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Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health

Instructional Support Specialist-Brandywine School

🇺🇸 West Chester, PA

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $18 - $20 per Hour

💻 Learning & Development

🗓️ July 14th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health is hiring an Instructional Support Specialist for their Brandywine School. This role involves assisting teachers by supporting the academic, social, and behavioral needs of students with special needs, implementing educational programs, and ensuring the health and safety of youth.

Highlights
  • Provide academic, social, and behavioral support to students with special needs.
  • Assist teachers and administration in implementing educational programming and daily progress reporting.
  • Ensure health and safety of students within the school environment.
  • Support and reinforce Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) goals.
  • Work collaboratively with other professionals dedicated to special education.
  • Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm, 52 weeks per year.
  • Pay range: $17.50-$19.95 per hour, based on education and experience.
  • Benefit eligibility starts after 30 days of employment.
  • Tuition assistance available for further education.
  • High school diploma required; associate degree or two years post-secondary education preferred; experience in special education or behavioral healthcare preferred.

Instructional Support Specialist-Brandywine School Full Description

Description: 
Do you enjoy utilizing your skills to impact children and adolescents in a classroom setting? Are you looking for a collaborative environment to share your passion for helping others?
 
If you answered, Yes, then consider working as an Instructional Support Specialist (ISS) in our Devereux Brandywine School, located in West Chester, PA.
 
Being a Instructional Support Specialist at Devereux has its Advantages
You will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need. This position will support teacher's direction by providing assistance with academic, social, and behavioral needs of assigned clients.  You will assist in the implementation of a basic educational programming and performing duties as directed by the building administrator or classroom teacher inclusive of individual tutoring or one-on-one support for a student with special needs.
 
Every day as an Instructional Support Specialist you will:
  • Ensuring the health and safety of youth in the school 
  • Provide assistance with academic, social and behavioral needs.
  • Support the teacher and administration's direction while supporting youth and reporting progress daily.
  • Support and reinforce PBIS goals and objectives

You will be offered:
  • Shift: Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm (52 week year round position)
  • Pay rate: $17.50-$19.95 (based upon education and experience)
  • Tuition Assistance for those seeking higher education
  • BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY AFTER 30 DAYS OF EMPLOYMENT (1st day of the 30 days) mydevereuxbenefits.org
  • ASCEND - Career Accelerator Program

The Brandywine School located in West Chester, PA offers education curriculum to children functioning at all grade levels. A multi-sensory educational strategy is used at all schools, employing traditional instruction, hands-on and independent learning, as well as technology, to individualize a student’s progress in all academic areas, particularly math and reading. The transition from school to career, and all of the necessary interrelated skills, are a main focus of the school program. Devereux’s approved private schools offer high quality, innovative special education programs that work in tandem with families and school districts to ensure that students can return to their local schools and communities with the tools they will need to succeed. Children and young adults may come to Devereux as a day student, or as a part of residential treatment. Each student has an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP), which outlines goals for skill development and the best strategies by which the student can reach his/her goals.
 
#Sponsored Qualifications: 

EDUCATION:  High School Diploma required. Associates Degree or completion of two years of post-secondary education from an accredited college or university preferred.
 
EXPERIENCE: Previous experience working in a special education or behavioral healthcare setting with students with severe/complex behavioral/emotional issues preferred.     
 
Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

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