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Location

New York

Salary

$66,000 - $83,000 / YEAR

Quick overview

The teacher oversees a classroom of students with brain-based disabilities, preparing lessons and providing instructional support. They collaborate with therapy teams and document academic goals and progress.

Requirements summary

Candidates must have current certification as a Teacher of Students with Disabilities or be pursuing a master's degree in a related field. Two years of experience in childcare or a related role is also required.

bachelor degreeInterpersonal SkillsCommunicationDocumentationProblem SolvingCollaborationTechnology IntegrationLesson PlanningInstructional SupportSocial SkillsSpecial EducationTherapeutic ServicesBehavioral ManagementAdaptationIEP ProcessParaprofessional SupportMultisensory Approach

Job description

  • If you are a current YAI employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account. iHope Mission Statement: The iHOPE school community strives to provide comprehensive services for our students, who present with a variety of diagnoses including Traumatic Brain Injury, Acquired Brain Injury, and other brain-based disorders.
  • Our students participate in academic instruction with appropriate modification and adaptation, as well as therapeutic services, based upon a collaborative, researched-based model that integrates current technology. iHOPE is committed to learners with complex needs and to their social, emotional, adaptive and educational advancement.
  • Accessibility and integration into the larger community are at the core of our belief system.
  • Key/Essential Functions & Responsibilities Oversees a classroom of school-aged children (ages 3 – 21) with brain-based disabilities and/or with other intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD).
  • Prepares lessons and teaches students, providing instructional and behavioral management support to students, both individually and in small groups.
  • Incorporates social skills into daily lesson plans and activities.
  • Collaborates with each student’s school therapy team as necessary and appropriate, and implements therapy recommendations to support optimal treatment of the student.
  • Prepares and appropriately documents annual academic goals for students and compiles quarterly progress reports; participates in Individualized Education Program (IEP) process including IEP meetings and team meetings, or legal hearings, when necessary and appropriate.
  • Communicates and collaborates and/or meets with parents on a regular basis and involves parents in their child’s activities and progress.
  • Provides direction, support and supervision to the paraprofessionals, teacher assistants and/or Associate Special Education Teachers in their classroom.
  • Utilizes a multisensory approach incorporating art, music, and technology to design lessons to increase students’ literacy, numeracy, communication, social, and life skills.
  • Performs all other duties, as assigned.
  • Minimum Qualification Requirements including education, experience, licensure/certification, etc. and essential physical capabilities (e.g. lifting, assisting lifting, standing, etc.) Current certification and registration as a Teacher of Students with Disabilities (grades B-2, 1-6, 7-12 and/or All Grades) or Permanent Special Education Certification, issued by the New York State Education Department; or Bachelor’s degree in education or closely related field and active pursuit of master’s level education in a New York State Registered Program for Special Education Teacher’s Certificate (or equivalent), with anticipated completion and receipt of certification as Teacher of Students with Disabilities within 5 (five) years of appointment; and two (2) years of experience in childcare, social services, healthcare and/or other school-based role.
  • Exceptional interpersonal, problem solving, and communication skills Ability to take initiative, multi-task & meet deadlines Highly flexible personality type Preferred Qualification Requirements (desired requirements beyond MQRs above) Master’s degree in special education strongly preferred Current NYS certification and registration as a teacher in special education (Students with Disabilities, Permanent in Special Education, etc.) Previous experience with school-aged children with special needs Compensation Range: $66,000-$83,000 annually All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran.
  • YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
  • To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process.
  • Our Roots YAI was launched in February of 1957 out of a small school in Brooklyn, New York.
  • Initially staffed by Co-Founders Bert MacLeech and Pearl Maze MacLeech alone, their pilot program served just seven people.
  • According to Bert, from its very beginning YAI has been dedicated to providing innovative services for the I/DD (intellectual and/or developmental disabilities) community.
  • MacLeech envisioned a, “total life adjustment approach, emphasizing personal growth, social responsibility, employment goals, and the development of independence for the individual.” At a time when institutional living was the norm for people with I/DD, this vision was nothing short of revolutionary.
  • YAI Today Today, YAI has a team of over 4,000 employees and supports over 20,000 people in the I/DD community.
  • This extraordinary growth shows the ongoing need for these important services, and YAI’s success in offering them.
  • YAI supports people with autism, Down syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy, among others.
  • Operating throughout Downstate New York and Northern New Jersey, YAI now offers more than 300 programs for people of all ages.
  • Better Together At YAI, we are driven by our mission of living, loving, working, and learning.
  • This applies not only to the people we support, but to our staff as well.
  • Commitment and passion for the work continue to unite employees and drive the organization forward.
  • Empowering the people we support to reach their goals remains at the heart of our organization.
  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran.
  • YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
  • To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process. http://www.yai.org/