TEACHERS

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Leave Replacement Dance Teacher

Dance Teachers foster a love for learning in every student. Our Dance program is culturally-responsive, fast-paced, and fun with plenty of movement / dancing, and singing in every lesson. Teachers cultivate communication skills and build student self-confidence by sharing their expertise in dance / musical theater. We have built a community that encourages respect and hard work and celebrates our students’ academic and nonacademic achievements.  Our performance based program goal is to train students to express their authentic unique selves with confidence.

Dance Teacher Key Qualities

Embraces an assets based perspective;

Places students at the center of learning;

Values students' linguistic and cultural backgrounds;

Challenges and supports students;

Demonstrates good critical thinking skills to understand student and staff experiences;

Demonstrated ability to close the opportunity gap with vulnerable subgroups including Students with Disabilities, English Language Learners, Black, and Hispanic / Latino;

Ability to work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders including families, teachers, paras, social workers, principals, coordinators, coaches and community members for student success;

Instructional practices that reflect an explicit understanding of being culturally responsive

Excellent listening and questioning skills;

Flexible and adaptable;

Proactively plans for situations and circumstances;

Imparts a positive impact with students and staff.

Job Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Certified in New York State.

Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred)

Elementary Teachers, 4th and 5th Grade

Elementary Teacher Role

This position will report to Elementary School Building Principal. The Elementary School Teacher will plan, prepare, and teach well developed culturally responsive lessons which enthuse and inspire students, and promote an exciting rigorous learning environment. The Elementary School Teacher will assess, track, and provide relevant and timely feedback on achievement and developmental needs to students, families and colleagues. The Elementary School Teacher will maintain a strong home, school and community connection. The Elementary School Teacher will work within a diverse environment of dynamic learners. This position will require a high degree of creativity, cultural awareness and problem-solving capabilities.

Elementary Teacher Expectations

Effectively and appropriately differentiates and scaffolds instruction to meet all students’ learning styles with an appreciation for students’ cultural and learning differences;

Select and sequence culturally relevant materials, resources, and approaches according to the content area and audience of diverse learners;

Design, administer, and evaluate a range of authentic formative and summative assessments as appropriate;

Induct students using culturally responsive practices to provide academic advice, counselling, educational guidance, and advisory support, including individual learning plans, as directed;

Develop culturally relevant materials and resources, implement, support and / or lead in the production and improvement of curriculum planning, and undertake other academic project work as directed;

Utilize learning spaces and tools (i.e., notice boards, displays) to share student work and lived experiences;

Maintains student data to be shared with classroom teacher, building leader and family;

Develops a variety of interventions and activities designed to meet students’ academic, social, psychological and physical needs with a system for monitoring progress;

Creates opportunities for explicit instruction in small group to provide opportunities for pre-teaching, re-teaching and targeted intervention to address lagging skills;

Establishes and communicates clear learning objectives for all learning activities;

Actively engages students in the learning process which leads to an academic success identity;

Communicates openly and with a growth mindset with adults and students;

Demonstrates the ability to create a partnership and shared vision with parents for student success;

Provides constructive feedback to students;

Monitors students and observes changes in student behavior and seeks appropriate assistance;

Creates a positive student learning environment;

Positively manages student behavior;

Analyzes, reflects, and responds about instructional practice.

Elementary Teacher Key Qualities

Embraces an assets based perspective;Places students at the center of learning;Values students' linguistic and cultural backgrounds;Challenges and supports students;

Demonstrates good critical thinking skills to understand student and staff experiences;

Demonstrated skill in Data Driven Instruction (DDI);

Demonstrated ability to close the opportunity gap with vulnerable subgroups including Students with Disabilities, English Language Learners, Black, and Hispanic / Latino;

Ability to work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders including families, teachers, paras, social workers, principals, coordinators, coaches and community members for student success;

Knowledge of developmental literacy, the District Literacy Plans and literacy assessments;

Instructional practices that reflect an explicit understanding of being culturally responsive

Excellent listening and questioning skills;

Flexible and adaptable;

Proactively plans for situations and circumstances;

Imparts a positive impact with students and staff.

Job Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Certified in New York State.

Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred)

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