Job Details

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and valid teaching certificate required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills required.
• Experience working within a multi-cultural and/or turnaround school district highly preferred.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• utilize and reinforce the district’s sense of urgency for the work of rapid turnaround;
• possesses the skills and willingness to work with and manage a diverse multicultural community
• leverages the student support network to ensure that students’ social, emotional, nutritional and health needs are addressed;
• motivates students and influence their behaviors;
• holds ongoing instructional-specific conversations designed to focus conversations and efforts on improving student learning;
• creates and executes clear, logical instructional plans collaboratively that produce strong results in student learning;
• coordinates instruction within and across grade levels;
• discusses subject specific content instruction and the drive to try out new ideas to improve student learning;
• aligns curriculum, instruction and assessments while responding to the individual needs of students;
• collects and analyzes data to inform instructional decisions;
• designs and utilizes formative assessments to modify and adjust instruction on a daily basis;
• implements a tiered system of instruction within the classroom to meet the needs of all students;
• creates and thrives in a professional environment that is one of mutual respect, teamwork, and accountability;
• seeks out knowledgeable peers, coaches or administrators for instructional support in the never ending quest to deliver the vision of high quality subject-specific instruction in every class period every day
• prioritize student-learning needs over the customs, routines, and established relationships that can stand in the way of necessary change;
• achieve results by taking risks and reflecting and acting on lessons learned;
• maintain his/her drive for results by demonstrating persistence, directness, and the ability to monitor and plan ahead;
• commit to the relentless pursuit of increasing student learning and
• this is an in-person teaching position.