KEYS Academy Special Education Teacher

HEALTH CONNECT AMERICA INC
US - Virginia - SHENANDOAH/Virginia/US
May 16, 2025

Overview:

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KEYS Academy is a Private Day School, licensed by the Virginia Department of Education, serving Special Education students from Kindergarten through 12th grade.
At KEYS Academy, we recognize that each child is a unique individual who thrives in a secure, nurturing, and engaging environment.
We provide comprehensive services tailored to meet students' social, emotional, and academic needs.
Our approach integrates specific social and emotional strategies and tools, enabling students to achieve a sense of well-being and actively participate in a variety of learning experiences, including computer-based, small-group, and large-group settings.

Responsibilities:

The KEYS Academy Teacher demonstrates an understanding of curriculum, subject content, and the developmental needs of students by providing relevant learning experiences and effectively engaging students in learning using a variety of instructional strategies.
The KEYS Academy Teacher plans using the Virginia Standards of Learning, the school's curriculum, effective strategies, resources, and data to meet the needs of all students and systematically gathers, analyzes, and uses relevant data to plan instruction, measure student academic progress, and provide feedback to students and parents.
The KEYS Academy Teacher uses resources, routines, and procedures to provide a respectful, positive, safe, student- centered environment that is conducive to learning and demonstrates knowledge and integration of the KEYS Curriculum and the Social Thinking Program into their classroom daily.
The KEYS Academy Teacher maintains a commitment to professional ethics, and effective communication and takes responsibility for and participates in professional growth that results in enhanced student learning and acceptable, measurable, and appropriate student academic progress.
The KEYS Academy Teacher performs all duties in a manner that supports a sense of well-being, availability for learning and safety, dignity and opportunity for all.

Prepares classroom for class activities
Clearly defines classroom environment to allow students to understand boundaries
Develops a classroom management plan and individual behavior plans as needed
Develops lesson plans
Uses student learning data to guide planning
Identifies and selects instructional resources and methods that support and expand the on-line curriculum and support the Virginia SOLs
Plans instruction by embedding communication and social skill development
Aligns IEP goals to instructional plans
Aligns instructional plans to the SOLs and school curriculum
Develops plans based on evidence-based practices
Plans for student transition while encouraging self-determination
Creates and ensures use of master schedule by all staff in the classroom
Clearly communicates staff roles and responsibilities with all team members (including paraprofessionals)
Organizes instructional materials and ensures accessibility of materials to staff prior to instructional delivery
Keeps up to date with developments in on-line learning program, teaching resources, and methods and makes relevant changes to instructional plans and activities
Plans, prepares and delivers daily group instruction utilizing Social Thinking and KEYS philosophies and curriculum

Qualifications:

Holds a valid teaching license from an accredited College or University, licensed in Special Education with endorsements in Special Education with endorsements in Emotional Disabilities (ED), Special Education General Curriculum K-12 or another Special Education Degree with sufficient time, training, and ability to carry out the duties involved.
Maintains qualifications necessary to perform the duties of KEYS Academy Teacher.
Completion of competency based universal precautions training.
Completion of competency based de-escalation and physical restraint crisis intervention techniques training.
Completion of competency based training in safe transportation of students.
Completion of competency based medication administration training.
Completion of competency based Confidentiality training.
Completion of competency based Ethics training.
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