ASL Teacher-Elementary Elective Teacher

Introduction

As a pioneer in the Charter school movement, CSUSA is one of the fastest-growing education management organizations in the United States, providing a wide variety of educational choices to over 82,000 students in more than 150 schools across Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Louisiana.

Charter Schools USA (CSUSA) is one of the largest and highest performing education management companies in the United States, proudly serving over 82,000 students in over 150 schools in four states. Founded by Jonathan Hage in 1997, CSUSA's mission is a Relentless Commitment to Student Greatness in School and in Life™. CSUSA provides an academically rigorous education to students equipping them with real world readiness, prepared for college or career after graduation.

With an unwavering dedication to the success of students from every background, CSUSA is closing the gaps in achievement and opportunity, keeping our promise of Strong Minds, Good Hearts™.

Job Purpose

To join a team of people with the mission:
Relentless Commitment to Student Greatness in School and in Life ™. If you love inspiring and motivating young learners and want to put students first in education, CSUSA is the right place for you. We deliver on our promise of Strong Minds, Good Hearts™ through an education model that gives every student the opportunity for success. As an ASL Teacher, you will play a key role in helping their students fully participate in deaf culture, while enabling communication between deaf and hearing people.

You will also empower students to become more independent and to grow socially in the broader tapestry of cultures that make up our world. ASL teachers carry out crucial functions in the education and social advancement of deaf people. They teach the practical, functional skills needed for fluent use of ASL, resulting in an enormous impact on countless lives in diverse ways.

• Teaching deaf students how to function in a hearing world.
• Helping deaf students become increasingly independent.
• Inspiring deaf students to dream big and to challenge themselves.
• Giving non-deaf students the chance to learn ASL and communicate with the deaf.
• Enabling both deaf and hearing students to use ASL confidently and fluidly.

• Leadership and team collaboration skills.
• Positive interpersonal and communication skills.
• Organizational skills and self-management to effectively handle multiple responsibilities.
• Commitment to go above and beyond when necessary to reach goals.
• Strong planning, execution, and problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivation.
• Dependability.
• Strong grasp of content area.

• Copy of current teaching certificate (if applicable).
• Letters of recommendation.
• Additional applicable endorsements and/or exam scores.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

While performing the responsibilities of this position, the work environment characteristics listed below are representative of the environment the employee will encounter:

• Usual office working conditions.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Travel within or outside state.
• Light work:
  Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force as frequently as needed to move objects.

Job is exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.