Recovery Teacher

Role and Responsibilities

Reporting to the Principal, the PSOE Recovery Teacher will maintain a continuous learning environment for students in Recovery, a tiered MTSS-based student behavioral support system. They will provide direct instruction and feedback to students. Additional responsibilities include maintaining compliance with Individual student Education Plans, Section 504 Plans, etc. They will ensure operational and functional knowledge of best practices in education, state and federal education law, FERPA and FAPE law, parent relations, behavioral management, documenting and reporting, and process-driven accountability. They will assist in behavioral management and school culture for students, staff, and parents. They will develop and maintain behavior support plans which utilize strategies based on Functional Behavior Assessments. The PSOE Recovery Teacher will work alongside other school personnel, striving for superior performance to provide the best possible opportunities for student growth and development, both educationally and personally.

Responsibilities

• Ensure continued learning while a student is in Recovery by supervising independent work time and providing one-on-one tutoring and feedback.
• Ensure academic proficiency of each student during behavioral support.
• Participate in on-going academic professional development as directed and appropriate.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers to prepare standards-based work that aligns with the week's curriculum. Be prepared with additional standards-based work for each student when assignments finish early.
• Provide direct instruction in small group and individual settings.
• Utilize data-driven instruction and PSOE educational frameworks to deliver standard's driven instruction to all students.
• Utilize oversight by team leads, Special Education Director, MLL Director, school counselor, and other subcontracted professional staff/outside agencies as needed to identify and understand strategies for support and instruction of students with exceptional needs.
• Ensure appropriate classroom implementation of BIPs, FBAs, ILPs, IEPs, and 504 programs.
• Complete reports and follow-up documentation as required by administration.
• Contribute to a strong school education team, serve on school and/or community committees, and seek participation and involvement with direction for ongoing local operations.
• Assist as directed in the management of front-line parent communication for behavior and attendance.
• Assist as directed in facilitating communication between personnel, students, and/or parents to follow school discipline, dress code, Recovery, attendance, and behavioral frameworks, solving problems, and/or resolving conflicts.
• Assume all roles as delegated for a variety of staff functions to manage the day-to-day workload more efficiently.
• Maintain ongoing, consistent communication and documentation with PSOE leadership, ensuring that direct and detailed communication using a chain of command is consistent, daily practice.
• Assist with the PSOE daily duty and coverage schedules, including, but not limited to driveline, recess, lunch, and hall duties.
• Follow all best practices in terms of legal, authorizer, and legislative guidelines, acting in the organization's best legal interests.
• Maintain a professional physical and digital presence through community meetings, representative appearances, appropriate social media use, and appropriate dress at school-sponsored events.

Human resources planning and management

• Establish a positive, healthy and safe work environment per all appropriate legislation and regulations, including FERPA, FAPE, Section 504, and IDEA.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

The PSOE Recovery Teacher is thoroughly committed to the PSOE mission. All candidates should have proven experience in a similar field. Concrete, demonstrable experience and other qualifications include:

• Valid Indiana State Teaching License or equivalent
• Bachelor's degree in the field of education
• Unwavering commitment to quality programs.
• A strong commitment to student education
• Excellence in organizational management and data disaggregation, managing multiple tasks, and set and achieving strategic objectives.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills
• An action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to planning
• Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people
• Passion, idealism, integrity, grit, positive attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed.
• Annual training and/or professional development is required for all PSOE employees. Job-specific training is identified and scheduled by the School Principal or direct supervisor in partnership with Paramount C-suite.

Preferred Skills

• Proficiency in modern technology applications.
• Knowledge of restorative discipline principles as they relate to educational organizations.
• Knowledge of federal and provincial legislation applicable to charter organizations, including special education, FERPA, occupational health and safety, student health and safety, etc
• Knowledge of current community challenges and opportunities relating to the mission of the organization

Additional Notes

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone, to enter data into a computer; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors and on the telephone; physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist height; and to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk and reach overhead.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment. Duties may be occasionally performed on field trips away from school. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The Recovery Teacher will usually work in a school environment, but the mission of the organization may sometimes take them to non-standard workplaces. The Recovery Teacher works a standard workweek, but additionally will work evenings, weekends, and any additional hours necessary to accommodate activities such as educational/athletic meetings, trainings, sporting events, and appearances at public events.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. Paramount Employees will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the Principal or appropriate administrator. Paramount Schools of Excellence reserves the right to update, revise or change this job description and related duties at any time.