State Teacher I - Social Studies Teacher - Mount View Youth Services Center

Division of Youth Services -Mount View Youth Services Center

• Establishes and maintains an appropriate classroom setting through the use of effective classroom management skills and engagement strategies specific to student need to include progressive discipline progressive skills and interventions for behavior and academics.

• Assesses new and continuing students using multiple assessment methods and collecting multiple pieces of evidence of learning that include progress monitoring and standards based education with appropriate rigor and to reflect reading and writing tasks.

• Prepares daily and unit lesson plans that are aligned with state standards DYS power standards and the critical skills needed and/or the CCSS content standards. Must document and submit digitally.

• Implements a variety of research-based education strategies (including technology) to accommodate multi-age/multi-level students to include project based learning and skills orientated focus.

• Ensures that the DYS instructional framework is followed with daily learning objectives and relevant learning that is scaffolded to meet the needs of all youth. This includes implementing interventions IEP accommodations and modifications IGCP goals and behavioral plans with fidelity.

• Must utilize curriculum which is personally designed or prescribed.

• Ensures educational records are in IC and/or Trails while meeting deadlines to include daily attendance and weekly grades based on academics.

• Selects behavior and classroom management techniques to apply within the framework of DYS. Ensuring effective accommodations are followed for special education students while also communicating growth and data needed for progress monitoring.

• Uses these skills for subbing in other classrooms as required; assures if a substitute is needed for classroom robust lessons are left and timely.

Meetings Professional Development and Progress Monitoring:

• Meets informally and in scheduled meetings with the Central Education Office members principal treatment providers and other teachers to review student and school progress; this may include MDT meetings IEP meetings or BID meetings as determined by leadership.

• Develop comprehensive plans for implementation of the subject matter and student goals in alignment with school development plans expressed processes and expectations and DYS quality standards.

• Participate in professional and staff safety development and apply learning accordingly. Assure appropriate boundaries and effective presentation in the classroom and work place while monitoring professionalism.

• Use data effectively and with MTSS processes progress monitoring educational advocacy and multidisciplinary team meetings (MDT).

• Monthly reviews of progress/classroom to principal to include grades progress content.

Supportive to Culture and Safety of Facility:

• Assist in the safety and security of the school and facility by supervising residents as needed and providing immediate assistance as necessary within the facility.
• Consistently knowing and following policy and procedures of the Division of Youth Services and the facility to include safety procedures for classrooms and youth.
• Adhere to the trauma-informed culture and expectations. Know and use Motivational Interviewing Sanctuary Model to include small group processes and Restorative Justice language and frameworks; documentation of processes as required.
• Adhere to the Code of Conduct and perform duties with professionalism and within expectations. Follow leave procedures.

Other duties as assigned.

• Current valid Initial or Professional Teacher license issued by the Colorado Department of Education

• A current valid Interim Teacher license or Temporary Educator Eligibility Authorization will substitute for the Colorado Initial or Professional Teacher license
• Current valid Colorado Adult Basic Education Authorization highly qualifed in Social Studies or with an endorsement in Social Studieswill substitute for the Colorado Professional Teacher license.
  
  

• Dual endorsements or documentation of ability to be Highly Qualified in multiple content areas.
• Endorsement in Social Studies
• Experience working with at-risk or adjudicated youth
• Experience with differentiated instruction; developing lessons/curriculum and providing differentiated instruction
• Proficient use of assessment data to inform instructional practice

• Knowledge of effective research-based instructional strategies
• Understandings of classroom-based behavioral interventions
• Able to build rapport with students while maintaining boundaries
• Experience with urban and at-risk populations
• Secondary school experience
• Education and Training
• Interpersonal Skills
• Oral Communication
• Oral Comprehension
• Problem Sensitivity & Solving
• Safety and Security
• Technology enhance instruction

• Must be 21 years old or older
• Some travel may be required to attend meetings and/or a professional development or training within the state.
• CDE License
• Able to pass Escape and Evade training
• Continued employment is contingent upon successful completion of the DYS Pre-service Training Academy Field Training Program (FTO) and mandatory annual training in all subject areas.
• Annual Flu vaccination required
• Must pass a Colorado Bureau of Investigations and a Federal Bureau of Investigations full background check as a condition of employment. Included in the background check is a current and/or previous employer check. Your current and/or previous employers within the past 10 years at a minimum must be listed on your job application (most recent in descending order) even if the job or duties are unrelated to the position for which you are applying. Incomplete employer information (address phone number and supervisor) or omission of former employers may result in a disqualification of your application.
• Former State employeeswho were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must (1) disclose that information on the application (2) provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position (3) provide the employee number from the applicants prior State employment. Absent extraordinary circumstances prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination and failure to provide this information will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.
• The Diana Screen a sexual risk screening tool is administered to all applicants to the Division of Youth Services (DYS) seeking positions of trust with children and teens to help ensure that ethical boundaries between children and adults are maintained. At the DYS the safety and protection of the youth who have been entrusted to us is our #1 priority. The results of the Diana Screen will be provided to the Division of Youth Services and may be used as part of the Divisions decision on whether a candidate is selected.

If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.

An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email () postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street 4th Floor Denver CO 80203) or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the departments action.

*Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

ADAA Accommodations:CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment including completing the application process interviewing completing any pre-employment testing participating in the employee selection process and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position please direct your inquiries to our ADAA Coordinator Nancy Schmelzer at or call 1-.