What are my roles and responsibilities?

Family and Community Connector

• Believe families are critical partners in student success.
• Engage families in support of Students with Disabilities and/or English Language Learners and proactively build trusting partnerships through biweekly phone calls and frequent texts or emails
• Participate in 4-5 community events during the year
• Support the IEP, 504, and eligibility meeting process with family members

Model the Behaviors We Expect of Scholars

• Model our core values at all times by:
• Reflecting on how my own experiences and identity may impact my expectations of myself and our community
• Seeing the best in our colleagues and scholars
• Challenging myself and those around me to be our best selves
• Use conflicts as opportunities to strengthen relationships by:
• Speaking to the person, not about the person
• Speaking from my heart while using my head.

Co-Lead a Pride (Advisory)

• Use the to do support the Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) we do with scholars by:
• Completing several pieces of independent self-exploration work to share in Staff Circles over the course of the year.
• Actively participate in weekly Staff Circles.
• Co-Lead a daily Pride for scholars (30 min Mon-Thurs, 60 min on Fri)
• Weekly social/emotional lessons
• Daily academic and SEL coaching
• Facilitate Scholar Circles on Fridays

Share Your Passion for Learning with Our Scholars

• Take responsibility for students’ academic engagement, growth, and achievement
• Lead small-group and whole-group instruction
• Co-teach with other Learning Support Specialists and Core Content Teachers
• Engage in weekly observation/feedback meetings
• Develop IEPs and 504s directly linked to standards and the school grading system
• Ensure students and teachers implement accommodations and modifications during instruction and assessment
• Manage state compliance of student support service files and management systems
• Analyze data to identify trends for targeted support

Other Duties

• Manage a caseload of (<20) students including their IEP or ILP and communicate goals, accommodations, and modifications to staff.
• Perform other duties as assigned, including reasonable physical demands expected from the working environment of a school

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years teaching experience
• Valid Missouri Teacher Certification
• Must be Certified to teach ESL or SPED in Missouri
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Conversational or better knowledge of a world language is preferred but not required, especially Arabic, Burmese, French, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, or Vietnamese.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $34,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Grade school specialties:

• 5th grade
• 6th grade
• 7th grade
• 8th grade
• Middle school

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

• Kansas City, MO 64127: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person