Reading Academic Interventionteacher

Mt. Edgecumbe High School (MEHS) is looking for a Highly Qualified academic reading intervention teacher.

Our teacher must be a high-energy, patient, innovative, creative and culturally sensitive instructor. Alaska teaching experience is preferred.

Our ideal academic intervention specialist candidate will possess an extensive understanding of how students learn and applies the knowledge for individual students. Our teacher will initiate instructional outcomes, activities, projects and assignments conveying high expectations for all students.

They will have successful classroom experience working with special needs students who may be far behind grade level expectations. Our teacher will collaborate with our interdisciplinary teams in developing and implementing coordinated supports, which include before and after school strategies. They will consistently utilize data and classroom assessments to modify and improve lessons/delivery of instruction on a daily basis.

We are looking for a teacher who will utilize differentiation and scaffolding professional practices in their unit, weekly and daily lessons in the process of addressing the Alaska Standards and implementation of MEHS curriculum. They will implement and rely upon data/results driven strategies where students and their parents may self- assess their academic progress. Teamwork / team player mentality is required as school wide goal is interdisciplinary collaboration to deliver a challenging and successful environment for all students.

MEHS is a residential high school with 400 students from over 100 communities throughout Alaska. Most come from villages with high schools of fewer than 50 students.

Approximately 80% are Alaska Native. The diverse population results in a unique and remarkable learning community - a blending of cultures and beliefs, old ways and new - honoring the wisdom of the past while working together to forge a bright future. Mt. Edgecumbe students are exceptional individuals who want to be effective leaders in a variety of areas.

Recent surveys indicate that approximately 80 % of our graduates go on to four-year colleges or other post-secondary educational and vocational schools. Our institution has earned a reputation through the accomplishments of many distinguished alumni who graduated between 1947-1983 and 1985 to the present.

Our school is located in Sitka, Alaska, an island in the southeast peninsula. Transportation in and out of Sitka is by commercial or private airlines, the Alaska Marine Highway (ferry system) and boat travel.

Year round population is approximately 8000 people. Please check out our school on this website address: http://www.mehs.us