Associate Teacher (26/27)

Job Summary

The Associate Teacher helps to prepare scholars for the college of their choice and community leadership. The Associate Teacher accomplishes this by helping the classroom teacher deliver instruction and manage the classroom in ways that maximize scholars’ academic engagement and outcomes. As such, the Associate Teacher is primarily a scholar-facing role. The Associate Teacher reports directly to the director of a grade band.

Job Duties

• Support the classroom teacher in implementing lessons to achieve desired academic outcomes;
• Document scholar strengths and areas of need in small group lessons;
• Support the classroom teacher in creating the desired classroom culture using schoolwide Teach Like a Champion (TLAC) techniques, as well as merits and demerits as defined in the Scholar & Family Handbook;
• Aid in managing all testing including NWEA MAP testing for the scholars in your classroom;
• Take responsibility for operating the classroom in a safe, orderly, and positive manner when the classroom teacher cannot be present. This includes:
• Providing meaningful instruction according to the classroom teacher’s lesson plans and regular instructional strategies;
• Implementing the classroom teacher’s regular routines, procedures, and classroom management strategies;
• Reporting all scholar injuries, accidents, and serious discipline issues to the director of the grade band as soon as possible.
• Lead Book Club for assigned grade level;
• Model EA’s values at all times;
• Persistently, insistently, and consistently reinforce EA’s high expectations for scholar behavior with all scholars all the time; always sweat the small stuff and never give up on a scholar;
• Build strong relationships with scholars to create investment in EA’s culture and expectations;
• Participate in biweekly, scheduled in advance, one-on-one meetings with the director of the grade band, to improve one’s professional practice;
• Participate in professional development sessions and staff meetings;
• Chaperone during lunch and recess, as requested by the director of the grade band;
• Serve bus duty before and after school, including accompanying scholars on the bus route, as requested by the director of the grade band or School Director;
• Support EA expectations to ensure smooth entry, dismissal, and hallway transitions;
• Refrain from discussing confidential school business and scholar records during and outside of school hours.

Qualifications

• Associate’s or other college degree;
• Fluency in Spanish preferred;
• Enrollment in teacher education program preferred;
• Experience in education; 1-2 years’ experience in urban education, especially in a high-performing urban charter school, preferred;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills with scholars, parents, and colleagues;
• Willingness to address concerns head-on and advance them through the chain of command if they are not resolved;
• Ability to engage in critical conversations with respect, vision, and humility;
• Ability to organize workload independently and set and adapt priorities as needed;
• Ability to thrive in a high-pressure environment;
• Team player, with maturity, humility, strong work ethic, follow-through, sense of humor, and “roll-up-my-sleeves” attitude;
• Regular reflection and receptiveness to feedback;
• Stamina and the ability to set and achieve ambitious goals and handle the intensity required to bring your best self to an extended school day in a high performing school environment;
• Deep commitment to Emerald Academy’s mission and its values of high expectations, excellence, respect, teamwork, and commitment;
• Physical demands of attending scholars - sitting, standing, moving, lifting, and moving with scholars appropriate for care, safety and ongoing monitoring;
• Communication skills including the ability to verbalize, engage auditory and visual awareness and monitoring of scholars.