HOSPITAL TEACHER (Middle/High School)
Primary Focus: English and Social Studies

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Education
• Valid teacher’s certificate with an endorsement in major area of special education
• Minimum of two years of successful public school teaching or comparable experience

Reports To      

Principal

Contract Status

220 Day Contract

Primary Responsibilities

Instruction

• Provides a daily instructional program (based on the Virginia Department of Education Standards of Learning) of five and one-half hours.
• Maintains an organized file of each student in the program’s reporting database.
• Establishes contact with the home school to determine the student’s current educational status and to outline an appropriate instructional program during admission.
• Assesses the student’s educational strengths and weaknesses and determines their relationship to medical priorities.
• Assists the student in maintaining assignments from the home school.
• Develops lesson plans and individualized instructional plans based on each student’s needs and curriculum guidelines.
• Refers children with suspected disabilities to the HEP’s School-Based team.
• Serves on the HEP’s School Based team, Eligibility team, and Individualized Education Program (IEP) team, as appropriate.
• Administers educational/developmental evaluation for students referred by the school-based team for formal assessment.
• Develops, in coordination with the IEP team, an IEP for each child found eligible for special education and related services and, with parental permission, implements the plan.
• Participates in interdisciplinary staffing/patient meetings to assist in the total care of the child.
• Provides medical staff with pertinent educational information.
• Expedites the procedure for homebound instruction.
• Assigns and reports grades to the home school when appropriate.
• Sends periodic progress reports to the parents and home school for an intermediate- or long-term patient.
• Completes reports and forms required at the time of discharge on a timely basis.
• Makes educational recommendations to the home school upon the student’s discharge.
• Provides suggestions regarding adjustments in educational programming, based on the child’s level of performance and medical status, to the home school, if appropriate.

 Support

• Consult routinely with the Principal.
• Participates in faculty meetings, teacher meetings, and any other meeting deemed necessary by the Principal.
• Assists in developing objectives of the hospital teaching program.
• Organizes and participates in extracurricular events/activities that support students' educational, social, and emotional needs and allow children with disabilities to participate with their age-appropriate peers.
• When appropriate, participate in in-service programs for the faculty, school division special education teachers, and hospital staff.
• Interprets instructional program to hospital staff, parents, public school division personnel, and others.
• Provides in-service/staff development to appropriate groups upon request, with the approval of the Principal.
• Participates in external activities, organizations, and educational programs to further personal and professional growth.
• Acts as a cooperating teacher for practicum students.
• Assumes other assigned responsibilities as necessary for effective educational programming and overall program goals.

Evaluation

Conducted by the Principal according to procedures established by the Charlottesville City School system.