Licensed Special Education Teacher
Mental Health Center of Denver

Job Info

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WellPower provides you with the support you need to help you develop a career in helping others succeed. We innovate, adapt, and leverage the diverse perspectives of the people on our team and the people we serve in everything we do.

WellPower values and is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to ending bias and discrimination in our community and ensuring equity within all aspects of our organization. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, transfer, or promotion opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

POSITION SUMMARY: Provide appropriate special educational services to students with social-emotional disorders in a supported learning environment. Skyline Academy is a day treatment/ facility school program serving students ages 6 to 14-years old in grades 1st through 8th, at WellPower (formally known as the Mental Health Center of Denver). Skyline Academy provides year-round services, with specialty social-emotional programming during the Summer when the teachers are not present. The approach of the team is characterized by being strengths-based, family-centered, culturally proficient and community responsive. Skyline Academy students require individualized educational plans within an adaptive and trauma-informed environment due to their specific learning and social-emotional needs. This position be responsible for creating lesson plans for their classroom as well as teaching a specific subject to all grades. Skyline teachers are responsible for completing all documentation required for their student's IEPs and attendance records, and are responsible for the collective supervision and safety of the students in their classroom.

HOURS: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm. This role will follow a traditional school calendar schedule.

Tuberculosis (TB) screening, testing - TB screening and testing, is required and must be completed prior to hire ( i.e., preplacement), and maintained during employment

Learn more about WellPower:

Pay Range & Benefits:

• $50,003 - $64,860 per year

WellPower is committed to fair and equitable hiring with salaries based on relevant factors, such as work experience, education, and certification/licensure (rather than wage history). Toward the principle of equal pay for equal work, we post and hire within defined hiring salary ranges. We ask all applicants to carefully review the hiring salary range for each posted job opportunity, as we will not hire outside the predetermined range.

All full-time, benefits eligible employees will be eligible for WellPower's benefits plan. For a full description of benefit offerings, please visit: https://wellpower.org/workplace-of-choice/.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Assess children's educational, social, and life skills competencies
• Develop individualized daily lesson plans based upon the child's IEP and the Denver Public School approved curriculum
• Provide one-on-one or small group instruction
• Keep records of student progress and other record keeping as assigned
• Work with treatment team in developing treatment plans
• Work with referring school district in developing and monitoring IEP's
• Work with receiving school district in developing and implementing transition and discharge plans
• Meet all requirements for teacher certification
• Work with volunteers and interns as needed
• Maintain a trauma informed environment of wellbeing.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in special education or Education.
• Current Colorado License in Special Education, Highly Qualified or Highly Qualified Eligible in Elementary Education.
• Minimum one year of experience as Special Education Teacher.
• Experience working within a facility school program or equivalent strongly preferred.
• Experience in Affective Needs Classroom or Milieu preferred.

Additional Pre-Hire Requirements:

• Letter of Recommendation.
• Physical and TB
• QMAP, CPR and First Aid Certifications within the first 60 days of employment.
• Therapeutic Crisis Intervention training within 6 months of employment

Why else might you want to consider working at WellPower?

• Named Top Workplace - we have been named a Top Workplace by the Denver Post for ten consecutive years
• Champion Social Justice Causes - we are committed to ending anti-Black racism in our community
• 9 Paid Holidays - including Juneteenth, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and more
• Robust Benefits Package - our benefits start at 30 hours per week and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, and a retirement match
• Employee Resource Groups - our ERG's offer a chance to connect, address workplace challenges and get support from individuals who share similar characteristics or life experiences
• Gainsharing - we offer a bonus to employees if the organization meets certain requirements for the year
• $50,000/year minimum wage for all employees - we believe that our employees should earn a livable wage conducive to the cost of living in Denver, Colorado
• Sports Leagues - we offer a variety of activities for our employees, including bowling, dragon boat racing, volleyball leagues, and more
• Tuition Assistance Program-Financial assistance for job-related college-level educational courses.
• Attendance at a 2-day professional development conference, expenses paid
• Due to the size of our program if/when teachers move in and out, we need to be able to support a quick turnover so the effect on students is minimal.

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