Elementary Teachers (K-5)

Description

Elementary Teachers (K-5)

Gary, IN

ABOUT US:

21st Century Charter School at Gary is a free K-12+ public charter school. We are building a team of excellence. We are the top performing charter school in Gary, Indiana. We are one of the few Indiana schools offering an early college program, which allows our qualifying high school students to take real college courses for real college credit, free of charge to our students and their families. Our curriculum and our teaching methods are designed using Core Knowledge in K-8, Project Lead the Way beginning in middle school, and a blended learning model in middle school through high school. Please join us if you are committed to excellence, mission driven, and ready to take 21st Century Charter School @ Gary to uncommonly high levels of achievement! Our teachers cultivate in our students the critical thinking skills they will need to understand how the world around them works and to become leaders and agents of positive change in the world.

REPORTS TO/TERM:

Principal and Administrative Team

This is a 10-month position.

ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS:

An Elementary School teacher is required to perform the following duties:

• Plan and implement a blended learning environment, providing direct and indirect instruction in the areas of Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Health, and Mathematics based on state standards.

• Create inviting, innovative and engaging learning environment that develops student critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

• Prepare students for strong academic achievement and passing of all required assessments.

• Communicate regularly with parents.

• Continually assess student progress toward mastery of standards and keep students and parents well informed of student progress by collecting and tracking data, providing daily feedback, weekly assessments, and occasional parent/teacher conferences

• Work with the Special Education teachers and administration to serve special needs students in the classroom.

• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom you are responsible.

• Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff.

• Attend all required staff meetings and attend designated school functions outside of school hours.

• Follow all school policies.

Requirements

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• A bachelor's degree or higher with at least 24 credit hours in content area

• Valid Indiana Professional Educator or Initial Practitioner Teaching License for Grades K-5 or 6 (Emergency Permits/Substitute licenses NOT accepted)

• Strong technical skills, particularly in integrating technology in the classroom to drive academic achievement

• Demonstrated volunteer or community service