5th Grade ELA/SS 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* · Demonstrate a belief in the value of what is being learned and the Montessori and French instructional pedagogies · 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 Types: Full-time, Contract Pay: $37,615.
00 - $69,000.
00 per year Benefits: * 401(k) * Dental insurance * Health insurance * Life insurance * Paid time off * Vision insurance Grade levels: * 5th grade Schedule: * 8 hour shift * Monday to Friday School subjects: * English * Social Studies School type: * Charter school * Montessori * Public school Experience: * Teaching: 1 year (Preferred) * Primary General Education Teachers: 1 year (Preferred) Work Location: In person