(2024-2025) 5th Grade French 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: $46,547.
00 - $67,547.
00 per year Benefits: * Dental insurance * Health insurance * Life insurance * Paid time off * Retirement plan * Vision insurance Grade levels: * 5th grade Schedule: * 8 hour shift * Monday to Friday School type: * Charter school * Language immersion school * Magnet school * Public school Experience: * Teaching: 1 year (Preferred) Ability to Relocate: * New Orleans, LA 70115: Relocate before starting work (Required) Work Location: In person