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Education Specialist - Pediatrics

Employer
Sanford Health
Location
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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Industry
Education
Role
Teacher / Professor
Job Type
Long-Term

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Job Title: Education Specialist | Pediatrics | Sioux Falls

City: Sioux Falls

State: SD

Department *: * Pediatrics Acute - Sioux Falls

Job Schedule: Part Time

Shift: Days

Hours Per Shift: Other

JOB SUMMARY

Provides educational support services as a liaison between school-aged patients, their family, and their home school.
Conducts educational assessment on school-aged patients to determine their educational needs and to develop an educational plan. Evaluates how each patient learns best and adapts teaching methods to fit their unique learning needs. Develops and plans creative teaching and learning activities. Incorporates and facilitates educational community programming and activities for patients. Collaborates as an integral part of an interdisciplinary team to ensure the patient's educational needs are anticipated and addressed in a thorough, proactive and effective manner. Implements discharge planning process in conjunction with the treatment team. Coordinates transition plan for return to school, providing services to ensure a smooth transition for the child back to home and school. Travel may be required.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health. Develop and implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of medically limiting conditions. Creates a climate that cultivates imagination, new ideas, and experimentation. Speaks/writes using correct language, mechanics, and gestures. Plan or conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate. Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers. Instruct special needs students in academic subjects, using a variety of techniques, such as phonetics, multisensory learning, or repetition to reinforce learning and meet students' varying needs. Identify, develop, or implement intervention strategies, tutoring plans, or individualized education plans (IEPs) for students. Prepare reports detailing student activities or performance. Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, administrators, and other professionals to discuss children's progress, resolve behavioral, academic, and other problems, and to determine priorities for students and their resource needs.

DEPARTMENT DETAILS

Schedule includes aligning with the local School Districts schedule. Holiday and Summer breaks. Looking for an individual to be able to provide support for K-12 grades.

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree in education or related field required.
One year of classroom teaching experience or hospital school teaching preferred.
Must be a certified teacher or special education teacher, conforming to the licensing standards in the state of practice.

About Sanford Health:

At Sanford Health, we are dedicated to the work of health and healing.
Every day, we show that commitment by delivering the highest quality of care to the communities we serve.
We are leaders in health care and strive to provide patients across the region with convenient access to expert medical care, leading-edge technologies and world-class facilities.
In addition to strong clinical care, we are also committed to research, education and community growth.
We engage in medical research to not only discover innovative ways to provide care, but also cures for common diseases.
We continuously seek new ways to achieve our vision of improving the human condition here in your community, across the region and around the world.
The entire team at Sanford Health recognizes the value of healthy families and communities.
We continue to gain momentum and expand our reach. Together, we can make a positive difference now, and in the future.
Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet.
If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application,
please call 1-877-673-0854 or send an email to talent@sanfordhealth.org .

City: Sioux Falls

State: SD

Job Function: Allied Health

Job Schedule: Part Time

Shift: Days

Req Number: WD10891

Company

Sanford Health is excited to be on a journey of tremendous growth and momentum. With our vast geography, cutting-edge medicine, sophisticated research, advanced education and our own health plan, we are unique in what we do and how we do it. Through relationships built on trust and successful performance and a vision to improve the human condition, Sanford seeks to make a significant impact on health and healing. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, our journey as an organization includes continually building on the diverse talents, experiences and beliefs of our employees, as well as the patients and communities we serve. We are proud to be from the Midwest and to impact the world. We look forward to joining with you in the journey.

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