Middle School Crew Leader​/Teacher; NRCCS

Middle School Math And Humanities Teacher

The North Routt Community Charter School is a small, dynamic K8 public charter school nestled in the mountain community of Clark, Colorado. NRCCS provides a student-centered, experiential learning environment that fosters curiosity, community, and academic growth. We challenge students to thrive beyond 4 walls through personalized academic learning, stewardship, the arts and outdoor discovery.

Position:
Middle School Multi-age Crew Leader - Math and Humanities for grades 6, 7, 8.

Job Goal:
The Middle School Crew Leader is a professional who provides rigorous core instruction to all middle school students using developmentally appropriate curriculums aligned with Common Core Standards. In addition to academic instruction, the Crew Leader is responsible for building strong relationships and providing daily social-emotional instruction using a school-wide "Crew" curriculum based on the CASEL competencies.

Responsibilities include, internalizing larger units and daily lesson plans, participating in regular data team meetings, responding to student needs based on data, actively participating in coaching and professional development and engaging in restorative discipline practices. This Middle School position is a multi-grade, multi-age classroom. The Middle School Crew teacher will build a creative, innovative and a high performing, engaging middle school classroom experience.

The teacher will work with elementary colleagues to create rich learning experiences. Rigorous academics and strong character/culture development will be enhanced with adventure education, fieldwork, and service-learning. All teachers are required to participate in coaching cycles, professional development, and as collaborative members of a small school staff.

The NRCCS team offers robust and expansive programming for a school our size. Therefore, we work as a school team to provide appropriate and adequate support to both students and families. This requires staff members to be flexible and able to balance academic, SEL, and physical needs of K-8 students in a respectful and professional manner.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Offering every child, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, or home language, an opportunity to enter the curriculum at the child's own level.
• Developing and implementing learning expeditions consistent with NRCCS principles and the Common Core State Standards.
• Employing a range of effective instructional practices addressing various learning styles to give students the support they need to complete expeditions and meet learning benchmarks.
• Developing and implementing a curriculum that is inquiry and project-based, utilizing views from multiple perspectives, purposeful fieldwork in the community, and service to others.
• Creating a classroom culture where character is taught, modeled, and measured.
• Working with students to showcase culminating projects and create student portfolios that clearly demonstrate achievement.
• Providing students and families clear and instructive information about student progress.
• Working with other staff to implement special service programs including Special Education programs.
• Participating in student discipline and student-led conferences.
• Assisting in the development and implementation of student intervention plans.
• Participating in the Outdoor Education and Wellness trips which require staff to lead groups of students on outdoor trips such as biking, hiking, snowshoeing and/or skiing.

Personal and Professional Development:

• Participating fully in professional development with other NRCCS teachers and Head of School.
• Setting and actively pursuing professional as well as personal goals.
• Continuing knowledge and implementation of current research based educational trends.

Essential Job Functions:

• Decision Making
• Language Skills
• Mathematical Skills
• Reasoning Ability
• Technology Skills
• Other
  
  Skills And Abilities

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must lift items weighing 50 pounds from floor level to an elevation of four feet.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.