2024 - 2025 Lbs1 Classroom Teacher/Case Manager

LBS1 Teacher / Case Manager

2024 - 2025 School Year Start

Date: August 2024

About Our School: The Cove School is a non-public therapeutic day school for students with learning disabilities located in Northbrook just 35 minutes north of Chicago. Cove students come from 60 different public schools throughout the Northern Illinois area. Families can also choose to fund tuition privately.
For 75 years, The Cove School has been a national leader within its field, creating an exceptional environment where children with learning disabilities “learn how to learn” and develop the emotional and social skills to reach within, achieve above, exceed beyond, and maximize student growth. Classes are kept small.  Teaching is flexible and varies according to the individual student’s learning style. A team of onsite specialists work collaboratively to provide students intensive, integrated related services.

Minimum Education and Licensure: B.A./B.S. in Education with Illinois LBS1 teaching license or LBS1 endorsement, experience working with students with learning disabilities. Masters degree in education and special education preferred.

The learning disabilities classroom specialist Teacher/Case Manager will provide both appropriate instruction for the student in the underlying basic skills that are prerequisite to language and academic learning as well as support the student in the academic and social-emotional areas. Strong background in reading, writing, and math.

I.        Preparation Skills

1. Develop an Individualized Education Program for each student.
2. Analyze formal and informal diagnostic assessment results and translate into prescriptive/remedial programming.
3. Conduct informal diagnostic assessment in language and academic areas.  
4. Observe student's production and methods of problem solution.
5. Write instructional and behavior objectives.
6. Select and use methods, materials and equipment.
7. Organize learning experiences in a logical developmental sequence.
8. Create an emotional climate conducive to learning and one that fosters the Cove therapeutic milieu.
9. Maintain student attendance records.
10. Provide assignments for classroom aide.

II.        Implementation Skills

1. Exhibit knowledge of subject matter to implement objectives.
2. Utilize a clinical teaching (test-teach-test) approach.
3. Structure the classroom environment effectively, maintain constructive control.
4. Utilize alternative and creative ways to achieve objectives in the language, academic and social-emotional areas.
5. Relate to students with respect to their individual needs.
6. Explain, inform and demonstrate effectively.
7. Be able to implement Cove programs.
8. Integrate remediation and language arts instruction in the content areas, e.g., science and social studies.
9. Teach the necessary content to ensure the smooth transition to the mainstream or improve the general knowledge base for those students who will remain at Cove.
10. Consciously maintain effective working relations with others.    
11. Assist parents and students in understanding the student's learning disability, develop realistic expectations and goals, articulate the strengths and weaknesses of the student, and help the student become an advocate for himself/herself.  Help the students understand their learning disabilities as they relate to academic tasks and social settings.
12. Promote the teaching of self-advocacy skills in the classroom and coordination of curriculum between divisions and among the classes with respect to teaching life/social/study skills that are important for successful mainstreaming and transition to other programs, schools, etc.

 III.        Evaluation Skills

1. Record, evaluate and report on-going student growth and development.
2. Update Individualized Educational Program for each student.
3. Update review status on each student's Individualized Educational Program (on a quarterly basis.)
4. Write progress reports.
5. Participate in parent conferences.
6. Evaluate and report on performance of classroom aide.

IV.        Non-classroom responsibilities

1. Participate in curriculum planning and program development.
2. Participate in student staffings.
3. Attend faculty meetings.
4. Communicate with parents on a consistent basis between grading periods.
5. Participate in school functions, e.g., Open House, etc.
6. Perform routine tasks, student attendance, etc.
7. Collaborate with teachers regarding the students' goals, programs, and progress.
8. Participate in school committees.