Teacher, High School Math

About the role

Build a safe, trusting, and collaborative community with students and their families that allows them to contribute positively to the school community.
Mentor and serve as a student advocate on a two-year loop.
Communicate regularly with parents regarding students' academic and social and emotional needs.
Guide students through meaningful internship experiences and commute to facilitate meetings with internship mentors.
Provide project planning support for students' two personal projects each year.
Plan advisory activities with grade level teams that support social-emotional growth and community building.
Support and monitor student's Individualized Learning Plan through weekly 1 on 1 meetings.
Routinely assess student goals and progress and make appropriate instructional adjustments as necessary to support personal growth.
Create opportunities for learning that simultaneously support students with 504's, IEP, GATES plans and more.
Utilize standards to backward instruction.
Goal set and meet regularly with Instructional Coach and/or Director to support professional growth.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and serve as a student advocate on a two-year loop.
• Communicate regularly with parents regarding students' academic and social and emotional needs.
• Guide students through meaningful internship experiences and commute to facilitate meetings with internship mentors.
• Provide project planning support for students' two personal projects each year.
• Plan advisory activities with grade level teams that support social-emotional growth and community building.
• Support and monitor student's Individualized Learning Plan through weekly 1 on 1 meetings.
• Routinely assess student goals and progress and make appropriate instructional adjustments as necessary to support personal growth.
• Create opportunities for learning that simultaneously support students with 504's, IEP, GATES plans and more.
• Utilize standards to backward instruction.
• Goal set and meet regularly with Instructional Coach and/or Director to support professional growth.

Requirements

• COLORADO TEACHING LICENSE WITH AN APPROPRIATE MATH ENDORSMENT REQUIRED.
• ADDITIONAL ENDORSEMENT IN CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE EDUCATION PREFERRED, *OR WILLINGNESS TO PURSUER ENDORSEMENT OR EQUIVALENT COURSEWORK.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of COLORADO MODEL CONTENT STANDARDS AND THE GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS FOR READING, WRITING & COMMUNICATIONS AREAS.
• Desire to grow professionally, be reflective, and seek out new opportunities.
• Experience using multiple formative and summative assessments to determine students' level of proficiency provides feedback to students, and to create flexible groups for differentiated instruction.
• Experience using a wide range of effective instructional practices (active pedagogy) including inquiry-based instruction, to give students support and multiple opportunities needed to meet or exceed standards.
• Experience designing and/or collaborating on standards-based learning experiences, including identifying and preparing course materials, which supports student's skill development in science, especially related to cross content course work.
• Experience with developing problem-based instruction and project-based learning.

Skills

• Effective communication skills.
• Ability to mentor and advocate for students.
• Experience with project-based learning and problem-based instruction.
• Knowledge of Colorado Model Content Standards and Grade Level Expectations.

Benefits

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Pay

$63,301 - $128,842 Annual Salary

Schedule

190 Days