High School Life-Skills Special Education Teacher
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Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Description
As a High School Life-Skills Special Education Teacher with The Menta Education Group you will collaborate with the clinical staff and other members of the academic team in creating and implementing classroom interventions in order to meet the individual academic and social/emotional needs of the students.
605 S. Albany Ave. Chicago IL 60612
6:45am-2:15pm CT Monday-Friday following a school calendar
Direct Hire with our school: Return school year after school year (no annual contract)
Sign On Bonus for Special Education Teachers
Responsibilities
- Teach a High School Life-Skills curriculum in a self-contained classroom.
- Classroom sizes are at or near 10 students with paraprofessional support in the room* *Presently classroom sizes are smaller.
- Provide a differentiated learning environment.
- Work collaboratively with staff including curriculum and clinical staff to yield positive results for the students.
- Have the freedom and ability to personalize learning.
- Provide a social-emotional learning environment
Qualifications
- Professional Educators License (PEL) with LBS1 (Special Education Teacher) certification or PEL with Secondary Education and a desire to obtain your Special Education Certification (LBS1).
- Ability to teach a self-contained classroom within all basic instructional areas.
- Ability to work with youth with emotional/behavioral/academic difficulties.
- Must be flexible work in teams and creatively problem solve.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated ability to speak and write clearly and persuasively.
Compensation & Benefits
- In accordance with the Pay Transparency amendment to the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003information about pay ranges and employee benefits can be found at the following links:
- Compensation Information:
- refer to the Special Education Classroom Instruction section for this positions category.
- Negotiable Sign-On Bonus for Certified Special Education Teachers
- Our benefits package includes comprehensive medical dental and vision insurance; paid time off (PTO); and a 403(b) retirement plan with an employer match. For more information visit: - $70000 a year
Menta Academy Oak Park
Menta Academy Oak Park has relocated to Chicago
605 S Albany Ave Chicago IL 60612
Our unique innovative learning environment provides the ideal instructional formula inMentas focus on personalized learning which allows students to have some level of voice and choice on what they learn the pace at which they learn and to some extent where they learn. Tailoring the learning experiences via a students Individual Educational Plan with an emphasis on student inquiry and interests increases engagement and optimizes learning.
Menta Academy Oak Park is one of the most unique educational settings around. The school was designed to look like a Google office since the learning environment mirrors that of a business setting. Students facilitated by highly skilled educators learn in a blended learning environment using digital online media group problem solving and individual self directed learning. Our methods are steeped in highly recognized scientific research which is designed to provide data driven outcomes. The students will work in any number of spaces created to provide structure consistency and predictability all necessary ingredients for a successful educational experience. Areas of learning may include CEO conference table for group work and analysis a Think Tank where students collaborate in small groups learning to be productive team members and Socratic Discourse Bleachers where larger groups meet with teacher facilitators to address challenges that require development and critical thinking skills.
Students Served: High School-21
More About The Menta Education Group
The Menta Education Groups 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. Mentas 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 students 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 students past present and future desires is used to establish a student centered plan (MAP) that serves as a foundation of the students 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.
Mentas 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. Mentas 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 Education 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 Education Group (Menta) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race creed sex (including sex stereotypes sex characteristics gender identity and gender expression) color national origin religion age pregnancy or related conditions veteran status sexual orientation disability or any other basis protected under federal state or local law. Any individual needing assistance in making an application for any opening should contact Mentas office.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Experience Working With Students
- Classroom Management
- Algebra
- Behavior Management
- Classroom Experience
- Lesson Planning
- Math
- Special Education
- Calculus
- Teaching
- Geometry
- Cordova
About Company
Discover an inclusive special education curriculum at The Menta Group. We empower special needs students to have a brighter future.
