General Education Teacher - Behavioral Health Hospital

Position Details

• Position Type:
  Special Education Services
• Date Posted: 5/11/2026
• Location:
  
  OU Health

Create a flexible general education instructional program and classroom environment within a behavioral health hospital setting that is favorable to learning, personal growth, and safe school engagement. The teacher establishes effective rapport with students, motivates students to develop academic skills, attitudes, and knowledge, and provides instruction aligned to Oklahoma Academic Standards, Oklahoma State Department of Education requirements, Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education expectations, and each student's individual educational needs.

This position serves students receiving care in a behavioral health hospital setting, including students with disabilities. Hospital behavioral health technicians and/or designated hospital staff will be present in the classroom at all times and will respond to behaviors, safety issues, or clinical needs that rise above normal classroom management situations. The OKCPS teacher remains responsible for instruction, inclusive access, IEP implementation as applicable, educational documentation, collaboration, and appropriate classroom management aligned with district and hospital procedures.

Focus:
Instruction, curriculum, assessment, coaching, and student learning outcomes.

• Teach assigned general education content using the course of study adopted by the Oklahoma State Department of Education, Oklahoma City's Board of Education, and other appropriate learning activities.
• Provide instruction aligned to Oklahoma Academic Standards and district curriculum expectations while adapting lesson delivery to the needs of students receiving services in a behavioral health hospital setting.
• Educate students with disabilities in the general education classroom in compliance with each student's IEP, including implementing accommodations, modifications, behavior supports, supplementary aids and services, and other required supports within the general education setting.
• Develop lesson plans and instructional materials and provide individualized and small-group instruction to adapt curriculum to student needs and identified instructional objectives.
• Translate lesson plans into learning experiences that maximize available instructional time and support academic progress during hospitalization.
• Use fair and clearly identified grading practices consistent with district expectations and student-specific requirements.
• Evaluate students' academic and social growth, keep appropriate records, prepare progress reports, and communicate student progress through appropriate district procedures.

Focus:
Professional development, coaching, supporting staff effectiveness.

• Participate in IEP meetings for students taught by the general education teacher and provide input regarding student progress, classroom performance, access to general education curriculum, accommodations, supports, and transition or reintegration needs.
• Consult and collaborate with special education teachers, related service providers, OKCPS administrators, and hospital staff to support effective implementation of IEPs and individualized instructional plans.
• Participate in hospital-specific training, district professional development, and joint training with hospital staff that may exceed the training expectations of a traditional classroom teacher.
• Maintain professional competence through district in-service education, hospital training opportunities, and self-selected professional growth activities.
• Communicate effectively and professionally with students, parents/guardians, OKCPS staff, hospital staff, and receiving school teams.

Focus:
Relationships, expectations, communication, and alignment of stakeholders.

• Establish rapport with students and provide a pleasant, safe, structured, and orderly climate conducive to learning within the behavioral health hospital classroom.
• Establish and maintain standards of student behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere while relying on hospital staff for behaviors or clinical needs that exceed normal classroom management.
• Consult and collaborate with hospital staff to better understand student strengths, triggers, de-escalation supports, reinforcement systems, communication needs, and other information that supports safe and effective instruction.
• Use consistent vocabulary, routines, expectations, reinforcement systems, and procedures, when appropriate, to align OKCPS educational practices with hospital protocols and support continuity for students in the behavioral health facility.
• Treat students with respect and dignity and maintain professional boundaries while collaborating with hospital staff to support instruction, consistency, student safety, and recovery-oriented educational engagement.