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The Wolf School inspires Complex Learners to discover confidence, compassion, and a love of learning to reach their full potential.

The Wolf School, a small independent day school in East Providence, Rhode Island, was founded in 1999 to provide a unique educational environment for children with complex learning challenges. The goal was to create a school that would provide children with the opportunity to reach their full academic and social potential. The founding members of the Board, including educators, clinical specialists, and a family, created the Immersion Model© that emphasizes the development of core grade-level skills taught through a therapeutically guided curriculum. As a result, our students make significant gains academically and socially. Today, the Wolf School educates 75 students from Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

General Summary of Job:
Work with students in various settings, develop and modify a therapeutically guided curriculum, generate reports to meet students’ needs, communicate with families, coordinate with therapists, and plan for teaching assistants.

Requirements:

• Master’s Degree preferred
• RI Special Education certification required
• Minimum of two years of teaching experience working with children who have special needs
• Knowledge of multi-sensory teaching techniques
• Training and knowledge of a variety of academic programs and methods for teaching math and reading
• Knowledge of classroom behavior management
• Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
• Work with occupational therapists, speech therapists, and teaching assistants to support student goals within Wolf’s Immersion Model©
• Carry out goals on student IEPs and Wolf Learning Plans, and document quarterly progress
• Work with and plan for teaching assistants to reinforce and integrate lessons and activities across all content areas
• Ability to integrate and support the use of educational technology resources in the classroom
• Communicate with and update families on a regular basis
• Teach and plan for all academic content areas
• Prepare for and attend IEP and parent meetings, consistently collect as well as present data to explain student progress
• Implement positive reinforcement systems and behavior management techniques
• Administer academic screenings/assessments to develop individualized Wolf
• Learning Plans and student
• IEPs
• Attend weekly staff meetings and all team meetings
• Complete educational reports twice a year
• Participate in parent conferences three times a year
• Consult with teachers, parents, administrators, and outside professionals regarding classroom and home
• interventions
• Engage in ongoing professional development
• Communicate & coordinate with integrated art and music programs to support curricular study
• Maintain documentation and data collection as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to establish rapport with special needs students
• Possess good organizational capabilities and be able to implement these effectively
• Be open to giving and receiving feedback, have strong interpersonal skills which support and engender trust
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong time management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Must be flexible and take initiative
• Ability to work on a team, ask for help and support when needed
• Find creative and effective ways to solve problems, be flexible, resilient, open to new ideas, solid planning skills
• Have a strong sense of self and a good sense of humor
• Maintain an attitude that encourages teamwork & personal responsibility

Reports to Assistant Head of School