Transitional Kindergarten Teacher (26-27SY)

The Opportunity

Lighthouse Community Public Schools is seeking a Transitional Kindergarten Teacher to join our team. This role embodies core competencies of being an anti-racist educator, facilitating cognitively engaging, student-centered learning, and demonstrating a keen belief in and ability to create, collect, and analyze achievement data.

• Specific teaching responsibilities include:
• Instructing all subjects in a self-contained classroom for TK-2, and in a more departmentalized setting for grades 3-5.
• Teaching small-group phonics/reading instruction in all elementary math and ELA classes.
• Leading an advisory (Crew) daily, up to 2 times per week, and either a guided study hall or designated ELD course.
• Demonstrating culturally responsive pedagogy, giving students the skills to grapple with rigorous content and including high expectations and an assets-based approach for every student.
• Planning, implementing, and analyzing rigorous, student-engaged assessments, including using Schoology, MAP, and other tools.

Classroom & School Culture

Build and maintain a classroom culture that is supportive and learning-centered, underpinned by strong management, efficient procedures, and systems, but most evident in the full inclusion of African-American boys, students with trauma, and students with IEPs in the social and learning community.

• Create positive relationships by building nurturing and affirming teacher-student, student-student, and teacher-family partnerships.
• Build a community of risk-taking, collaborative learners.

Professional Practices/Staff Culture

Grow and contribute as an educator, colleague, learner, and community member, including engaging in professional development and your own growth as a teacher in service of student learning and outcomes.

• Demonstrate advocacy, flexibility, and collegiality.
• Demonstrate self-awareness, reflect on practice with self and others, and act on feedback.
• Demonstrate flexibility and ownership of our collective results.
• Administer all policies and procedures in a professional and timely manner.

Environmental Requirements

• Able to work in: Loud environments such as cafeterias, playgrounds, classrooms, and large professional settings.
• Indoor/Outdoor adaptability to all weather conditions related to outdoor activities and/or travel to field trips and school-sponsored events.
• Airconditioned and heated environments under fluorescent lighting.

Physical Demands

• See and hear on a continuous basis and speak frequently.
• Sit and stand for extended periods of time.
• Stop, extend, kneel and reach.
• Lift up to 25 pounds.
• Walk for long periods of time.
• Move quickly or run over smooth to uneven surfaces indoor/outdoor.
• Repetitive movement of fingers and hands for keyboarding and whiteboard usage.
• Teachers may need to supervise students outdoors in varying weather conditions and, on rare occasions, move quickly to intervene in student safety situations.
• Occasional travel to sites for PD within and outside LCPS.

Supervision

This position will report to School Principal or principal's designee.

Time Commitment

This position is 1.0 FTE (full-time exempt) and follows a 10-month (190 day) work year with significant student-free days for professional learning and collaboration with colleagues and interaction with families.

Compensation Package

Lighthouse Community Public Schools provides a competitive compensation and benefits package, including a competitive salary and generous health and retirement benefits (100% employee health coverage/50% for dependents; 8% employer-matching for retirement program; medical and dependent FSA, Employee Assistance Program, life insurance, optional 403b retirement plan, and other optional insurance benefits).

Application Instructions

To apply, submit a resume, cover letter describing your interest in this exciting position and why you are an optimal fit, including how your teaching philosophy, approach to student learning, and educational expertise would contribute to Lighthouse Community Public Schools, and three to five professional references: name, position, phone number, and email address. Two of which should be current or previous supervisors of your role. A list of all prior school-based employers: in accordance with Education Code section 44939.5, Lighthouse is required by law to request information from your former school-based employers about your employment history, including verification of credentialed and/or classified experience and whether you were ever the subject of a credible complaint, substantiated investigation, or discipline for egregious misconduct at your school.