Elementary Teacher - Float

Overview

FTE: 1.0 FTE

Salary Range: $41,000-$56,000

Job Summary:

Grade K-5 teachers develop curriculum and materials using engaging and age-appropriate instructional strategies based on the best practices of the International Baccalaureate, while infusing international-mindedness into the curriculum on a continual basis.

• Incorporate hands-on learning activities into daily instruction.
• Communicate closely and encourage parental involvement regarding program goals, classroom activities, homework, school functions and student progress.
• Create a safe and welcoming classroom environment using best practices of Developmental Designs and Responsive Classroom for Middle School.
• Collaborate with other teachers, coaches, or administrators regarding their teaching.
• Maintain knowledge of current and emerging trends, procedures and evaluation processes in language acquisition (for language and immersion teachers).
• Participate in regular planning and staff development.
• Participate in professional development deemed important to the school and/or to individual teachers.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in education or related field.
• Must have a valid Minnesota teaching license.
• Must be fluent in English, both oral and written communications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience teaching/living abroad is preferred.
• Teaching experience at the age level of the open position is preferred.
• Teaching experience in the International Baccalaureate DP and MYP is preferred.
• Experience with Developmental Designs and Responsive Classroom is preferred.

This position requires vocal communication, hearing, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, sitting, pushing, pulling, use of hands to grasp and feel, and vision abilities including close, distance, and adjusting focus. Lifting/moving required frequently up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 40 pounds or more. Work occasionally requires exposure to blood borne pathogens and is generally in a moderately noisy location.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Lakes International Language Academy (LILA) is a PreK-12 public charter school educating over 1200 students. The school opened in 2004, added grades 7 - 12 in 2015 and 2016. The school is located in Forest Lake, Minnesota, with authorization from the International Baccalaureate Organization to offer the PYP, MYP, and Diploma Programme. We offer Spanish and Mandarin language immersion in PreK - 5 and an immersion continuation program in grades 6 - 12, as well as entry points for non-immersion students in a language-rich environment.

Teachers are highly involved in developing curriculum and writing materials, as well as decision making at the school. In fact, the school's board of directors has a teacher majority. We enjoy high teacher retention, and frequently have a waiting list of students who want to enter our program.

Our Mission: LILA prepares tomorrow’s critical thinkers and global citizens through language immersion and inquiry-driven study.

Our Action Statements:

• Think For Myself
• Think About Others
• Think Beyond Today

Achievements & Awards:

• Earned respectable ratings on the MDE's School Report Card each year of operation, including becoming a Celebration School in December 2015.
• Recognized for our fiscal responsibility from the MDE, receiving the state Finance Award for the past ten years in a row.
• Received multiple grants since inception, totaling nearly 1.5 million dollars.

Diversity:
Many of our teachers were born in Mandarin and Spanish speaking countries. Nearly all have traveled extensively, with the large majority having lived in a Mandarin or Spanish speaking country for at least a semester.

Professional Development:
Lakes International provides professional development for new staff depending on needs and interest, but always including best practices of teachers in the International Baccalaureate programs and building a safe and inviting classroom climate for learning.

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