Elementary; 1st Grade Teacher - Dr. Marian G. Lacey K-8 Academy

Position: Elementary (1st Grade) Teacher - Dr. Marian G. Lacey K-8 Academy
Job goal:

To help students learn subject matter and master skills that will contribute to their overall development as mature, able, and responsible learners through establishing, maintaining, and reiteratively communicating clear behavior and learning expectations for all learners. To consistently strive to improve performance in order to aid students in meeting learning targets and goals and to provide frequent and ongoing feedback to learners and stakeholders regarding their progress towards those goals to ensure that every learner experiences success at high levels.

Summary:

The vision of the dr. Marian g. Lacey k-8 academy is to leverage support from families and community stakeholders to provide meaningful and engaging learning experiences to grow and equip leaders who will shape and impact the world in positive ways within and beyond the walls of our school. Lacey academy seeks to provide a rigorous, structured academic setting where leaders learn and learners lead.

Students at lacey will benefit from a rich collection of opportunities designed to equip learners with the necessary tools to lead within and beyond the walls of the school so that they are able to positively impact their communities and society.

We believe that all students can learn and that they deserve a quality educational experience in a safe environment. We affirm that learning is required, and success is our standard. Using quality, grade level instruction, coupled with engaging, meaningful, and affirmative educational experiences, we will cultivate and nurture an environment that celebrates the diverse strengths of our learners to build and grow prepared and healthy people so they can achieve success at high levels, both at school and in the community.

With the school wellness wheel framework as our foundation, the dr. Marian g. Lacey k-8 academy will serve as a beacon to stakeholders and an avenue to addressing trauma, promoting wellbeing, and elevating learning for all. This will be done through giving deliberate intention to implementing school-wide systems that embody mastery-based learning opportunities, a growth-based educational approach, and strength-based instruction in every classroom.

Learners will engage in high levels of hands-on experiences, real world investigations, and applied literacy and mathematics learning. Students at lacey will have opportunities to engage in structured science, technology, reading/writing, engineering, arts, and mathematics (stream) experiences from kindergarten through eighth grade, building a strong cohort of leaders who possess 21st century skills for collaborative problem-solving, technological literacy, and career-readiness.

Additional requirements:

Participate and successfully complete the required on-boarding and professional development boot-camp beginning july, 2024 and continuing throughout the school year, both on and off contract.

Terms of employment:

This position is nine and one-fourth (9.25) month contract (190 days), plus a benefits package.

Note:

precise placement within the salary range will be determined based on experience and lrsd's salary placement guidelines. Flsa: exempt.

Salary range: $

Teacher salary schedule

Qualifications:

* bachelor's degree minimum (some graduate work preferred).

* must have an arkansas teacher's license for elementary education k-6 or ece p-4.

* esol endorsement preferred.

* competence in the total teaching act.

* proficiency demonstrated in the science of reading.

* the ability to apply current educational theory and practice; of cultural, socioeconomic, ethnic, and gender differences; and the principles of child growth and development when working with students, parents, administrators, community members, and support staff.

* willingness to participate in on-going staff development, the ability to effectively differentiate instruction and sensitivity to cultural differences.

* commitment to staff development and to apply new techniques in the classroom.

* the ability and willingness to construct hands-on education materials to be utilized in the teaching of identified curriculum skills and concepts.

* submission of a 5-10 minute video demonstrating the learning experience in your classroom required.

Note:

the comprehensive instructional plan of dr. Marian g. Lacey k-8 academy envisions quality, rigorous, engaging grade-level instruction for all learners in every class, every day. The vision is to departmentalize instruction for students in grades k-8 to build competence and support mastery for all learners.

Such alternatives and additions to the above qualifications may be deemed appropriate by the superintendent. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the board may require.

Essential duties & responsibilities:

The following statements of duties and responsibilities are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. These statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties…