About SEA

A team built around every child.

Certified, licensed and highly trained professionals, supported by initial training, staff development days, weekly training and daily coaching.

Our Program Staff

The Staff of Soaring Eagle Academy.

Our staff consists of certified, licensed and highly trained professionals who have a deep-rooted passion for children with special needs, their families and the Academy’s vision and mission.

The education and support of our staff includes initial training, specialized training during staff development days and ongoing weekly training and daily coaching within the learning environment.

We offer a unique opportunity to work in a school, where each employee receives intensive and ongoing training and support, as well as, the opportunity to work in an environment where each child is respected and understood and the joy of learning is celebrated.

The staff of Soaring Eagle Academy gathered together for a summer group photograph.
The staff of Soaring Eagle Academy.
How we train

Areas our staff train in.

  • Developmental Language Models and DIR® Floortime methodology
  • Language comprehension and communication during a stress response
  • Trauma-informed support of regulation and safety
  • Educational best practices and meaningful academic curriculum
  • Language development and communication
  • Sensory processing
  • Social emotional
  • Supporting peer friendships
  • Visual-spatial
  • Augmentative communication
  • Symbolic play
  • Supporting family and staff dynamics
  • ISBE policy and procedures
Teams across the school

Multidisciplinary by design.

The range of positions held by our staff is extensive. At this time, we have professionals in all of the following positions serving our school:

Classroom6
  • Special Education Teachers
  • Classroom Assistants
  • 1:1 Teacher Assistants
  • Substitute Teachers
  • Program Assistants
  • Curriculum Team
Support staff7
  • DIR® Expert Clinicians / DIR® Trainers
  • DIR® Specialists
  • Speech-Language Pathologists
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Social Workers / Counselors
  • Assistive Technology Specialist
  • Registered Nurses
Regulation & safety5
  • Regulatory Crisis Responders
  • Safety Care® Trainers
  • Emergency Crisis Response Team
  • Regulation to Learning / DIR® Crisis Support Team
  • DIR® Informed Crisis Support Specialist
Administrative6
  • Executive Director
  • Principal
  • HR Director
  • Communications Director / Fundraising
  • Development Officer / Major Giving
  • Business/Finance, Clerical, Custodial
Soaring Eagle Academy staff members together at school.
Careers at SEA
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We offer a unique opportunity to work in a school where each employee receives intensive and ongoing training and support.
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Our Mission

To provide an academic and social learning environment for students with special needs that supports their individual strengths and learning styles and integrates learning and interaction within Developmental Language Models and Developmental Individual-Difference Relationship (DIR®) based approach principles.