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Company Name : Mingus Mountain Academy
Location : Prescott Valley, AZ 86315
Position : Special Education Coordinator
Job Description : | Make a Difference | Find Your Purpose | Be Essential |Mingus Mountain Academy, has immediate openings for a Special Education Coordinator. Mingus Mountain Academy is a residential treatment center for emotionally and behaviorally at-risk adolescent girls that helps them achieve a positive, healthy future. Founded in 1985, the Academy is located on a 120-acre campus surrounded by National Forest, 25 minutes from the town of Prescott Valley, Arizona. Our program combines a positive culture, caring staff, careful medical treatment, individualized psychotherapy and education, and numerous activities, including our unique equestrian program.$1000 sign-on bonusPOSITION SUMMARY: Exemplifies appropriate role model through physical appearance, social skills, professional Words and acts, sets clear professional boundaries.Reasonable Accommodations StatementTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: · Supervise youth in order to observe or effect changes in their social behavior, and to maintain security for community protection.· Stimulate interest and cooperation in individual and group classes and activities and observe youth behavior in response to treatment efforts.· Prepare periodic and special evaluations through the Individual Service Plan (ISP) and IEP on the assigned youth, report significant changes in educational and social behavior and make recommendations for plan changes.· Prepare individualized learning plans and instruct group’s youth, providing in depth attention to students as necessary.· Maintain proper norms and security of youth and provide crisis intervention as necessary.· Communicate, orally and in writing all appropriate information, both within the classroom and outside the classroom (in the log and in youth charts) and to relevant outside agencies, including parents.· Assess each student’s learning style, design and implement curriculum, instructional strategies, and materials appropriate for the youth.· Provide a learning environment to motivate youth.· Ensure attendance of students in all classes and other activities and check on normative behavior.· Prepare periodic and special evaluations through the Individual Service Plan (ISP) and IEP on the assigned youth, report significant changes in educational and social behavior and make recommendations for plan changes.· Complete all necessary paperwork to insure proper recording of student progress, including daily attendance records and progress reports.· Maintain emergency lesson plans for use by substitutes.· Responsible for contributing to a positive and productive work environment.· All other duties as assigned.· Special Education Certification· Evidence of teaching degree* and Arizona State Certification in area subjects (ARS 15 – 533 AZ).· Related experience in providing education to adolescents with special needs.· Ability to obtain a Level 1 Fingerprint clearance card (or have a current valid level 1 fingerprint card.POSITION QUALIFICATIONS· Minimum age of 21· Must be certified by the State Board of Education.· Title I Teachers should be certified in Reading 7-12.· Must be able to use standard office equipment, sit and/or stand for extended periods of time and physically restrain students if necessary.· Valid Arizona driver license· Able to satisfy MMERCI policy for hiring· Individual judgment, discretion and decision making· Evidence of teaching degree* and Arizona State Certification in area subjects (ARS 15 – 533 AZ).· Related experience in providing education to adolescents with special needs.· Evidence of continuing education through courses, seminars, workshops, etc.· Creative, innovative, flexible but consistent, emotionally strong.Job Type: Full-timePay: $70,000.00 – $80,000.00 per yearBenefits:401(k)Dental insuranceEmployee assistance programEmployee discountHealth insuranceLife insurancePaid time offParental leaveProfessional development assistanceReferral programRetirement planTuition reimbursementVision insuranceSchedule:Monday to FridaySupplemental Pay:Signing bonusAbility to commute/relocate:Prescott Valley, AZ 86315: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)Education:Bachelor’s (Preferred)License/Certification:Special Education Certification in the state of AZ (Preferred)Work Location: One location
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