About this position
Description:
SUMMARY OF MAIN DUTIES:
Creates an intentional culturally responsive learning environment inclusive of students from all racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds, abilities and family structures. Encourages a sense of belonging and positive classroom community for students while developing skills for listening, speaking, reading, and writing to support effective communication. Motivates learning by validating students as asset-based individuals. All teachers are expected to be aware of microaggressions and redirect to amplify affirmations. Fully engages students in discussion and other modalities of participation.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Teaches content and skills in English Language Arts, mathematics, social studies and science to students utilizing course of study adopted by The Hope Academy in a fully inclusive classroom
- Develops lesson plans and instructional materials that consistently contain diverse content throughout the academic year
- Demonstrates concepts and strategies using models, talk, reflective writing, and other available resources including technology
- Knowledge of best instructional practices within a workshop model
- Knowledge of authentic assessment practices using strategies to mitigate stereotype threat in feedback, assessment, and grading
- Knowledge and practice of methods for formatively assessing students across all content areas including running records, analytic writing rubrics, and conferring
- Administer RICAS, iReady and other diagnostic assessments such as WCJ-IV
- Provides opportunities for individual and small group instruction that is purposeful and flexible to meet the needs of students
- Collaborate with other teachers and therapists to implement an integrated educational/ therapeutic model
- Develop lesson plans, progress reports, and IEPs within specified timelines as directed
- Plan and implement motivating and creative age appropriate activates to address goals as outlined in each students’ IEP
- Maintain data records on each student’s progress in order to be used to write accurate progress reports and to inform grading
- Work with special education director to initiate special education evaluations and re-evaluations to determine students’ eligibily for services
- Collaborate with other educators and specialists in the planning, adapting and teaching of the curriculum for all students
- Co-teaches and plans with general educator and identifies opportunities to provide for inclusive instruction
- Demonstrates culturally informed behavior management and discipline practices with the ability to neutralize the pattern of inequitable discipline of children of color
- Uses positive guidance techniques such as redirection, modeling appropriate behavior and praise.
- Provide supervision, guidance and feedback for teacher assistants as needed
- Develops and maintains contact with families with an awareness and respect for each student and their families from all racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds, abilities and family structures
- Facilitates interactions among students that provide opportunities for emotional, social, and cognitive growth and an understanding of each child
- Actively seeks and participates in ongoing professional development as offered by the school or independent study
- Supervises students in out-of-classroom activities during the school day
- Assists in the evacuation of children and clients during fire drills and other emergencies
- Performs all other duties as directed by direct supervisor or school leadership team
- Bachelor’s Degree with valid special education teacher certification from RIDE or the ability to obtain
- Work environment and physical requirements consistent with those of a typical school environment
- Ability to move about the classroom and building continuously throughout the workday
- Utilize the computer (20%) of the time and other office equipment