Teacher
Company: Methodist Family Health
Location: Little Rock
Posted on: March 18, 2023
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Job Description:
Responsibilities:Develop and implement necessary educational
lesson plans and programs, daily agenda's, testing materials,
grading, etc. for students.Work collaboratively with different
public-school districts and/or other educational institutions in
insuring that students requiring Individual Education Plans (IEP's)
are receiving necessary testing and plans in a timely
manner.Responsible for documentation of: attendance records to be
turned in to Lead Teacher on a weekly basis as requested, data
collection forms for students with IEP's; daily observation notes
on all students, work portfolios (if indicated) for all students;
data on student's work and progress with PACE Learning System (if
applicable); testing documentation and filing; and weekly lesson
plans, documented with specific IEP objective #'s when applicable
and specific skill as indicated in the Arkansas Framework of basic
skills. Lesson Plans are to be turned into the Lead Teacher on
Friday for the coming week.Must maintain all graded work. Must be
stored for minimum of 2 years and are considered part of the
child's record in which is property of MFH.Education materials are
not as recent as most public schools, so teachers will be required
to augment some textbooks with up to date information from internet
education resource sites to complete their curriculum.Assist the
treatment team in preparing goals/objectives for the educational
portion of a client's treatment planning.Attend staffing as
necessary and/or required.Explore and utilize measurement
techniques and assessment tools necessary for measuring the
effectiveness of educational programs.Consult with the Program
Director or Administrator and/or Lead Teacher regarding changes
and/or development of educational programs and procedures as they
relate to the MFH education programs.Maintain client records and
files as required by licensing, funding, and certification
codes.Provide related services and duties as requested by Program
Director, Administrator and/or Lead Teacher.
Qualifications:Bachelor's degree from an accredited
institution.Must hold a valid Arkansas Teaching Certification in
Special Education or have a waiver from the Arkansas Department of
Education along with an approved Additional Licensure Plan.Computer
literacy in Microsoft Applications.Ability to document accurately
and professionally.Experience working with "at-risk" youth or other
populations with special needs preferred.Ability as a
self-motivator and the aptitude to work in a high stress fast paced
position with a minimal amount of supervision.Must be physically
capable to receive verbal and written directions.Remains current in
Crisis Prevention Intervention Training and Seclusion/Restraint and
assist with crisis interventions if needed.Must be willing and able
to work with all patients of Methodist Family Health, regardless of
gender.Must have good auditory, visual and olfactory ability.Use
hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls.Must
be able to maintain effective audio, visual discrimination and
perception needed for making observations, communicating with
others, reading and writing, and operating office equipment and
other treatment equipment.Must be able to use a telephone to
communicate verbally and a computer to communicate through written
means, to review information and enter/retrieve data, to see and
read characters on a computer screen, chart or other treatment
items.Methodist Family Health (MFH) requires its employees to be
fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to CMS regulation 86 FR
61555, with exceptions only as required by law.Flu shot is
mandatory and required for all positions (subject to qualified
exemptions).Qualification for Special Education Teachers without a
valid Arkansas certificate in Special Education:First year without
Certification:Possess a valid Arkansas Teaching Certificate in
another area.Has a Deficiency Removal Plan (DRP) or Additional
Licensure Plan (ALP) that is approved by the Arkansas Department of
Education, Teacher Education and Licensure.Will meet the minimum
required progress as evidenced by academic coursework hours toward
completion of the DRP or ALP by the end of the school year.The plan
must clearly state "Special Education" in the area at the top.
Second Year without Certification:Have a valid Arkansas Teaching
Certificate in another area.Have a DRP or Additional Licensure Plan
(ALP) that is approved by the Arkansas Department of Education,
Teacher Education and Licensure.Have completed the minimum required
number of hours toward completion of the DRP or the requirements
set forth in the ALP by the end of the school year.
Third Year without Certification:Have a valid Arkansas Teaching
Certificate in another area.Have a DRP or Additional Licensure Plan
(ALP) that is approved by the Arkansas Department of Education,
Teacher Education, and Licensure.Complete all required college
hours required to meet certification deficiencies by the end of the
school year.
Note:The DRP or Additional Licensure Plan must be stamped,
initialed, and dated by the certification department. This will be
considered the official filing date. Certification must be
completed within three years, requirements achieved for each year.
Therefore, if this is the second or third filing, the period for
tracking the date of completion will begin from the date of the
first filing.Provide copies of teaching certificates, current
transcripts, DRP's or Additional Licensure Plan (ALP), and, where
appropriate, letters from the ADE to the State Board to MFH .
Personnel Department.
Teachers attempting to correct certification
deficiencies:Enrollment in a college or university to complete
coursework must commence whether the semester the person is
employed with UMCH/MBH or the one that immediately follows.
Regular reports outlining progress made toward meeting the
requirements of the DRP or Additional Licensure Plan must be given
to the Program Director, Administrator and/or the Personnel Records
Manager to be added to employee's record and sent to the supervisor
of the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE).
Individuals who are completing courses under an approved deficiency
removal plan or additional licensure plan must complete the
requirements set forth in the additional licensure plan during the
three year period following filing of their plan.
If certification is not obtained at the end of the three-year
period, the employed teacher will not be issued a contract for the
coming school year, and employment with UMCH and/or UMBH will be
terminated at the end of the school year. Exceptions to this will
only be made if the teacher has written documentation from the
Arkansas Department of Education stating reason(s) for
non-compliance with the Additional Licensure Plan.
Note:The Program Administrator and/or the Executive Committee will
evaluate this position at least every two years.
Job descriptions are not intended, nor should be construed, to be
all-inclusive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or
working conditions associated with a job. While this job
description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job
requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add or
remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as
necessary.When an employee performs two or more different jobs, for
which different straight time hourly rates are established, the
employee will be paid during overtime hours as a rate not less than
one and one-half time the hourly rate established for the type of
work he or she is performing during the overtime hours.Level One -
Full Access: Ongoing regular access to PHI of all forms while the
employee is on duty and performing within the scope of his or her
job as defined by the employee's job description, and Policy and
Procedure. "Such access must be for cause, consistent with job
responsibilities and related to patients, claims, audits, reviews
and other legitimate business purposes." (e.g. Physicians, nurses
and other clinicians)EducationRequired
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