Full Time
Do you want some flexibility in your schedule? How about 10 personal days each school year? No parent-teacher conferences? Our ideal candidate is a self-starter who thinks outside the box. Does this sound like you? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
JOB SUMMARY
To provide educational services through creative, caring integrated methods that maximize the intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development of students. Provide an educational setting for youth ensuring the culture is consistent with trauma-sensitive, family-focused, community-based, and best practice principles.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
- Share a commitment to the success of the mission, goals, and objectives of Lad Lake.
- Fosters an educational environment conducive to learning.
- Plan instructional programs designed to meet individual student needs and whole groups which may include at-risk or special-needs youth.
- Develops a culturally sensitive curriculum.
- Prepares lesson plans.
- Participates in developing and monitoring student education plans.
- Uses necessary and appropriate instructional methods and materials, which are suited to the well-being of the students and to the nature of the learning activities.
- Establishes and implements, in a positive and supportive manner, classroom policies and procedures governing student behavior and conduct; provides guidance, counseling, and discipline to encourage students to meet standards of achievement and conduct; makes referrals for assistance where appropriate.
- Confers with students, parents or guardians, and other staff, maintaining an open positive relationship as appropriate to provide guidance and evaluation, and to encourage student achievement. Regular in-person attendance is an essential function of this position.
- Maintains up-to-date grades and student academic evaluations
- Ensure that performance management, risk reduction, quality improvement, and contract or regulatory compliance is managed using an inclusive and data-driven focus that sets priorities for improvements aligned with ongoing strategic initiatives and has a measurable impact on outcomes.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s degree
- Wisconsin teaching certificate
- Licensed Areas: English, Language Artd
- Previous experience working with emotionally and behaviorally disabled (EBD) students or at-risk adolescent populations. 2 to 3 years of successful classroom behavior management experience.
- Must be able to deal with students positively and confidently; be equitable when working with a culturally, racially, and economically diverse student population.
- Able to adapt to change, be flexible, and be confident.
- Must possess strong organizational skills, effective behavior management techniques, and exhibit good judgment.
BENEFITS
- Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, STD, LTD Benefits
- Variable sick time for school personnel based on teaching days
- Holiday pay (up to 8 days)
- Tuition reimbursement
- 401k plan
- Free meals when eating with clients
- Casual dress
- Company-paid training
- Ongoing paid training
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Employer