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The Educator’s role is to plan, organize, and implement an invigorating instructional program that guides and encourages students to fulfill their academic potential. The Educator will work in tandem with the Classroom Behavioral Specialist and will be responsible for developing the academic curriculum, classroom instruction, and working closely with the administration, staff, specialists, and the students’ families to enable the optimal development of each student.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement Common Core aligned daily lesson plans in ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies and Social Emotional Learning that maximize learning potential for a diverse group of students.
• Provide instruction utilizing a multi-modal approach.
• Prepare students adequately for all required assessments.
• Foster an inviting, exciting, innovative educational environment that is favorable to learning and personal growth.
• Engage in long- and short-term planning addressing individual needs of students.
• Work with classroom behaviorist to maintain classroom management procedures and foster social-emotional learning.
• Liaison with parents, staff, specialists, and administration.
• Incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff and behavioral specialists.
• Maintain and enrich your expertise in the subject areas you will teach.
• Maintain a high level of organization and preparation for the classroom as well as for meetings, presentations, and events.
• Evaluate students’ progress and prepare at least quarterly individual student achievement reports for parents and administration.
• Represent the school at community events.
• Perform other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the principal.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• An ability and desire to engage the interest of elementary school-age children.
• An ability and desire to work with children who need additional support with self-regulation, executive functioning, and/or social-emotional learning.

• Experience with adverse classroom behaviors.
• An ability to utilize varied teaching methodologies to accommodate students’ unique learning styles.
• An ability to adapt to students’ specific needs.
• An ability to communicate effectively with parents, staff, and administrators.
• An ability to work effectively as a team member.
• An ability to adapt to changes in characteristics of students, programs, leadership, staff, and community.
• An ability to evaluate tests and measures of achievement.
• An ability to incorporate and implement behavior plans within the classroom.

• Expertise in the subjects you will teach.

• An ability to speak publicly in an effective manner in order to represent the school at community events.

Qualifications:

• Teaching Credential or Master’s Degree in Education or related field
• 3+ years experience as a classroom teacher
• Background in grades K-5

Qualified candidates can send their resumes and cover letters to admin@theburkardschool.org.

Background in Special Education (Mild/Mod) is Highly Preferred 

Experience with grades 3-5. Experience with students with behavioral challenges and/or a passion for working with neurodiverse students is essential.

The Educator’s role is to plan, organize, and implement an invigorating instructional program that guides and encourages students to fulfill their academic potential. The Educator will work in tandem with the Classroom Behavioral Specialist and will be responsible for developing the academic curriculum, delivering classroom instruction, and working closely with the administration, staff, specialists, and the students’ families to enable the optimal development of each student.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement Common Core aligned daily lesson plans in ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Social-Emotional Learning that maximize the learning potential for a diverse group of students.
• Provide instruction utilizing a multi-modal approach.
• Prepare students adequately for all required assessments.
• Foster an inviting, exciting, innovative educational environment favorable to learning and personal growth.
• Engage in long- and short-term planning addressing the individual needs of students.
• Work with the classroom behaviorist to maintain classroom management procedures and foster social-emotional learning.
• Liaison with parents, staff, specialists, and administration.
• Incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff and behavioral specialists.
• Maintain and enrich your expertise in the subject areas you will teach.
• Maintain a high level of organization and preparation for the classroom as well as for meetings, presentations, and events.
• Evaluate students’ progress and prepare at least quarterly individual student achievement reports for parents and administration.
• Represent the school at community events.
• Perform other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the principal.

Qualified candidates can send their resumes and cover letters to admin@theburkardschool.org.

Background in Special Education (Mild/Mod) is Highly Preferred 

Experience with K-3^rd grade required. 

Experience with students with behavioral challenges and/or a passion for working with neurodiverse students is necessary.

The Educator’s role is to plan, organize, and implement an invigorating instructional program that guides and encourages students to fulfill their academic potential. The Educator will work in tandem with the Classroom Behavioral Specialist and will be responsible for developing the academic curriculum, delivering classroom instruction, and working closely with the administration, staff, specialists, and the students’ families to enable the optimal development of each student.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement Common Core aligned daily lesson plans in ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Social-Emotional Learning that maximize the learning potential for a diverse group of students.
• Provide instruction utilizing a multi-modal approach.
• Prepare students adequately for all required assessments.
• Foster an inviting, exciting, innovative educational environment favorable to learning and personal growth.
• Engage in long- and short-term planning addressing the individual needs of students.
• Work with the classroom behaviorist to maintain classroom management procedures and foster social-emotional learning.
• Liaison with parents, staff, specialists, and administration.
• Incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff and behavioral specialists.
• Maintain and enrich your expertise in the subject areas you will teach.
• Maintain a high level of organization and preparation for the classroom as well as for meetings, presentations, and events.
• Evaluate students’ progress and prepare at least quarterly individual student achievement reports for parents and administration.
• Represent the school at community events.
• Perform other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the principal.

Qualified candidates can send their resumes and cover letters to admin@theburkardschool.org.

The Classroom Behavior Specialist is responsible for the students’ social-emotional well-being in the classroom. His/her role is to implement the school’s behavior support strategies in the classroom, on the playground, and on field trips. The Classroom Behavior Specialist will work closely with the administration, staff, specialists, and the students’ families to ensure the optimal development of each student, and is supervised by a BCBA.

Responsibilities:

• Implement the School’s social-emotional learning, executive functioning, and behavioral support interventions in the classroom, on the playground, and on field trips.

• Ensure that the strategies are tailored for each student, working with the parents, other specialists, and School Psychologist to understand the student’s underlying needs and issues.

• Apply interventions to enhance social-emotional skills.

• Send a daily, personalized behavior update to each family.

• Engage in long- and short-term planning addressing individual needs of each student.

• Take accurate behavior data and tailor interventions based on the data.

• Evaluate students’ progress and prepare quarterly individual student achievement reports for parents and administration.

• Present oneself as an integral member of the educational team: lead by example; contribute to an expectation of excellence; motivate fellow employees to maintain best efforts and produce their best work; take the initiative to research new programs/policies/ideas/events; and cultivate a contagious enthusiasm for our mission.

• Effectively communicate to staff, parents, students, and community members in a way that models teamwork, encourages cooperative interaction among employees, supports collaboration, and promotes a high level of open and honest communication.

• Express oneself clearly and confidently orally and in writing.

• Speak publicly in an effective manner in order to represent the School at community events.

• Participate actively in professional organizations.

• Act as an ambassador to the School and uphold a standard of excellence and professionalism in all interactions with parents, prospective parents, and other community members, whether representing the school or in private interactions.

• Maintain a workable level of organization and preparation for the classroom as well as for meetings, presentations, and events.

• Perform other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the Director.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrated effectiveness as a behavioral specialist.

• An unflappable ability to stay calm and focused in the face of big behaviors.

• An ability to think quickly on one’s feet to analyze the possible cause and function of a behavior and the best intervention in the moment.

• Knowledge of social-emotional learning and executive functioning.

• A sense of humor, genuine love for children, and deep appreciation for our students.

• An ability to make a genuine connection with each student.

• A belief that all youngsters have the natural ability to succeed at high levels of learning and it is the behaviors and actions of the adults in the School that nurture, develop, and encourage each and every student.

• An ability to build caring and considerate relationships that demonstrate regard and respect for all people.

• A belief that decisions should be made from the perspective of putting students’ needs first.

• An ability to resolve student problems and make decisions based on developmental appropriateness, educational research, behavior data, and an understanding of the issues underlying an individual student’s behavior.

• An ability to get along well with co-teacher and other members of staff.

• An ability to conduct oneself in a way that maintains the integrity of the position and the School.

• An ability to adhere to professional codes of ethics: maintain trust and confidentiality; model legally and morally responsible actions at all times; treat individuals with fairness, dignity, and respect; and model the core values of the School.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Psychology, or related field or BCBA.
• 3+ years experience as a Behavior Specialist
• Background in grades 2-4

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in Psychology or related field
• 5+ years experience as a Behavior Specialist, with 2+ years in a lead/supervising role
• Experience in a school setting