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As a Bachelor's Degree Level Paraprofessional with The Menta Group, you will be responsible for working with classroom instructors and staff to offer targeted teaching and support to students in the classroom, as well as general support for all students in the school.
Bachelor's Degree Required
Country Club Hills IL
Hours 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. M-F, Following a School Calendar
Benefits w/Generous Paid Benefit Time Off
Bachelor's Degree Required
Country Club Hills IL
Hours 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. M-F, Following a School Calendar
Benefits w/Generous Paid Benefit Time Off
Responsibilities:
- Substitute teaching experience preferred, but not required.
- Manage classroom behaviors.
- Report behavioral concerns of students to appropriate staff.
- Implement and maintain behavioral program policies and data.
- Maintain classroom order and safety (Security)Provide general supervision of students inside the school setting.
- Assist in the prevention and management of incidents of non-compliance and/or escalation in behavior.
- Maintain alertness for problems likely to disrupt the educational process or to be a safety concern and correct and report these conditions Respond to emergency situations.
- Provide interventions to students to assist in managing behaviors.
- Think quickly, independently, and tactfully.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree (BA or BS).
- Military Veterans are encouraged to apply.
- Ability to operate tactfully under stress.
- Flexibility to change in routines.
- Able to work with high-risk special needs students.
- Good driving record and willing and able to drive student van is strongly preferred.
Benefits:
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefit Plans.
- 10 Month School Position with 12 Month Semi-Monthly Pay (if sub-certified).
- Generous Paid Time Off Benefits.
- 403(b) Investment Options.
Menta Academy Country Club Hills
The Menta Academy Country Club Hills Transition program is designed to prepare students for the post secondary opportunity that best meets their adult goals. Students can work towards transition to college and technical schools, the trades such as automotive restoration, branches of the military, or gainful employment in the field of their choice. Menta Academy utilizes the language of the workplace to emphasize the connections between their current learning environment and the expectations typical of the workplace. There is a strong focus on job development and placement in entry level positions that will lead to gainful employment after high school. In addition to career coaching both on and off the job, students also receive transportation training when necessary. Students from Menta Academy Country Club Transition have held jobs with local employers, i.e. Franciscan Health St. James Hospital, HGDC Learning Academy Daycare, Chicago Heights Steel Highway Steel Inc., Pipe Fitters Training Fund,Local Union 597, D.A.’S Deli & Dining, UPS, Matteson Public Library, Grande Prairie Library, McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Culver’s, Jr’s Hot Dog Inc., Prairie State College (Summer Intern Program)
The goal of the transition program is to develop and facilitate skills necessary for young adults, ages 17 to 22, to handle the challenges of life transitions in a safe and nurturing environment. They are submersed in an environment rich in career exploration, skill development, health and wellness, behavior regulation, and independent living. Facilitators are committed to providing meaningful real world experiences, individualized for each young adult to maximize their level of independence.
More About The Menta Group
The Menta Group’s mission is “To provide innovative solutions to critical problems in education and human services.” Menta brings a framework of educational practices that have been designed and are supported through evidence based practices. Menta’s collaborative process with various school and community stakeholders has resulted in programs designed to educate, support, challenge, empower and celebrate students who present with a range of academic, social and emotional needs. At the beginning of a student’s experience with Menta, a collaborative meeting is held that includes the student, significant people in their lives, Menta staff and other professionals as appropriate. During that meeting, a comprehensive assessment of the student’s past, present and future desires is used to establish a student centered plan (MAP) that serves as a foundation of the student’s Menta programming. A guiding principle of Menta is ‘we do not give up’, while also holding our students and staff to high expectations. The educational offerings at a Menta program provides students with a quality education that is designed to nurture and enhance the skills and maturity needed to meet the challenges of being productive adults and citizens in a rapidly changing 21st century world.
Menta’s programs utilize a unique curricular framework that relies on the Expanded Menta Method and Trauma Informed Practices as the foundational principles for the teaching, counseling and mentoring work done by our highly trained staff. Personalized learning is the hub of our strategic curricular design intended to meet the needs of every student. Starting with the end in mind (learning targets and academic goals), a leveraging of current technologies coupled with highly trained instructional facilitators creates a rich learning environment supporting all student needs. Menta’s learning spaces are unique and specially designed to combine traditional teacher/student interaction with state of the art technology and learning innovations. Those learning spaces are flexible and can accommodate a variety of learning activities, such as inquiry learning and project based learning. Our spaces are designed to mimic productive spaces learners would find in business and/or corporate environments, thereby helping students achieve a mind-set designed for adult learning and work.
Professional Associations and/or Partnerships
The Menta Group affiliates are members/partners with CEC, CASE, Autism Speaks, ASBA, AAPSEC, AASA, CCSSO, SEAA, ASCD, and many more associations that focus on the education of children with disabilities.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Menta Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Menta Group ensures equal employment opportunities regardless of race, creed, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or disability. The District has a policy of active recruitment of qualified minority teachers and non-certified employees. Any individual needing assistance in making application for any opening should contact the district office.
About The Menta Group:
The Menta Group evolved into a dynamic, responsive, multi-state education non-profit, operating numerous private and public/private partnership schools. The organization still firmly adheres to its policy to never give up on a child and that no student will be rejected, suspended, or expelled.MissionTo provide innovative solutions to critical problems in education and human services.VisionWe envision a society in which all youth can be successful. As an organization, we are especially committed to making success a reality for at-risk youth. We strive to be the recognized national leader in serving at-risk youth in educational and social service settings through the provision of empirically-based innovative solutions to critical problems in education and human services. Our goal is to also support the professionals who work with at-risk youth by focusing on program development, professional training, and child advocacy.
