What are the responsibilities and job description for the Anticipated Literacy for Learning Teacher (.6 position) position at Needham Public School District?
Needham Public Schools is looking for a dynamic Grade 6 teacher to teach the Literacy for Learning course for 2021-22 school year.
Needham Public School District is an inclusive, dynamic, and multicultural community seeking an energetic, skilled, and warm educator to join our team. Diverse candidates, especially those from historically marginalized and silenced groups such as educators of color, are highly encouraged to apply.
LITERACY FOR LEARNING COURSE DESCRIPTION
This trimester course is designed to ensure that students gain an introduction to the range of reading skills needed for the complex literacy tasks they will encounter in various academic areas throughout middle school and beyond. In this engaging course, students study a topic (such as sugar) that can be examined from many perspectives through a variety of texts. Students explore a selection of real-world texts to see how information can be presented through different types of texts across a range of subject areas (i.e. scientific articles and journals, news stories, books and articles, poetry, etc.) The texts themselves may vary over the course of the year, depending on the needs and interests of the students. The goal of the course is to enable students to apply the powerful literacy skills and strategies learned in this course to their academic texts in school, as well as in their lifelong reading experiences.
In this course students will:
- Build their awareness of disciplinary literacy, the idea that there are unique skills and strategies used by expert readers and writers in each subject area.
- Identify their personal reading preferences, strengths, and areas for growth.
- Talk about their reading processes with peers to uncover and strengthen how they make sense of challenging texts.
- Read a wide range of texts while considering text structures and styles, the author or source, and the various skills and approaches a reader must use to navigate different types of challenging reading.
- Learn and apply a core set of strategies that they can use flexibly as readers depending on the text, context, and purpose of their reading.
Students demonstrate their learning in various ways including collaborative conversations, self-assessment, written responses, and project-based assessments.
Please apply online. Applications will be considered only when a cover letter, resume, three letters of recommendation, license, and transcripts have been attached to your online application.
Posted vacancies in the Needham Public Schools have been approved by the School Committee and are subject to appropriation at Town Meeting.
The Needham Public School System is a member of METCO, Developing Equity and Achievement for Students (IDEAS), and the Greater Boston School Human Resources Network. Candidates who have a strong commitment to active anti-racism are encouraged to apply.
The Needham Public Schools does not discriminate against students, parents, employees, or the general public on the basis of race, color, sex, homeless status, gender identity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or age. In addition to the protected classes identified and in regard to employment practices, the Needham Public Schools also does not discriminate based on genetic information, ancestry, or status as a veteran.
For more information on our equity work please visit our equity website.
