Lead Teacher

Lead Teacher

Responsibilities

Provide supervisory role over classroom teachers to include attendance tracking, disciplinary action, and approving time off. Assist with hiring and will oversee the budget as it relates to purchasing. Develop and implement necessary educational lesson plans and programs, daily agenda's, testing materials, grading, etc. for students. All lesson plans must be maintained on MFH Intranet on SharePoint. Required to report for duty one week prior to the first day of school.

Required to attend six in-service and professional development days as scheduled by program administration. Required to conduct two parent/teacher conferences; one each semester (except acute). Required to attend four teacher work days. Teachers are expected to be on site and prepared for duty at the following times:
Residential Treatment Centers 8:00 a.m.

- 4:00 p.m.;
Day Treatment 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.;
Behavioral Hospital 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. for unit 3/orange group teacher). During inclement weather, if unable to report to work, PTO must be used. If no educational services are provided this day, a make-up day will be scheduled by program administration (excludes Day Treatment programs who follow their applicable school district schedule). An expectation of the Lead Teacher is to have prepared quality supplemental educational material in case of an unexpected absence.

A substitute should be able to utilize the previously prepared material in order to ensure the student's educational requirements are met. Expected to maintain classroom order and is responsible for student engagement. Lunch room duty is an expected duty and will be scheduled by program administration. Facilitate the development and provision of necessary in-service training for educational staff. Work collaboratively with applicable school districts and/or other educational institutions to facilitate IEP planning, and other mandatory documentation.

Prepare quarterly billing during the school year to the respective school districts for educational services provided. Responsible for documentation of: attendance records to be submitted on a weekly basis; data collection forms for students with IEP's; daily observation notes on all students; work portfolios (if indicated) for all students; data on student's work and progress with PACE Learning System (if applicable);

testing documentation and filing; and weekly lesson plans, documented with specific IEP objective #'s when applicable and specific skill as indicated in the Arkansas Framework of basic skills. Lesson Plans are to be submitted each Friday for the upcoming week. Must maintain all graded work. Must be preserved for a minimum of two years and are considered part of the student's record, which is property of MFH.

Assist the treatment team in preparing goals/objectives for the educational portion of a client's treatment planning. Explore and utilize measurement techniques and assessment tools necessary for measuring the effectiveness of educational programs. Maintain client records and files as required by licensing, funding, and certification codes. Provide related services and duties as requested by program Administrator. Professional Development Responsibility is assumed for continuing educational and professional development and contributions are made to the professional growth of others.

Documentation of continuing education credits, licensure, etc. will be maintained and submitted to the Human Resources department for inclusion in the employee's personnel file.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution

Valid Arkansas Teaching Certification in Special Education

At least two years supervisory experience

Knowledge of the rules, regulations and laws governing services for individuals with disabilities (IDEA)

Physically able to participate in Crisis Prevention Intervention Training

CPR and First-Aid Certification and remain current in both

Computer literacy in Microsoft Applications.

Ability to document accurately and professionally.

Ability as a self-motivator and the aptitude to work in a high stress fast paced position with a minimal amount of supervision.

Must be physically capable to receive verbal and written directions.

Must be physically capable of sitting and standing for several hours at a time.

Must have good auditory, visual and olfactory ability.

Ability to use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls.

Must be able to maintain effective audio, visual discrimination and perception needed for making observations, communicating with others, reading and writing, and operating office equipment and other treatment equipment.

Must be able to use a telephone to communicate verbally and a computer to communicate through written means, to review information and enter/retrieve data, to see and read characters on a computer screen, chart or other treatment items.

Remains current in Crisis Prevention Intervention Training and…