Therapeutic Pre School Teacher

Job Description

Job Description

$300 Sign On Bonus!

Job Title : Therapeutic Pre School Teacher

Monday - Friday 8 : 45am - 5 : 15pm

Pay : $20-$22 / hr

Definition and Primary Objective : Responsible for providing early education and therapeutic supports for preschool children with behavioral and / or emotional challenges. As a part of CoStars Therapeutic Childcare Classroom, this position is also responsible for leading a teaching team, collaborating with early childhood mental health staff, creating a responsive preschool environment, and implementing a developmentally appropriate curriculum tailored towards individual children and the classroom as a whole. This includes administering developmental assessments, creating student transition plans, implementing social and emotional strategies, communicating with parents and co-workers and providing a healthy and safe environment for children.

Minimum Education, Experience and Other Skill Requirements :

• Minimum of a CDA or Associates degree in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, or related field from an accredited college or university; Bachelor’s degree preferred. Will accept education and work experience that meets requirements for Career Pathways Level (CPL) 3 as outlined by Ohio’s Early Childhood Professional Development Network
• Direct teaching experience in an early education or Head Start environment required
• Must have strong knowledge of social and emotional development and developmentally appropriate practices for preschoolers
• Must be flexible in work schedule, responsibilities and physically capable of performing the job of a teacher of young children
• Must be open to new ideas and strategies in order to improve work performance.
• Must possess minimum technical skills including familiarity with Microsoft Windows and ability to use standard Microsoft Office applications

Primary Responsibilities :

Core Values / Personal Effectiveness

Direct Client Service and Quality Effectiveness

Work Environment : Exposed to a combination of office, school and mental health treatment environments. Exposed to children with behavior problems. May be exposed to shouting and clients who may be verbally and physically aggressive. May be exposed to blood or vomit and bodily fluids.

Physical Demands : The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to : sit, stand, walk, bend and lift up to 50 pounds. Must be capable of sustained exertion and be able to participate in the physical restraint techniques and exercises required to ensure the safety of clients at all times.

Benefits :

Culture :

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is Greater Cincinnati’s most prolific non-profit specializing in education, behavioral and therapeutic health services and autism services for vulnerable, at-risk youth, their families, and caregivers.

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is proud to embrace our ideals of an equal opportunity workplace by actions as well as our words. We lead our community with respect and tolerance, internally and externally, and we expect our employees to embrace this ideal and express it in their day-to-day interactions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against, based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.