EDUCATION DIRECTOR - Abraxas Youth Family Services : Job Details

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION ABRAXAS I Abraxas Youth & Family Services - Marienville, PA 16239 About the Role: The Education Director will play a pivotal role in developing and maintaining educational programs and services, staff member development and supervision, and client discipline to ensure an educational environment by performing the following duties: ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: Interprets and implements policies and procedures and state regulations and laws relevant to education and the operation of a privately licensed school. Manage the overall operations of the school to include staff supervision, policy and procedure development, educational activities, and budgeting preparation. Establish and maintain public relations program that results in a cooperative working relationship between the school and external educational agencies. Supervises, assists with hiring, and evaluates staff performance, develops measurable objectives for necessary improvements and implements appropriate corrective action to staff adhering to human resources policies and utilizing Human Resources when necessary. Assist the appropriate administrative staff members to obtain, monitor, budget, and report school finances. Establish and maintain efficient procedures and effective controls for all expenditures of school funds in accordance with the approved budget. Ensure filing of all necessary reports as required by the State's Department of Education. Ensure the development and implementation of quality education curriculum, programs, instructional methodologies, and etc. that are consistent with the assessed individual needs, abilities, and clients' interest. Coordinate and implement with the appropriate training department to develop an annual and professional development plan for all educational staff members. Work with appropriate clinical staff members to assess community and client needs to ensure the integration of treatment processes along with educational processes. Assumes responsibility for monitoring the planning and preparation for school events such as graduation, birthday celebrations, and school theatrical events. Attend staff meetings and conferences. Supports the Abraxas' philosophy and missions and promotes the Seven Key Principles of care. Performs other duties as required. Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in related field.
• At least four years of experience in primary/secondary educational and three years supervisory related experience.
• At least 21 years of age
• Criminal clearances to include Act 33 and 34, PA State and child clearances and FBI.
• Non-communicable disease physical exam
• Valid driver's license

Supervisory Responsibilities: May supervise 5-6 teachers and 5-6 teachers aides. Competencies: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to preform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedure, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and precent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations. Computer knowledge, emails, and spreadsheets. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Valid programs' State specific Department of Education Teaching Certificate. Physical Demands: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hand to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and life/move up to 50 pounds or more. The ability to participate in and supervise therapeutic recreation activities structured for children and adolescents. May be required to intervene with and/or physically manage aggressive clients as trained by safe crisis management. About Company: Apis Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Inperium, Inc.) provides a progressive platform for delivering Shared Services to Inperium and its Constellation of affiliate companies. Allowing these entities to advance their mission and vision. By exploring geographical program expansion and focusing on quality outcome measures to create cost savings that result in reinvestment into the organizations stakeholders through capacity creation and employee compensation betterment. Apis Services, Inc. and affiliate's provide equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment in compliance with all federal and all applicable state and local laws and regulations, including nondiscrimination in hiring and employment. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy/childbirth, veteran status or any other basis protected by law. This policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunities extends to every phase and aspect of hiring and employment.