6th Grade Science/Social Studies Teacher- Elementary

Position Description & Expectations

Professional Learning, Development, and Growth for Teachers:

• Attend yearly professional development in the form of Faculty and Grade-Level Meetings
• Participate in Job embedded Professional Development
• Estimated 60-90 minutes per week
• Focused on student strategies, student work analysis, and Individual Growth Plan (IGP) Development
• Attend cluster meetings
• Teacher Accountability via observations and evaluations based on the TAP Instructional rubric (3 times per year)
• Other meetings as designated by school leaders

Student Engagement:

• All or almost all students complete instructional tasks, volunteer responses and/or ask appropriate questions.
• All or almost all students follow behavioral expectations and/or directions.
• Students execute transitions, routines, and procedures in an orderly and efficient manner with minimal direction or narration from the teacher.
• The class has a quick pace and students are engaged in the work of the lesson from start to finish. Students who finish early engage in meaningful learning without interrupting other students learning.

Academic Ownership:

• All or most all students provide meaningful oral or written evidence to support their thinking.
• Students complete an appropriately challenging amount of cognitive work during the lesson, such as reading, writing, discussion, analysis, computation, or problem-solving, given the focus of the lesson.
• Students respond to and build on their peers thinking, ideas or answers.
• All or almost all students consistently try hard to complete academic work and answer questions, even if the work is challenging.

Demonstration of Learning:

• Questions, tasks or assessments yield data that allow the teacher to assess students progress toward learning goals and help pinpoint where understanding breaks down.
• Students have extensive opportunities to express learning through academic writing and/or explanations using academic language.
• All students demonstrate how well they understand lesson content and their progress toward learning goals through their work and/or responses.
• Student responses, work, and interactions demonstrate that all or almost all students are on track to achieve stated or implied learning goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Education or a related area of study
• Two years of teaching experience preferred
• Valid Louisiana Teaching Certificate with Louisiana Certification Preferred
• Proven record of high student achievement as listed on previous evaluations and Compass scores (highly preferred)
• Desire and ability to succeed in a student-friendly, detail-oriented, community environment.
• Belief in the Algiers Charter mission and educational model
• Open to professional learning, formal/informal observations, and feedback