Science Teacher - Part Time

Who We Are

Maple Lake Academy is a residential treatment center for adolescents (boys and girls 13 to 18) on the autistic spectrum. Our students are high functioning dealing with deficits in social skills, life skills, inability to understand their own emotions or put their emotions into words. We provide a safe and nurturing home-like environment for our students to learn skills that push them in the areas mentioned above.

Our team works with our client population daily, hands on, and in one‑on‑one situations.

Empower students who experience Autism, ADHD and other learning differences to gain skills, learn about their strengths, understand what accommodations they need to be successful leading to improved independence and productivity. We expect our teachers to exhibit qualities of teamwork, accountability, flexibility and attentiveness. We are a small school setting grades 7-12 with students at different abilities. We are accredited by Cognia.

Our mission is to help our students feel successful and find that learning can be fun and rewarding.

Our students come from a variety of backgrounds, but all are working on building stronger skills to thrive socially, academically, and within their families. As mentioned, our students are on the Autism Spectrum and may be working through anxiety, depression, self‑esteem issues, various non‑verbal learning disorders, reactive‑attachment, and a number of other challenges. Our students are bright with great potential to succeed far above the level of functioning they demonstrate before coming to Maple Lake.

Because of our intensive clinical programming, verbal abilities of our boys and girls are of average ability or above. Maple Lake Academy offers a supportive environment for learning one success at a time, and includes structured individual, group, and family therapy, recreational therapy, an accredited secondary education program, an equine program, fine arts, and a variety of other activities.

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Part‑Time

Monday - Friday 8am - 1pm

Year Round (ESY)

• High School Diploma
• Additional College Degree is preferred
• Additional Special Education Mild/Moderate endorsement is preferred

• 1 - 2 years of Teaching experience

• Ability to pass background check upon hire and complete all required company trainings
• Must be willing to give a 12-month commitment.
• Valid Driver's License

• Teaching students
• Knowledge of a variety of teaching methods and willing to be creative with teaching
• Communication skills both written and verbal
• Plan and prioritize work.
• Prepared lesson plans
• Classroom management
• Adaptable to the variety of learning and emotional needs of students
• Basic word processing skills and the ability to use on‑line programs
• Follow Utah core curriculum for subject area
• Classes planned and documented
• Lesson plans prepared and emailed to substitute teachers
• Provide opportunities in and outside the classrooms (experiential learning)
• Assist students in learning, provide accommodations, support individual learning
• Evaluation pre and post assessment results and modify instruction as necessary
• High level of self‑awareness, and demonstrate ability to self‑regulate in stressful situations
• Provide culturally competent services, and ongoing commitment to training and development in a timely manner as directed by the company

• Copy/Fax machine:
  Basic
• Computer
  
  Skills:
  
  Intermediate
• Microsoft 365:
  Intermediate
• Video Conferencing:
  Intermediate
• Active Board:
  Intermediate

• Opportunities to work with educational colleagues and to grow professionally
• Exposure to working with a team comprised of Academic, Residential and Clinical departments
• Two weeks break winter break, spring break, Thanksgiving break. Not a part of the PTO program
• Complete and Comprehensive Administrative Support
• Part of a Professional Learning Community with a culture of feedback, inclusion, and professional growth
• Small class sizes

• Opportunities to work with educational colleagues and to grow professionally
• Exposure to working with a team comprised of Academic, Residential and Clinical…