Middle School Math Teacher

6TH-8TH EDUCATION TEACHER

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Villa Bella Expeditionary (VBE) is a K-8th District 70 charter school currently completing its third year of operation. VBE uses Expeditionary Learning for its language arts curriculum. VBE uses Illustrative Math for elementary school and middle school. As a newer school, our teachers have the opportunity to be a part of a new and growing organization that requires an immense amount of work, entrepreneurship, and creativity. We follow the District 70 academic calendar with minimal modifications. We have required professional development one Friday a month. VBE seeks energetic, compassionate, hard-working individuals whose educational philosophies align with EL Education.

REPORTS TO: Executive Director

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

The teacher has the lead role in the classroom as a learning facilitator, instructor, coach, mentor, and tutor. The teacher provides a personalized learning environment for all students that incorporates collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, technology, and communication around meaningful learning targets based on the Colorado State Standards. The teacher provides a learning environment such that student achievement and growth are attained by each student in the classroom.QUALIFICATIONS:Certification: Colorado Educator License

Education: Required - Bachelor's Degree ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and dispositions to meet all Colorado State Teacher Standards.
• Support the planning and implementation of the VBE's strategic plan.
• Design, implement, and assess learning experiences that utilize research-based, culturally relevant instructional practices, technology, and digital information resources to implement the VBE's curriculum fully.
• Respond to student needs derived from the evaluation of student achievement data.
• Collect and maintain student achievement data requested by the supervisor.
• Embed effective instructional technology utilizing Apple TV, mobile devices, social, collaborative online communities, personalized learning software, web-based assessments, computer applications, and digital resources.
• Apply knowledge to facilitate and communicate effective differentiated classroom practices and educational pedagogy appropriate to general education, English as a Second Language, and special education students.
• Promote, support, and model exploration of real-world issues and the solving of authentic problems.
• Customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities.
• Evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice regularly to effectively use existing and emerging instructional practices and resources to support student learning.
• Reflect collaboratively with teachers regularly on research-based differentiated instructional practices, integration of information technology, and student achievement.
• Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.
• Communicate effectively with parents through various methods and tools, including parent/teacher conferences, phone calls, e-mails, and meetings.
• Demonstrate leadership by actively participating in building and district professional learning communities.
• Maintain competency in information, technology, and media literacies by participating in online collaborative learning environments and professional learning activities.
• Reflect on current competencies with Expeditionary Learning curriculum, research-based instructional practices, and instructional technology to determine growth areas for personal and professional learning.
• Maintain competency in research-based instructional practices, instructional technology, and information literacy standards by participating in appropriate professional learning activities (district professional learning, conferences, workshops, and summer academic meetings.
• OTHER PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: Complete other duties as assigned, such as mandatory Friday professional development, after-school meetings and activities, etc.
• KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:TECHNICAL: Demonstrate proficiency in applying instructional technology standards for personal productivity and support instruction (productivity and presentation tools and software, multimedia equipment, online learning environments); possess basic organizational skills.

INTERPERSONAL: Strong interpersonal skills, including problem-solving and investigative skills; effective and efficient time/task management skills; proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking the English language; practical communication skills, including the ability to run effective meetings and facilitate collaboration and communication among groups, reliable and resourceful with a solid work ethic; sensitivity to cultural diversity and acceptance of all students.