Position: Advisor (High School Teacher)

Campus : Providence Campus or Newport Campus

Reports to: Building Principal or Leader

Employment Status: Full Time, permanent, academic year

Salary Range: Step Salary Schedule, starting at $45,596 (step 1), placement on the step schedule is based on years of teaching experience)

Start Date: August 2024

Position Overview: An advisor at a Big Picture Learning school plays a complex role. An advisor is responsible for navigating and guiding the learning process with 15-20 students for 2-4 years. The advisor is a part of each student?s Learning Plan team, along with the student, parent and mentor. The advisor guides this team to support and coach the student?s learning process. The advisor is a generalist who can support student work around each Learning Goal. An advisor is not only a teacher. They take on aspects of administration, guidance, management, recruitment, public engagement and more. As a result, advising can be a very rewarding and intense experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implement, by instruction and action, the BPL philosophy of education
• Facilitate trimester learning plan meetings with each student and his or her family
• Forecast the educational needs of each student based on their interests and abilities
• Identify learning opportunities and internships for students
• Facilitate internship searches through phone calls, shadow days, and informational interviews to ensure that each student has an internship
• Monitor student internships through site visits (bi-weekly), phone calls (weekly), and mentor meetings (monthly)
• Report on each student?s educational and social progress in detail through trimester narratives, phone calls to parents, and weekly student meetings
• Run at least two sessions with advisory per day on non-internship days
• Attend weekly staff meetings, monthly Professional Development days, and yearly training sessions
• Facilitate additional educational and health services for each advisee as needed
• Create a positive culture of learning
• Maintain complete and factual records (transcripts) on each student as required by school and law
• Work with staff on strategies for grade levels, school, and network
• Make provisions to be available to students and parents for education-related reasons outside of the school day when necessary

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Appropriate State or Rhode Island Teaching Certificate - Secondary English/ELA
• Basic knowledge of all teaching subjects and a specialty in the specified content area
• Basic knowledge of pedagogical theories, perspectives, and developments within education
• Basic classroom management skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Access to reliable transportation with clean driving record

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Excellent problem-solving skills, multi-tasking abilities
• Ability to demonstrate competency in other content areas beyond certification content, particularly in Math, Science, and Literacy
• Resiliency, ability to improvise and work through uncertainties
• A sense of humor

All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

If you have any trouble submitting your application, please send your resume, teaching certification and transcripts (only send transcripts if you do not currently hold a teaching certification) via email to careers@metmail.org. In the body of your email, please answer the following questions: