to students in the classroom, as well as general support for all students in the school.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage classroom behaviors
• Report behavioral concerns of students to appropriate staff
• Implement and maintain behavioral program policies and data
• Maintain classroom order and safety (Security)
• Provide general supervision of students inside the school setting
• Assist in the prevention and management of incidents of non-compliance and/or escalation in behavior
• Maintain alertness for problems likely to disrupt the educational process or to be a safety concern and correct and report these conditions Respond to emergency situations
• Provide interventions to students to assist in managing behaviors
• Think quickly, independently, and tactfully
• Substitute teach if needed

QUALIFICATIONS

• REQUIRED: BACHELOR'S DEGREE*
• BACHELOR'S DEGREE IDEALLY IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DISCIPLINES: AN EDUCATION-RELATED FIELD, PSYCHOLOGY, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL WORK, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, KINESIOLOGY OR A SPORTS OR PHYSICAL EDUCATION/RECREATION RELATED FIELD
• Substitute Teacher Certificate is required Security or Juvenile Justice background is helpful
• Military Veterans are encouraged to apply
• At least 23 years of age
• Able to work with high-risk special needs students
• Good driving record and willing and able to drive student van is strongly preferred

BENEFITS

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefit Plans
• 10 Month School Position with 12 Month Semi-Monthly Pay
• Generous Paid Time Off Benefits
• 403(b) Investment Options

CORNERSTONE ACADEMY AND CHRISMONT

Emphasis on understanding that not every student learns in the same way, at the same time and in one type of environment. Students, facilitated by highly skilled educators, learn in a blended learning environment using digital online media, group problem solving, and individual self directed learning. Instruction is tailored to meet students at their current Instructional & functional level. Trauma informed practices are integrated into the classrooms to promote emotional safe environments that foster creativity, academic and social emotional learning.

At ChrisMont we strive to meet two goals: 1) to offer a full instructional day to students who may otherwise have been suspended or expelled from their home school thereby increasing safety and promoting the learning environment. and 2) to meet the individual educational needs of challenging students in an appropriate alternative educational environment. Through the use of an individualized student success plan, incorporating trauma-informed practices, utilization of the problem- solving model, career-based opportunities and PBIS (positive behavioral interventions and supports)activities, all students work towards increasing productive behavior by attending classes regularly, completing coursework and earning credits towards completion of their high school experience.

ChrisMont is the result of a collaborative effort involving three school districts: Nokomis CUSD #22, Taylorville CUSD #3, and Pana CUSD #8.

MORE ABOUT THE MENTA GROUP

The Menta Group’s mission is “To provide innovative solutions to critical problems in education and human services.” Menta brings a framework of educational practices that have been designed and are supported through evidence based practices. Menta’s collaborative process with various school and community stakeholders has resulted in programs designed to educate, support, challenge, empower and celebrate students who present with a range of academic, social and emotional needs. At the beginning of a student’s experience with Menta, a collaborative meeting is held that includes the student, significant people in their lives, Menta staff and other professionals as appropriate. During that meeting, a comprehensive assessment of the student’s past, present and future desires is used to establish a student centered plan (MAP) that serves as a foundation of the student’s Menta programming. A guiding principle of Menta is ‘we do not give up’, while also holding our students and staff to high expectations. The educational offerings at a Menta program provides students with a quality education that is designed to nurture and enhance the skills and maturity needed to meet the challenges of being productive adults and citizens in a rapidly changing 21st century world.

Menta’s programs utilize a unique curricular framework that relies on the Expanded Menta Method and Trauma Informed Practices as the foundational principles for the teaching, counseling and mentoring work done by our highly trained staff. Personalized learning is the hub of our strategic curricular design intended to meet the needs of every student. Starting with the end in mind (learning targets and academic goals), a leveraging of current technologies coupled with highly trained instructional facilitators creates a rich learning environment supporting all student needs. Menta’s learning spaces are unique and specially designed to combine traditional teacher/student interaction with state of the art technology and learning innovations. Those learning spaces are flexible and can accommodate a variety of learning activities, such as inquiry learning and project based learning. Our spaces are designed to mimic productive spaces learners would find in business and/or corporate environments, thereby helping students achieve a mind-set designed for adult learning and work.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND/OR PARTNERSHIPS

The Menta Group affiliates are members/partners with CEC, CASE, Autism Speaks, ASBA, AAPSEC, AASA, CCSSO, SEAA, ASCD, and many more associations that focus on the education of children with disabilities.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The Menta Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Menta Group ensures equal employment opportunities regardless of race, creed, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or disability. The District has a policy of active recruitment of qualified minority teachers and non-certified employees. Any individual needing assistance in making application for any opening should contact the district office.

Company Description

The Menta Group, Special Education Services (Est. 1973) is a network of non-public and some public-private partnership therapeutic day schools, meeting the social-emotional needs of students PK-Age 22. Programming from location to location varies in special education focus and grade level. Our accredited therapeutic day schools are in Illinois and Arizona and we are growing!