Prospective s Teacher

About Your Role

You cultivate students’ curiosity, engagement, growth and performance in academic, intellectual, social and emotional domains.

You set empathetic limits with students, encourage natural consequences, and foster responsible decision-making in a supportive environment.

You are a competent, compassionate, creative, dedicated and enthusiastic professional. You are committed to your own growth and improvement.

You possess strong instructional pedagogy, in addition to curiosity and expertise in the content to be taught.

You are an excellent communicator, both written and verbal.

You consistently exhibit strengths in time management and organization, as well as social and emotional intelligence and cultural competency.

Classroom Strategies and Behaviors:
Communicate learning goals and feedback, establish rules and procedures; help students interact, practice and deepen new knowledge, and generate and test hypotheses; engage students; recognize adherence to norms and procedures; establish and maintain effective relationships with students; communicate high expectations for all students. Create and maintain a classroom environment aligned with “Love and Logic” Principles.

Serve as Leadership, Finance, Entrepreneurship (LiFE) Coach:
Execute engaging lessons daily, evaluate lesson efficacy, integrate LiFE themes into the core curriculum, and lead impactful programs to develop strong Leadership, Finance, and Entrepreneurship skills in students. Ensure effective scaffolding of learning, practice, and mastery of these skills in yourself and your students.

Plan and Prepare:
Plan and prepare for lessons and units, resources and technology, needs of neurodiverse learners and differentiated learning styles, implementation of culturally responsive classrooms.

Develop and Maintain Strong, Positive and Productive Partnerships:
Communicate proactively, positively and consistently with students, parents, teammates, and our community, fostering a collaborative and supportive community.

Reflect on Teaching:
Evaluate personal performance as well as develop and implement a professional growth plan.

Collegiality and Professionalism:
Champion a positive environment; promote an exchange of ideas and strategies; promote our school and its community’s development.

Preferred:
Teaching certification

3-5 years classroom experience.

Evidence of content mastery.

A passion for Next Generation learning.

Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.

A commitment to igniting curiosity, and making learning fun and challenging.

Agility, adaptability and a high degree of change-readiness.

Proficient use of computer software, Google Suite and learning management systems (Blackbaud preferred).

Grant permission for a criminal background check upon hire.

Meet physical demands to perform essential functions of the role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:
Ability to work full-time, including occasional evenings and weekends; work in person/in the school building; speak for long periods of time. Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, or crouch. Frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds; occasionally life up to 50 pounds.

Be Kind. Do Good. Work Hard. Make the World Better. These are the values our team embodies day to day. Below are some of the ways in which we’ll promise to value you in your time here:

Retirement: 403(b) plan with employer matching

Healthcare:
Medical, dental and vision plans with various options to support your unique needs. Free telehealth.

Wellness:
Holistic employee assistance program (EAP) including mental health support. Fitness challenges, gym & yoga discounts, health education, and fun team activities.

Life Insurance & Voluntary Benefits:
Group life insurance and option to enroll in additional voluntary life insurance and other supplemental coverages

Time-off:
Flexible PTO policy

Career development:
Professional development reimbursement program and monthly onsite professional development

Family Care:
Tuition…