Elementary and Middle School Teachers

✨Join a group of passionate advocates on our mission to improve the lives of at-risk youth!  Rite of Passage Team is hiring for a Teacher at Childhelp, Alice C. Tyler Village in Lignum, Virginia✨

Childhelp is a psychiatric residential treatment facility that specializes in the treatment of children aged 5-14 with mild to severe trauma or neglect, psychiatric disorders, and neurodevelopmental disorders.  Our unique location on a 270-acre farm provides a nurturing treatment setting with a variety of therapy resources.  We bring the light of love and healing into the lives of countless abused and neglected children, and those suffering from psychiatric and behavioral disorders.  We take a holistic approach to serving our children along with meeting their physical, emotional and educational needs. Becoming a member of our Childhelp team is more than a job, it’s an opportunity to create a meaningful career with a mission driven organization.

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  • →Have a Bachelors Degree
  • →A VA Teaching Credential in Special Education or General Education.  We will help with Credentialing if you are not currently certified. 
  • →Possess a knowledge of:
    • →Instructional strategies and how they can be employed to deliver curriculum and assess student learning 
    • →Various methodologies and research related to learning and working with at-risk, high school aged youth. 
    • →Effective classroom management techniques and behavioral management styles that result in understanding of how to manage and teach to various learning styles
  • →Have the ability to:
    • →Establish a teaching rapport with students, which results in student achievement in all program areas
    • →Diagnose, prescribe and evaluate student progress on an ongoing basis
    • →Collaborate with staff to deliver consistent curriculum and implement a team approach to working with students
    • →Confront inappropriate behavior appropriately and take the necessary action as outlined in the program procedures
  • →Be able to pass a criminal background check, drug screen, physical, and TB test.

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