Job Description

This position is open ONLY to current Colorado State Residents

Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

CMHHIP Education Department

This work unit exists to provide therapeutic academic educational services to adults within an education classroom or on various units throughout the Colorado Mental Health Hospital at Pueblo (CMHHIP), a residential psychiatric hospital program. In addition, it helps fulfill mandates as set forth in the federal Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Colorado's. Exceptional Children's Educational Act (ECEA) mandating a free and appropriate education for individuals under the age of twenty-two and or patients with Individualized Educational Plans.  

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The CMHHIP Education Department exists to provide therapeutic academic educational services to adolescent patients and adult patients within an education classroom or on various units throughout the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo (CMHHIP), a residential psychiatric hospital program. In addition, it helps fulfill mandates as set forth in the federal Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Colorado’s Exceptional Children’s Educational Act (ECEA) mandating a free and appropriate education for individuals under the age of twenty-two and or patients with Individualized Educational Plans.

Job duties:

• Provides formal academic and therapeutic individual and group instruction to adolescents and adults; in the areas of: special education, remedial education, GED, and general academic education. Education may be individualized to meet the needs of the student's Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
• Routinely develops, researches, monitors & adapts learning activities to meet a variety of individual needs, learning abilities, and disabilities utilizing prescriptive lesson plans, software, student progress data, testing data, various assessments, continuous evaluation, and various assignments related to the content area being taught
• Routinely develops lesson plans to facilitate student progress as required/requested by supervisor.
• Utilizes/incorporates scientific based learning approaches & teaching methods supported by data & research. Provides treatment team with formal and informal assessments of individual student’s' academic, social, affective, and job-related needs
• Maintains attendance, grades, and essential academic data and maintains classroom/patient data to support educational growth and sound teaching methods
• Assists with unit and department management needs providing expertise, schedules, coverage, and filling short-term vacancies
• Regular reads/reviews plan of care on all patients under the employee’s charge as they are formulated or updated and signs each new or revised plan of care ensuring educational objectives and interventions are entered into the patient’s plan of care
• Attends patient staffing/plan of care meetings as needed to facilitate program implementation and communicate patient progress in the education program
• Maintains and develops competencies and skills by attending mandatory training and special training as needed and assigned 
• Any duties that may arise to meet the mission of the unit and department not covered in duties listed above

Education/Licensure/Certification/Experience:


ALL teaching assignments:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in a field of study related to the work assignment
and
Current, valid Initial or Professional Teacher license issued by the Colorado Department of Education

ALL teaching assignments:
Current, valid Interim Teacher license, or Temporary Educator Eligibility Authorization
will substitute for the Colorado Initial or Professional Teacher license

Substitution:
Current, valid Interim Teacher license or Temporary Educator Eligibility Authorization will substitute for the Colorado Initial or Professional Teacher License.

Special Qualifications:
A current/valid Colorado Teacher License with endorsements in special education generalist 5-21

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with case managing and writing Individualized Education Plans (IEPs)
• Experience with Special Education and Behavioral management
• Experience effectively utilizing computerized learning programs
• Experience with differentiated instruction; developing lessons. curriculum and providing instruction to meet the needs of multiple learners
• Proficient use of assessment data to inform and drive instructional practice
• Experience working with students with special needs across the spectrum of eligibility categories
• Experience effectively utilizing various management tools such as Excel, Word, Power Point, scanners, and email to communicate and develop reports

Conditions of Employment:

• A pre-employment criminal background check will be conducted as part of the selection process as this position is deemed to have direct contact with vulnerable persons. Felony convictions, conviction of crimes of moral turpitude, or convictions of misdemeanors related to job duties may disqualify you from being considered for this position. Should your background check reveal any charges or convictions, it is your responsibility to provide the CDHS Background Unit with an official disposition of any charges. Additionally, you will be required take and pass a drug screen. 
• Current/Valid and Unrestricted Drivers License 
• 2-step TB (tuberculosis) screening. 
• This position will be paid biweekly. 
• Influenza vaccination. 
• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must (1) disclose that information on the application (2) provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position, (3) provide the employee number from the applicant’s prior State employment. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination and failure to provide this information will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.

Appeal Rights:

If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.

An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email (dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department’s action.

For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to  spb.colorado.gov ; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at  spb.colorado.gov under Rules.

For additional recruiting questions, please contact Justin.Icenhower@state.co .us

About Us: 

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the  Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a  PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan  plus 401(k) and 457 plans

• Employer supplemented  Health Savings Account

• Paid life insurance

• Short- and long-term disability coverage

• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave

• BenefitHub state employee discount program

• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more

• Remote work arrangements for eligible positions

*Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more

information, go to  .

Our Values:

We believe in a people-first approach:  To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans .

Balance creates quality of life:  We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.

We hold ourselves accountable:  We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.

Transparency matters:  We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.

We are ethical:  We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.

Collaboration helps us rise together:  We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

ADAA Accommodations:   CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.

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Remote job, Holiday work, Full time, Temporary work, Interim role, Felony friendly, Flexible hours,

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