Educational Specialist

At Children’s Crisis Treatment Center (CCTC), our staff is dedicated to addressing the impact of childhood traumatic events and other challenges.  The Teacher will be a member of a multi-disciplinary team whose focus will be to teach the content areas of the early childhood or elementary curriculum at the Cornerstone Center which is an Acute Partial Program that will serve children ages 5-13 presenting with crisis and behavioral health issues.

 Summary of Essential Functions:

• Coordinate academic lesson plans with children, families, and schools
• Maintain effective implementation of School District of Philadelphia Curriculum with each client, including one hour of group instruction per day including mathematics, language arts, science, art, and other appropriate subjects
• Coordinate with individual schools within 5 days of admission to obtain IEP (Individualized Educational Plan), 504b plan, and curriculum-based schoolwork to utilize and support individualized instruction per child
• Assess each child’s reading and ability level within the first 5 days of admission
• Complete at least two notes per child within 20 days of admission
• Document outcome measures (child’s progress/challenges) during academic period
• Attend classroom meetings (2x per month per classroom) and all team meetings
• Attend CCTC mandatory trainings as well as trainings required for continued certification in Elementary Education, including Professional Development Day training provided by the School District of Philadelphia
• Immediately employs Sanctuary Model with clients, families and staff and monitors its use in the Acute Partial Program to effectively maintain the Sanctuary Model for all

Bachelor’s Degree and has a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Instructional Certificate in Special/Elementary Education or Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Intern Certificate in Special/Elementary Education.  

Minimum of one year’s experience teaching children grades K through 8^th. 

Good communication, organizational and interpersonal skills required. 

Bilingual (English/Spanish) applicants strongly encouraged to apply.

Technical/Computer Skills:                    

• Proficient in MS Office Suite
• Proficient in handling office equipment (faxes, copiers, scanners)
• Working knowledge of ECR systems