BONUS DETAILS: To show our commitment to you and to assist with your transition into our organization, we are happy to offer a $2000.00 sign-on bonus (external candidates only).

View the video below to here from a current caregiver who answers the question of........Can you describe some of the challenges that the student at Mount Saint Vincent face?
https://app.altrulabs.com/player/13400690

Us.

Intermountain Health Mount Saint Vincent is one of the Rocky Mountain region's premier providers of pediatric behavioral healthcare, foster care services, preschool through eighth grade education, and trauma-informed training - all focused on children and their families. For 141 years, our innovative programs have helped children reach their full potential within their homes, schools, and communities. Our focus on trauma-informed care makes us one of Colorado's most highly regarded human services agencies.

We support children and their families across a continuum of care that includes therapeutic, educational, and counseling programs.

We.

Together we'll align mission and careers, values and workplace. We'll encourage joy and take pride in our integrity.

We'll laugh at each other's jokes (even the bad ones). We'll hello and high five. We'll celebrate milestones and acknowledge the value of spirituality in healing.

We're proud of what we know, which includes how much there is to learn.

Scope

As a Special Education Teacher you need to know how to:

• Ensure the classroom adheres to the Colorado Department of Education and State Licensing requirements and guidelines.

• Provide specialized instruction to students with moderate to severe emotional and behavioral problems.

• Provide educational assessment using academic-psycho-educational test batteries in accordance with department guidelines to develop a baseline for planning care and school disposition. May provide formal or informal assessment not limited to psycho-educational tests.

• Develop and implement individualized education plans of care to provide appropriate instruction and a positive learning experience.

• Utilize trauma-informed care to establish and maintain strong relationships with patients, effectively interpret behavior, and appropriately respond to meet the patient's needs.

• Create written or visual materials regarding the educational needs of patients and families to meet the educational needs of your patients.

• Provide family members with appropriate educational information, resources, and recommendations.

• Work collaboratively as a member of a multidisciplinary team to meet the educational needs of patients.

• Provide educational recommendations based on assessment data and knowledge of educational resources to assist in treatment planning and patient care.

• Foster a positive learning environment for patients through structured curriculum and customized educational activities to meet individual needs and to promote academic achievement.

• Determine appropriate educational placement and educational instruction utilizing assessment, patient history, and current patient status.

• Collaborate with public and private educational systems to obtain and communicate educational information in accordance with educational law and department guidelines to arrange appropriate educational services and transition plans.

• Advocate for patients and families within public and private schools by establishing transition plans as needed.

• Anticipate and diffuses patient behaviors that have the likelihood to lead to out-of-control behaviors. Responds calmly and safely to escalating behaviors, asks for assistance as needed, and responds with a team-based approach.

• Respond to patient crises through effective use of crisis response interventions up to and including physical restraint.

• Maintain compliance with appropriate school accreditation and professional licensure standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required

• Colorado Teaching License with endorsement in special education required

• Current Driver's License and must obtain Colorado Driver's License within 30 days of moving to Colorado, required

• Colorado Teaching License with endorsement in special education, required