Special Education Teacher

Whole Health is expanding its in-house therapy team to support young children in the Early Intervention Program. We are seeking a Full Time, Part-Time, or Per Diem Special Education Teachers to provide developmental evaluations and individualized services for children with qualifying delays or disabilities.

This role primarily involves home-based visits, offering family-centered support and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

Minimum Qualifications:

Graduation from a recognized college or university with a master’s degree in special education AND one year of full-time paid (or the equivalent part-time) post-certification experience teaching developmentally delayed children ages birth to five years

Special Requirements:

• At the time of application, the candidate must be licensed and registered by the New York State Education Department to practice as a Special Education Teacher in New York State with a specialty in ages birth to 2, or 1 to 6 years of age. All applicants are required to possess a valid New York State Driver’s License at the time of application and maintain such license for the duration of employment.
• All applicants are required to possess a valid New York State Driver’s License at the time of application and maintain such license for the duration of employment.
• All applicants must possess CPR certification (American Red Cross or American Heart Association) at the time of appointment and maintain such certification for the duration of employment.

Typical Work Activities:

• The design of learning environments and activities that promote the child's acquisition of skills in a variety of developmental areas, including cognitive processes and social interaction;
• Curriculum planning, including the planned interaction of personnel, materials, and time and space, that leads to achieving the outcomes in the child's individualized family service plan;
• Providing families and any primary caregivers (e.g., childcare providers) with information, skills, and support related to enhancing the skill development of the child;
• Working with the child to enhance the child's development, by implementing modern methods of various early childhood
  teaching techniques or special education to promote learning;
• Conducts assessments and standardized testing to ascertain child’s cognitive, behavioral and social development including lack of opportunities;
• Administers standardized evaluation tests/assessments as primary or generalist evaluator within a team - with regards to five functional domains of growth and development – Communication (receptive and expressive), Physical (fine and gross motor), Cognitive (thinking and reasoning), Social Emotional and Adaptive (self-help skills);
• Establishes and implements long term and short-term goals and teaching programs compatible with the individual comprehensive plan aiding in the treatment or remediation of the delay/disorder/impairment;
• Collaborates with child’s family and team to provide intervention to meet the educational, developmental, functional and
  medical needs;
• Formulates and carries out plans to meet the needs of the child and family and routinely reviews the child’s
  progress/delays with team members and supervisor;
• Consults with physicians and other health care and educational professionals and paraprofessionals as a member of a
  multidisciplinary team in developing and implementing appropriate program approaches;
• Develops and implements education curriculum based on evaluative data and behavioral objectives for each child;
• Provides Special Instruction using augmentative communication devices, basic sign language, specialized techniques and
  family education;
• Provide strength-based education strategies/techniques designed to stimulate and encourage growth and development with parents/guardians/family and daycare providers, to increase their capacity and confidence and ability to help the infant or child improve functional development of delay/disorder/impairment;
• Observes and measures progress of children receiving service;
  Establishes and maintains professional contacts with relative outside agencies to further benefit the overall treatment of
  child and families;
• Visits houses of children, parents/guardians, family, daycare providers, or via teletherapy and works to establish services
  according to child and family needs;
• Uses computer applications or other automated systems such as spreadsheets, word processing, calendar, email and
  database software in performing work assignments;
• Prepares a variety of reports, including computer-based reports as required;
• Accesses protected educational and health information in accordance with departmental assignments and guidelines;
• Maintains a variety of case management related records;
• Reviews existing case records for available information for use in formulating need/plan of service in collaboration with other team members;
• Participates in Department emergency preparedness training, drills and events as required.