Please complete the employee application and mail it with your resume to:
Soaring Eagle Academy
800 Parkview Blvd Lombard, IL 60148
or email to school@soaringeagleacademy.org
No phone calls please.
Make a difference in the life of a child with Autism!
LBS1 Special Education License or endorsement for K-12 required.
Seeking a candidate with experience teaching students with ASD of varied ages and developmental levels in an early learning/elementary environment where developmental thinking/approach was utilized and an interactive style that is playful, affectual and engaging.
$ Sign on BONUS !!
Soaring Eagle Academy, a not for profit, ISBE approved therapeutic day school in Lombard, IL serving students ages 5 through 22 years old, faced with the challenges of Autism, is seeking a full time SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER for our 4th-8th grade Intermediate Classroom ($Sign on BONUS), to join our growing staff and student body.
The Academy was founded by three Speech Language Pathologists, with an accumulation of over 80 years experience serving children and families with Autism and other related disorders, and a passion to showcase the amazing capacities of students with Autism to interact, communicate, think and learn. SEA is the only school in the world to utilize a Developmental Language approach implementing principles of the DIR® Floor Time model, to understanding and supporting students’ social, emotional and academic development. This is a unique opportunity to do cutting edge work with dedicated support staff including SLP, OT, SW, fellow teachers and 1:1 teacher assistants assigned to each student, who understand and support developmental language, sensory processing strategies, emotional development, and how they impact children with autism. We believe that the “behaviors” others see as impacting education for these students are a result of their lack of comprehension, inability to communicate, challenges in processing sensory information from their environment and staying regulated around a broad range of emotions.
We are a hands-off school utilizing proactive strategies to interpret the actions and behaviors of students, versus using behavioral methods of time out, consequences and rewards or physical restraint/carry/holds. With our appropriate interpretation of their intentions, appropriate language-based strategies, emotional and sensory supports, and an individualized, multi-sensory, engaging and meaningful curriculum, our students are soaring. Join our team! Our Teachers have a central role in the support of our students. For more information, please visit our website at www.soaringeagleacademy.org
QUALIFICATIONS:
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Immediate (Students are in attendance for 220 school days, 181 regular days and 39 summer session days). Work a salaried regular full-time position with typical hours Monday through Friday 8:00 to 3:00pm. While the work schedule is typically 8:00 to 3:00pm, as a salaried employee, you will be expected to report to work sufficiently in advance of the start of the school day and to remain after the end of the school day, so that student needs may be met and preparations for the next day can be made. Therefore, expected on site hours may vary depending on necessary prep and paperwork both before and after school. Work a total of 44.8 weeks per year since there are 6 weeks of non-student attendance and holidays. Full-time staff employed 52 weeks of the year with 6 paid weeks off for non-student attendance.
BENEFITS: Eligible for medical and ancillary benefits for this full-time position. Benefits can include BCBS medical, with SEA contributing a portion of the total cost, employee funded dental and vision insurance benefits. Short-term, long-term disability insurance and a life insurance benefit are offered at no cost. 12 paid sick and personal days to be utilized by employee. Receive $250 reimbursement annually for continuing education. Supervision and mentoring provided by SLP Supervisor and the DIR® Expert Clinician/SLP/SEA Co-Founder that leads the Teachers and Curriculum Team, with extensive experience in autism, developmental language thinking, curriculum development and is a Trainer in the DIR® Floortime model as well as reflective processing offered. Collaboration and support from the SEA Curriculum Team. Eligible for Teacher Retention Bonus Program. Participation in our 403B retirement plan. Work in an environment with state-of-the art materials and equipment.
SALARY: Competitive salary aligned with work hours/weeks and commensurate with experience and qualifications. $ Sign on BONUS details given upon hire.’
Make a difference in the life of a child with Autism!
LBS1 Special Education License or endorsement for K-12 required.
Seeking a candidate with experience teaching students with ASD of varied ages and developmental levels in a high school program environment with attention to academics and individualized, dynamic learning utilizing an interactive style that is playful, affectual and engaging.
$ Sign on BONUS !!
Soaring Eagle Academy, a not for profit, ISBE approved therapeutic day school in Lombard, IL serving students ages 5 through 22 years old, faced with the challenges of Autism, is seeking a full time SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER for our High School (14-18 year old) Classroom to join our growing staff and student body.
The Academy was founded by three Speech Language Pathologists, with an accumulation of over 80 years experience serving children and families with Autism and other related disorders, and a passion to showcase the amazing capacities of students with Autism to interact, communicate, think and learn. SEA is the only school in the world to utilize a Developmental Language approach implementing principles of the DIR® Floor Time model, to understanding and supporting students’ social, emotional and academic development. This is a unique opportunity to do cutting edge work with dedicated support staff including SLP, OT, SW, fellow teachers and 1:1 teacher assistants assigned to each student, who understand and support developmental language, sensory processing strategies, emotional development, and how they impact children with autism. We believe that the “behaviors” others see as impacting education for these students are a result of their lack of comprehension, inability to communicate, challenges in processing sensory information from their environment and staying regulated around a broad range of emotions.
We are a hands-off school utilizing proactive strategies to interpret the actions and behaviors of students, versus using behavioral methods of time out, consequences and rewards or physical restraint/carry/holds. With our appropriate interpretation of their intentions, appropriate language-based strategies, emotional and sensory supports, and an individualized, multi-sensory, engaging and meaningful curriculum, our students are soaring. Join our team! Our Teachers have a central role in the support of our students. For more information, please visit our website at www.soaringeagleacademy.org
QUALIFICATIONS:
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Immediate (Students are in attendance for 220 school days, 181 regular days and 39 summer session days). Work a salaried regular full-time position with typical hours Monday through Friday 8:00 to 3:00pm. While the work schedule is typically 8:00 to 3:00pm, as a salaried employee, you will be expected to report to work sufficiently in advance of the start of the school day and to remain after the end of the school day, so that student needs may be met and preparations for the next day can be made. Therefore, expected on site hours may vary depending on necessary prep and paperwork both before and after school. Work a total of 44.8 weeks per year since there are 6 weeks of non-student attendance and holidays. Full-time staff employed 52 weeks of the year with 6 paid weeks off for non-student attendance.
BENEFITS: Eligible for medical and ancillary benefits for this full-time position. Benefits can include BCBS medical, with SEA contributing a portion of the total cost, employee funded dental and vision insurance benefits. Short-term, long-term disability insurance and a life insurance benefit are offered at no cost. 12 paid sick and personal days to be utilized by employee. Receive $250 reimbursement annually for continuing education. Supervision and mentoring provided by SLP Supervisor and the DIR® Expert Clinician/SLP/SEA Co-Founder that leads the Teachers and Curriculum Team, with extensive experience in autism, developmental language thinking, curriculum development and is a Trainer in the DIR® Floortime model as well as reflective processing offered. Collaboration and support from the SEA Curriculum Team. Eligible for Teacher Retention Bonus Program. Participation in our 403B retirement plan. Work in an environment with state-of-the art materials and equipment.
SALARY: Competitive salary aligned with work hours/weeks and commensurate with experience and qualifications. $ Sign on BONUS details given upon hire.’
Make a difference in the life of a child with Autism!
Patience and compassion for individual differences of students with special needs in a one-of-a-kind therapeutic day school in Lombard, IL serving students with Autism, ages 3 to 21 years old.
Join a comprehensive team of dedicated, child-centered professionals supporting our students and their families, in a calm/nurturing but fast paced and dynamic environment, working together to harness each student’s joy for interaction, play, communication and learning. We believe that the “behaviors” others see as impacting education for these students are a result of their lack of comprehension and challenges to process sensory and social/emotional information from their environment and communication partners. With our appropriate interpretation of their intentions, our hands-off/ non-physical restraint, language-based strategies and emotional and sensory supports- our students are soaring!
Our 1:1 Teacher Assistants have a central role, the heart of our model, in the support of our students. Requires a Paraprofessional license or a valid teacher/substitute teacher license. Easy to acquire with 60 or more college credit hours or pass the paraprofessional basic skills test.
Work 44.4 weeks of the year, 222 days. 6 weeks of student non-attendance and holidays.
Benefits Include for Full Time:
Compensation: Hourly rate $18.00.
SEA is the only school in the world to utilize a developmental language approach and developmental thinking, implementing DIR® Floortime principles, to understand and support students’ social and academic development. Join our 2021-22 School year with all staff working in our school building 5 full days per week providing in person teaching, following strict IDPH, CDC, ISBE and local public health department COVID-19 guidelines including social distancing, handwashing/cleaning and sanitizing measures to the best of our ability within a mask optional environment.
For more information, please visit our website at www.soaringeagleacademy.org
Essential Functions:
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.
Soaring Eagle Academy admits students of any race, color, religion, gender, national or ethnic origin, or any other legally protected status to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students of the Academy, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions and employment policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic or other school administered programs, or in any other activity, program or policy.
Soaring Eagle Academy is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization ID # 20-2286699
Soaring Eagle Academy is approved by the Illinois State Board of Education
Copyright 2016