4th Grade ELA /Social Studies Teacher

Title: Teacher
Purpose of Position: To provide an engaging and enriching educational experience for students
Employment Status: Full-time Reporting
Reports to: Principal
Location: Assigned campus
Essential Functions:
Demonstrate Knowledge of Content and Pedagogy
-Create lesson and unit plans that support instructional outcomes and reflect important concepts in the discipline
-Create lesson and unit plans that accommodate prerequisite relationships among concepts and skills
-Provide clear and accurate classroom explanations
-Provide accurate answers to students’ questions
-Provide feedback to students that furthers learning
-Work with colleagues to assure interdisciplinary connections are planned and practiced
-Ensure educational outcomes are of a challenging cognitive level, central to the discipline, allow student choice, use varied resources, allow for thoughtfully planned learning groups and interdisciplinary in nature
-Ensure alignment of outcomes, activities and skills
-Ensure assessments adequately measure student mastery of presented content
-Plan and implement instructional outcomes which allow differentiation for students of varied abilities

Create an Environment of Respect and Rapport
-Encourage and model respectful talk, active listening and turn taking
-Acknowledge students’ backgrounds and lives outside of the classroom
-Exhibit body language indicative of warmth and caring to students
-Encourage and model politeness and support for all community members
-Encourage and model fairness in all interactions

Establish a Culture for Learning
-Encourage high expectations, supported through both verbal and nonverbal behaviors, for both learning and participation
-Encourage and recognize effort and persistence on the parts of students
-Create a culture that promotes high expectations for expression and work products
-Establish smooth functioning classroom routines with little or no loss of instructional time
-Create classroom routines where students play an important role in carrying out the routines

Utilize Effective Instructional Strategies
-Create and pose questions of high cognitive challenge which have been formulated by both students and the teacher
-Create and pose questions with multiple correct answers or approaches, even when there is a single correct response
-Effectively utilize student responses and ideas
-Facilitate and encourage high levels of student participation in student led discussion
-Encourage and support student enthusiasm, interest, thinking, problem solving, etc.
-Create learning tasks that require high-level student thinking and invite students to explain their thinking
-Create an environment where students are actively “working” rather than watching while their teacher “works”
-Create effectively paced lessons
-Gathers and uses evidence of student understanding to information instruction and remediation
-Assists students in assessing their own work against established criteria

Display Professionalism and Commitment to the Audubon Community
-Reflect and refine instruction based on feedback from others and self-reflection
-Create systems and routines that track student metrics to improve both academic and socio-emotional outcomes
-Maintain accurate documentation of student progress
-Frequently and in a way that is culturally appropriate, communicate with families regarding the program and student progress
-Cultivate positive two-way communication between school and families
-Create frequent opportunities for families to engage in the learning process
-Regularly work with colleagues to share and plan for student success
-Participate in professional development opportunities that emphasize improving practice
-Regularly participate in or initiate school activities which further the mission of the school
-Regularly participate in or initiate activities which emphasize community service
-Supports students even in the face of difficult situations or conflicting policies
-Fulfills organizational mandates regarding policies and procedures

Education, Training and Experience:
REQUIRED
-Bachelor’s degree required
-Certification or ability to gain certification as a Teacher in instructional area
-Experience creating and successfully managing a classroom environment
-Experience in and/or understanding of the public school system including charter schools is desirable
PREFERRED
-Master’s degree in education or related field
-Montessori or National Board Certification
-Certification in multiple instructional areas

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $52,971.00 - $73,978.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Salary : $52,971 - $73,978