High School English Teacher - View Park High School

About ICEF

ICEF Public Schools is a nonprofit charter school network committed to educating and empowering courageous leaders who embrace their full potential for college, career, and life. Our work is rooted in five mission-aligned pillars:

• Educating and Empowerring Courageous Leaders
• Providing a Diverse Community that Honors Each Student’s Uniqueness
• Fostering Academic Excellence
• Nurturing Healthy Minds
• Inspiring Critical Thinkers

About the role

Our belief that teachers and school leaders are the most significant factor in whether or not a child is successful in school drives our culture and our commitment to our staff. Working at ICEF provides a unique opportunity to work with others who share the same purpose, and a chance to grow as a professional with the multiple layers of support we provide.

Responsibilities

Teaching Methods

• Employ a wide variety of teaching methods designed to create opportunities for deep understanding and differentiated instruction for all levels of ability within a class, including serving students identified with special needs
• Use ICEF Common Assessments and Unit Assessment results to determine differentiated instruction needed for low and high performing students
• Implement ICEF’s Essential Elements and Core Values: Instructional Model College-Going Culture, College Style Discourse, College Level Analytical Writing, College Style Study Habits, and Backward Mapping to College Standards, and the use of technology through Blended learning

Learning Environment

• Create and maintain a nurturing, structured, and engaging classroom environment
• Have a coherent plan for classroom discipline and keep clear and specific documentation of all interventions taken to correct student behavior before referring a student out of class

Performance and Grading

• Aspire to effective performance in all areas of the ICEF core values, principles, and instructional strategies as described in the ICEF Teacher Effectiveness Framework
• Provide clear information to students and parents regarding class objectives, weekly assignments, homework requirements, grading rubrics, and grading scale
• Use Illuminate to maintain accurate and up-to-date records of attendance, and coursework, and to submit student report cards and school-wide assessment records on time

Collaboration

• Collaborate with Special Education Team and ELL Support Staff to ensure that students with additional needs are able to access the curriculum
• Attend and participate in monthly Parent Engagement Meetings, Back-to-School Nights, Parent Conferences, and office hours/tutoring as communicated by the administration and track all efforts to create consistent and meaningful communication with parents

Curriculum

• Create a powerfully engaging curriculum designed to move students toward meeting the proficient performance of the high priority standards identified in ICEF Instructional Guides and California Common Core Standards
• Regularly provide lesson plans to the Principal as requested

Professional Responsibilities

• Participate actively in all professional development sessions
• Work required school hours (half an hour before the school day begins to 4:00 p.m.), dress professionally, and adhere professional code of conducts
• Perform other duties as assigned by the school Principal

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree – required
• Master’s degree – preferred
• Possession of a valid Multiple/Single Subject (internship, preliminary, or clear) California Teaching Credential
• Possession of either a Bilingual, Cross-Cultural, Language or Academic Development (BCLAD) certificate; a Cross-Cultural, Language and Academic Development (CLAD) certificate; a Bilingual Certificate of Competence (BCC); or a Language Development Specialist (LDS) certificate is desirable; EL Authorization
• Desire to teach in an urban school environment
• Confident in managing student behavior
• Ability to work under pressure and adapt to change easily
• Demonstrated success working with students from educationally underserved areas

Benefits

• Medical, Life Insurance, Dental and Vision plans
• Various retirement programs offered by ICEF Public Schools

Pay

Starting at $68,000, commensurate with experience

Schedule

Full-time, 11-month position with required school hours from half an hour before the school day begins to 4:00 p.m.