The School Teacher is responsible to meet the educational needs of clients. Activities include educational planning & services, asset management, behavior management, documentation, support agency/program mission & values, and meet responsible work performance standards.
Educational Responsibilities:
- Assess educational needs of client
- Develops and implements an educational plan designed to meet client needs
- Provides a safe learning environment
- Maintains behavioral controls in classroom
- Interfaces with school systems to provide continuous educational services
- Interfaces with program staff to ensure that the educational components of the treatment plan are met.
Behavior Management Responsibilities:
- Develops and implements an educational plan designed to meet client needs
- Provides a safe learning environment
- Provides consistent, individualized reinforcement to client behavior, using daily issues to teach and reinforce adaptive behaviors.
- Utilizes a proactive/preventative method of intercepting problems to neutralize them before they escalate.
- Strategically utilizes identified behavior management techniques and other de-escalation techniques.
- Assists clients in developing insight into their behaviors so that they learn to self-identify and self-correct.
- Understands the impact of clients behaviors on their own actions/reactions in the workplace and to enhance the effectiveness of their interventions.
- Knows the population and is aware of individualized treatment plan.
- Establishes a therapeutic relationship with the client based on trust & respect.
- Evaluates the impact of behavioral, group treatment and life-space interventions and provides direction and feedback.
- Assures consistent, ongoing and timely provision for basic client needs.
- Effectively participates with team to review case progress and provide best programming.
Qualifications
Must be at least 21 years of age with a Bachelors Degree in Education with Behavioral Disorder certification and four years of related experience OR Bachelors Degree in Education and five years of relevant experience OR commensurate equivalents of education & experience.
About School-Based Programming
Four Oaks has collaborated with local school districts across the state of Iowa to create unique and innovative school-based programs to meet the needs of at-risk students. Currently there are several supervised suspension and detention centers, conduct disorder and specific intervention/discipline classrooms and special education staff in-service training.
