Senior Transitional Educator

Children's Village•Dobbs Ferry, NY

38d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Transitional Educator provides a short-term/transitional education for the US Program youth (Unaccompanied Children) residing on the campus of The Children's Village at Dobbs Ferry, New York while awaiting placement or re-unification with a sponsor. The US Program youth will receive six (6) hours of education each day, M-F, as part of the program.

Requirements

Must be Bilingual/Spanish and English
State Certification, Secondary School 7-12
Recent teaching experience in 7-12 setting
Provide last observation report and rating
Experience working with ENL (English as a New Language) students
Ability to teach 7-12 grade students in a multi-grade, culturally diverse and varying academic levels
Must be proficient in the use of technology (Smartboard, computer ability to use EXCEL and other computer programs to upload/download reports)
Ability to work in a non-traditional educational setting
Ability to plan and organize in an efficient manner and meet deadlines for submitting student reports
Minimum of bachelor's degree
certification by the relevant governing authority, Teaching English as a Second Language/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages certification or other appropriate accrediting body and additional training to meet the special needs of unaccompanied children