Patient Education Specialist - Elementary ELA/Social Studies
Texas Children's Hospital
Location
Houston, Texas
Core responsibilities
The specialist provides individualized, developmentally appropriate instruction to pediatric patients undergoing cancer treatment, ensuring academic continuity by aligning lessons with home campus curricula, ieps, and teks. This involves bedside, classroom, and virtual teaching, collaborating with medical teams and school districts to manage academic placement and reintegration.
Requirements summary
Candidates must possess a master's degree in education or a related field and hold a texas standard teaching certification (Tstc) from the texas education agency. Preferred qualifications include special education teaching certification and three years of instructional experience interpreting neuropsychological evaluations, with three years of teaching experience in a hospital or specialized school setting being preferred.