Job Details
Job Description:
Organization Summary: The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth ("TLC") is a regional social impact company
serving the Philadelphia area for over 50 years. Founded in 1970 and incorporated in 1983, TLC is one of the region's longest serving nonprofit organizations providing alternative education, coaching, and counseling services to public school students and their families.
Position Summary: The Special Education Teacher works with students who have a wide range of socio emotional and mental health needs and/or learning disabilities. The Special Education Teacher develops and provides specialized instruction to meet the unique needs of students, evaluates and assesses student progress against instructional objectives, and follows PA mandated due process procedures and functions as IEP
Manager to assigned students. The Special Education Teacher must be able to work in a team environment with other educators, special education staff, counselors, and social workers. The Special Education Teacher should possess a high degree of authenticity, kindness, and empathy while effectively maintaining an environment conducive to academic and socioemotional growth.
Education & Experience: Bachelor's degree required and Pennsylvania Special Education Certification (7-12 or N-12).
Work Environment: Small alternative, open-space school setting (grades 7-12).
Work Hours: This is a full-time, 40 hours per week, 43-week position.
EEO Statement: TLC is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and does not discriminate on any legally recognized basis, including, but not limited to, race, age, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other basis recognized by federal, state or
local law.