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Position Type:
Student Support Services/Special Education - Mild Interventions
Date Posted:
7/27/2026
Location:
St. Vincent Stress Center
Date Available:
08/04/2026
The Metropolitan School District of Washington Township (MSDWT) is located in the northern section of Indianapolis. It is a dynamic community with broad diversity in cultures, religions, ethnic groups, races, and socioeconomic levels. MSDWT has been an educational leader in Indiana for the last seventy years.
Our mission is to nurture our students into tomorrow's leaders by cultivating learning environments that ignite innovation, amplify diverse and critical thinking, and inspire growth and achievement.
JOB DETAILS
Job Title
Ascension St. Vincent's Day School Teacher
Qualifications Profile (Licensure)
This position requires a valid and active license issued by the Indiana Department of Education in Special Education.
Education
Candidates must document successful attainment of degrees required for licensure in the state of Indiana
Location
Ascension St. Vincent's Peyton Manning Children's Hospital
Position Start Date
8/4/2026
Work Schedule
Full-Time
Calendar Length
185 days
FLSA Classification
Contract Salary, Exempt
Salary/Hourly Rate
BS 0 years experience=$53,000, MS 0 years experience=$54,000 with additional compensation for years of experience
Benefits
Benefits are effective 1st of the month following the first day of employment.Additional benefits information can be found at https://www.msdwt.k12.in.us/benefits
JOB EXPECTATIONS & REQUIREMENTS
Position Purpose / Description
The Psychiatric Hospital Teacher delivers structured academic support to children and adolescents receiving mental health treatment. Operating at the intersection of education and mental health, this role creates a safe, therapeutic learning environment that fosters academic continuity, emotional regulation, and cognitive recovery. The teacher works closely with a multidisciplinary clinical team to support patients experiencing acute psychiatric crises, trauma, mood disorders, or neurodevelopmental challenges.
Key Responsibilities

• Provide individual and small-group instruction in a secure, structured classroom setting within a behavioral health unit.
• Adapt general curriculum to match each patient's current cognitive, emotional, and psychological capacity.
• Utilize trauma-informed teaching practices and de-escalation strategies to maintain a calm, supportive, and safe learning environment.
• Implement structured routines that offer predictability and normalcy, helping patients build confidence and emotional resilience through academic success.
• Participate in daily multidisciplinary rounds alongside psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, clinical social workers, therapists, and milieu staff.
• Integrate behavioral treatment plan goals (e.g., emotional regulation skills, frustration tolerance, coping mechanisms) directly into learning activities.
• Observe and report changes in patient behavior, affect, cognitive functioning, or medication side effects to the clinical treatment team.
• Serve as the educational advocate and liaison between the hospital, home school districts, counselors, and community case managers.
• Coordinate with the home school to obtain assignments, ensure enrollment protection, and submit completed work for academic credit.
• Help develop and implement educational discharge plans, including participating Individualized Education Program (IEP) updates to secure mental health accommodations (e.g., modified schedules, quiet spaces, reduced workload) upon school re-entry.
• Maintain strict adherence to psychiatric unit safety protocols, including monitoring classroom materials (e.g., restricted items, sharp objects, strings).
• Comply with HIPAA, FERPA, state mental health laws, and patient rights guidelines.

Qualifications & Requirements
Required:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Special Education
• Certification: Active State Teaching License/Certification with an endorsement in Special Education
• Experience: Minimum of 2 3 years teaching children/adolescents with emotional, behavioral, or complex psychiatric needs.
• Crisis Training: Certification crisis prevention and de-escalation methods (e.g., CPI, Safety-Care)

Preferred:

• Master's degree in Special Education, Counseling, or Behavioral Sciences.
• Previous experience in an inpatient psychiatric facility, residential treatment center, or alternative school setting.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT
PERCENT OF TIME
Seldom = Less than 25%
Occasional = 26 to 50%
Often = 51 to 75%
Very Frequent = 76% and above
Ability to stand for extended periods of time
Often
Ability to carry 25 pounds
Occasional
Amount to lift 25 pounds
Occasional
Amount of force to push/pull up to 25pounds
Seldom
Ability to work at a desk, conference table or in meetings of various configurations
Very Frequent
Ability to see for the purpose of reading laws and codes, rules and policies and other printed matter
Very Frequent
Ability to hear and understand speech at normal levels
Very Frequent
Ability to communicate so others will be able to clearly understand a normal conversation
Very Frequent
Ability to operate office equipment
Very Frequent
Ability to reach in all directions
Very Frequent
Climbing
Seldom
Overhead work
Seldom
Contact: Dr. Wendy Skibinski, Director of Student Services
wskibinski@msdwt.k12.in.us
The Metropolitan School District of Washington Township is an equal opportunity/equal access employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce and complies with all applicable Federal and Indiana State laws, regulations, and executive orders in its programs and activities. Washington Township does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, genetic information, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and veteran's status.
Attachment(s):

• St. Vincent's Day School Teacher job description.pdf