Job Type
Full-time
Description
Nexus Family Healing's Safe Harbor School in Manteno, IL has an exciting opportunity for a new Principal!
Safe Harbor School is our very own private school at Nexus Family Healing. SHS is the on-campus, non-public school that serves our grade level 6-12 youth receiving treatment. Students participate in a curriculum that is tailored to their unique needs and current grade level. The school provides a special education curriculum that is accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement, and approved by the Illinois State Board of Education.
Pay and Schedule:- Full-time onsite opportunity
- Location: 101 Bramble, Manteno, IL 60950
- Starting at $100,000k - $110,000k annually
Nexus' Comprehensive Benefits Include:- Four weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment
- Plus Floating Holidays!
- Multiple options for health insurance coverage
- No-cost life insurance
- Short/long-term disability insurance
- 401k match
- NEW - Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family
- NEW - Hinge Health Benefit for the whole family
- NEW - Carrot Fertility Benefit
- Tuition assistance, discounts, and professional training opportunities
- Advancement pathways and internal promotion
- Internships opportunities
- And much more!
Position Summary : Responsible for leading, supervising and overseeing the education program and staff to achieve and maintain a high quality, therapeutic learning, and treatment environment.
Responsibilities :- Develop and maintain the academic programming
- Ensure a curriculum that is current, outcome based, and is of high quality, with a process for continual improvement
- Ensure all state and accreditation requirements are met and remain current
- Review and conduct Individual Education Plans (IEP's)
- Communicate with residents' home school district regarding the youth's placement and related issues
- Manage department budget and participate in annual budgeting process. Approve purchase of books and materials for staff and classroom use.
- Actively participate in the interview and selection process for faculty and education staff
- Supervise and participate in the orientation process
- Mentor, train and develop faculty and education staff and ensure the process is consistently and effectively administered
- Provide performance management for staff on an ongoing basis and conduct formal performance evaluations that are timely, constructive and effective
- Conduct faculty meetings on a regular basis
- Facilitate teacher participation in clinical/therapeutic staffings
- Ensure an environment and culture conducive to therapeutic treatment and learning
- Ensure and monitor compliance with safety and health codes and procedures for faculty and residents/students.
- Ensure appropriate boundaries are maintained in all staff/student interactions and that physical interventions are conducted appropriately and within training parameters.
- Ensure appropriate staffing of all classrooms and obtain backup support/staff when required, to ensure adequate coverage to meet school standards
- Serve as primary education liaison with internal departments and external agencies and contacts
- Provide crisis intervention and apply de-escalation techniques when appropriate while maintaining appropriate boundaries and relationships with students
- Identify and develop proposals for grants having the potential for enhanced programming.
- Attend and participate in staff meetings and training sessions as required by Nexus. Attend relevant conferences for continued education. Understand and support the Nexus philosophy and treatment modalities.
- Ensure confidentiality regarding residents' medical background and treatment issues and comply with Nexus policies involving resident privacy and confidentiality rules for residents and their families.
Supervisory Responsibility :Assistant Principal, Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Librarian, and Behavioral Specialist/Interventionists
Requirements
Required Education and Licensure: - Master's Degree in Education
- PEL (Professional Educator License) with General Administrator/Principal Endorsement (formally known as a type 75)
- LBS1 endorsement required
- Managerial experience in a community-based school or psychiatric setting a plus/preferred
- Valid driver's license required and meets the state regulating agency and corporate driving requirements
- Must successfully pass an IL DCFS criminal background check.
Preferred Education and Experience :- Certification in Emotional Behavior Disorders, Learning Disabilities and/or other related special need areas
Physical requirements :- Must be able to assist staff in proper restraining of residents.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds unassisted and up to 100 with assistance.
- Must be able to twist, bend and stretch in a manner conducive to the execution of daily activities within a residential unit.
- May need to sit for long periods of time.
Nexus Family Healing's ICARE Values & Behavioral Competencies :- Innovation: Leading the way and implementing creative, cutting-edge ideas and approaches.
- Compassion: Listening, honoring differences, and showing respect, kindness, empathy care, and concern.
- Agility: Exhibiting flexibility and adapting quickly.
- Responsiveness: Being quick, positive and accurate.
- Excellence: Demonstrating quality results that surpass ordinary standards.
