About this role
Description
Walden School
Exempt/Salary
12-Month
Full-time
Salary Pay Range: $75,000.00 - $90,000.00
In-Person
American Sign Language Required
$1,500 Sign-on Bonus
Housing Resources Available
Tuition Reimbursement
Benefits Options May Include: Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Employer-Matching 403(b), Generous Time Off Benefits, Flexible Spending and Dependent Care, and more!
About TLC:
The Learning Center for the Deaf is a nationally-recognized leader of services for deaf and hard of hearing children, adults and families. To learn more, click the following link, https://www.tlcdeaf.org/about/pioneer-and-innovator.
For our Mission, click the following link, https://www.tlcdeaf.org/our-mission-and-values.
TLC Diversity Statement:
The Learning Center for the Deaf is on a journey to create an inclusive and welcoming space for people of all backgrounds. Together, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates our TLC community members' diverse narratives. We embrace and value multiple approaches, experiences, and perspectives. TLC believes that diversity fosters innovation. We are committed to cultivating a place where everyone can feel they belong.
About Walden School:
Walden School is a nationally-recognized residential therapeutic and education program for deaf children and youth ages 8 to 22 who have often experienced significant adverse childhood events as well as language deprivation.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Program Director is responsible for the management of child care services within his/her designated program. This includes direct supervision of the child care supervisors; assurance of effective supervision for all child care workers; development and implementation of structures, procedures, and interventions that meet the needs of students and are consistent with program philosophy; and oversight of programming to ensure safe and effective service delivery.
SUPERVISOR: Director of Walden School
FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
MANAGEMENT
Develop and implement structures that keep students safe and provide them with opportunities for learning, healing, personal growth and enjoyment.
Oversee service delivery to ensure the therapeutic needs of students are being met in the milieu.
Maintain close contact with parents and guardians to obtain their input regarding the needs of their child and to keep them informed of services and progress.
Ensure that all students have Individualized Service Plans twice a year that are in compliance with regulations of the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care.
Oversee writing of and review of Critical Incident Reports for residential shifts.
Perform other tasks as assigned by the Department Supervisor and/or Program Leader.
SUPERVISION
Provide direct supervision to the child care supervisors; ensure that structures, policies and procedures are being implemented.
Provide direct supervision to the Recreation Specialist and the Independent Living Skills Specialist and ensure that effective plans are being implemented.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
The Learning Center for the Deaf provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, pregnancy, gender identity/expression, age, criminal record, disability, sexual orientation, familial status, veteran status, marital status and any other legally protected characteristic.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
TLC embraces and celebrates a spirit of inclusion and diversity, and reasonable accommodations and modifications will be made whenever possible.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Services or related field required, Master’s degree preferred
- Two years direct care and supervisory experience in residential treatment; management experience in an educational or residential program serving Deaf children with emotional/behavioral challenges
- A minimum of conversational fluency in American Sign Language required, with native, or near-native ASL fluency preferred
- ASL Classes may be required based on ASL fluency
- Verbal and written communication at sufficient levels to ensure effective and appropriate communication and report writing
- Some early evening hours are required
- Must possess a valid driver’s license in good standing
- Willingness to transport students in TLC vehicles
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Must be physically able to perform all duties of the job including frequent lifting up to 50 pounds, bending, reaching above shoulder level, climbing stairs, pulling, typing, prolonged standing or sitting, and restraining a dysregulated student when necessary.
Other facts
About The Learning Center for the Deaf Inc
Purpose of the LCD
The purpose of the “Learning Center for the Deaf” is to provide a quality program to respond to the urgent needs of deaf persons in Lebanon, i.e., physical, emotional, intellectual, and social. However, the Center’s primary objective is educational with specific emphasis on children and young adults.
Mission of the LCD
The Association of the Learning Center for the Deaf (LCD) is a non-profit, non-political, and non-secretarial Association, located in Baabda-Brasilia, Lebanon. It aims at supporting deaf children and their families by empowering them. The best way to empower the deaf individuals is through education.
Therefore our Association initiated challenging services and programs which were not available in the country, in order to complement the existing programs and provide better possibilities and opportunities for the deaf and their family members.
The main two programs at the LCD are the High School Program and the Early Intervention Program. The first program is unique, aims at giving the possibility of providing choices to the deaf young people, as much as their hearing peers, since their handicap does not stop them from reaching Baccalaureate (High School) and then university if it is their choice. The latter program, which is the Early Intervention Program, is a comprehensive program, with its components, prior to the school age, a stepping stone, which empowers the family and provides habilitation/rehabilitation services for the deaf children and their family members. This stepping stone will determine the quality of the future of many deaf children.
For the details of the LCD’s programs and activities, please go to the website: www.lcd-lebanon.org .
What you'll do
- The Program Director is responsible for managing child care services, including supervising staff and ensuring effective service delivery. They also maintain communication with parents and oversee the development of Individualized Service Plans for students.
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