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As a General/Special Education Teacher at The Menta Group, you will have the freedom and ability to educate a small classroom of students in a self-contained setting. Our social-emotional learning environments offer engaged and inquiry-based academics combined with a P.B.I.S. structure.
10-Month School Calendar
Hiring for All Grade Levels K-21, Small Self-Contained Rooms (10 students max)
M-F, following a school calendar
Benefits Options & Generous Paid Benefit Time Off
Direct Hire with our school: Return School Year after School Year (no annual contract)
Tuition reimbursement for General Education Teachers seeking LBS1
Sign On Bonus for LBS1 Special Education Teachers
Responsibilities:
- Teach all subjects in both remote (e-learning) and in-person classroom settings
- Provide a differentiated learning environment
- Work collaboratively with staff, including curriculum and clinical staff to yield positive results for the students
- Gain support on-campus from other teachers, administrators, curriculum staff, clinical staff, and various support staff that are Menta employees Have the freedom and ability to personalize learning
- Provide a social-emotional learning environment
- Have a classroom size of around 10 students with paraprofessional support in the classroom
Qualifications:
- IL PEL (Professional Educator's License; out-of-state applicants will need to apply for IL certification) with LBS1 Certification or Other Teacher Certification (Non-Substitute) with the willingness to obtain LBS1
- Must be flexible in the ability to teach multiple grade levels as student populations change
- Ability to teach a classroom of students within all basic instructional areas
- Ability to work with youth with emotional/behavioral/academic difficulties
- Ability to be flexible, work in teams and creatively problem solve
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to speak and write clearly and persuasively
Benefits:
- Benefit options include: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Supplemental Insurance Programs
- Medical Insurance enrollment is available to full-time employees on their date of hire. No waiting period.
- 10-Month School Position with 12-Month Semi-Monthly Pay
- Generous Paid Time Off Benefits
- 403(b) Investment Options
- Direct Employer Hire
- Negotiable Sign-On Bonus for Certified Special Education Teachers
Our Midway location provides two different programs, Menta Academy Midway and Menta Sports Academy:
Menta Academy Midway:
Menta Midway is the Bilingual Autism Academy for students ages 10-21. Midway provides education and support services primarily for English-speaking and non-English-speaking children with disabilities. Many of Menta Midway’s staff are bilingual (English and Spanish) thus able to communicate in the child’s native language. Here the learning environment is designed to decrease student dependence on the teacher and to encourage skill development that will lead to a productive life. A complete array of functional life skills support is available to those students whose IEP team determines the student's annual goals best align with a curriculum that includes self-management/daily living activities, general community mobility, vocational/competitive employment and recreation and leisure activities.
Like other Menta programs, the Menta Academy Midway program utilizes a collaborative and data-based problem-solving process to identify students in need of additional interventions, develop appropriate interventions, and progress monitor student response to interventions. The problem-solving process uses a functional behavior approach to understanding student behavior and developing function-based interventions in behavior plans. Functional behavior assessment is another evidence-based practice that is at the heart of ABA. Problem-solving teams include BCBA’s who provide consultation on data collection, data analysis, and intervention planning.
Learning environments in the classrooms thoughtfully integrate specific evidence-based strategies from the Structured Teaching Model developed by Division TEACCH, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Our educators carefully structure physical aspects of the classroom to meet the students’ needs for optimal success, arranging the room to fit the child rather than trying to make the child fit the room.
Menta Sports Academy:
MSA incorporates athletic themes and content into the instruction of core subject areas to sustain the educational engagement of each student. Through the use of project-based learning, students are able to pursue study in areas such as marketing, sports medicine, athletic training, business management and other sports-related industries. MSA facilitates student engagement through the depth and substance of the subject matter.
MSA focuses on the student-athlete who requires a flexible schedule. Athletic training and conditioning are provided during the school day. Eligible students/athletes will have the opportunity to play AAU sports on school teams in the evenings and on weekends, in addition to community and intramural sports activities. The coaching staff works to prepare students to complete at their highest level, thus providing opportunities for athletes to be seen by college recruiters and coaches.
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 are 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 provide 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 mindset 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 an 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.
