Instructional Support Specialist - Landenberg School

Description

Do you enjoy utilizing your skills to impact children and adolescents in a classroom setting? Are you looking for a collaborative environment to share your passion for helping others? If you answered, yes, then consider working as an Instructional Support Specialist in our Devereux Day Academy, located in Landenberg, PA!

Being an Instructional Support Specialist at Devereux has its Advantages. You will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need. This position will support teacher's direction by providing assistance with academic, social, and behavioral needs of assigned clients. You will assist in the implementation of a basic educational programming and performing duties as directed by the building administrator or classroom teacher inclusive of individual tutoring or one‑on‑one support for a student with special needs.

• Ensure the health and safety of the students
• Provide assistance with academic, social and behavioral needs.
• Support the teacher and administration's direction while supporting youth and reporting progress daily.
• Reinforce PBIS goals and objectives.

• Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm (52 week year round position)
• Pay Rate: $17.50-$19.95/hr (based upon education and experience)
• Tuition Assistance for those seeking higher education
• Benefit Eligibility After 30 Days of Employment (1st day of the 30 days)
• ASCEND - Career Accelerator Program

• EDUCATION: High School Diploma required. Associates Degree or completion of two years of post‑secondary education from an accredited college or university preferred.
• EXPERIENCE: Previous experience working in a special education or behavioral healthcare setting with students with severe/complex behavioral/emotional issues preferred.

Devereux has a zero‑tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

• Medical (including telemedicine via phone, web, app), dental, prescription drug, preventative care, and mental health services.
• Student loan debt assistance, tuition reimbursement and continuing education assistance.
• Generous time‑off (start accruing 1st day), 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit, and voluntary/employee paid supplemental life and accident coverage.
• Employee assistance / work‑life balance program.

Employee assistance / work‑life balance program. Visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). to see why Devereux is a great place to work!

Devereux is a drug‑free workplace, drug screening required. EOE.

The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.