Alternative Education - ELA Teacher

FLSA STATUS: EXEMPT

FTE STATUS: 1.0

REPORTS TO: BUILDING PRINCIPAL

DATE: 10/9/2026

The Alternative Education Setting Teacher is responsible for providing high-quality, individualized instruction to students in a non-traditional learning environment designed to support diverse academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs. This role focuses on engaging students who may require alternative pathways to success due to academic challenges, attendance concerns, behavioral needs, or other barriers to learning. The teacher develops and implements flexible instructional strategies, fosters positive relationships, and creates a structured, supportive classroom climate that promotes student growth, credit attainment, and graduation readiness.

The Alternative Education Teacher collaborates with staff, families, and community partners to ensure each student receives personalized support and opportunities for success both in school and beyond.

• Consistently promotes fairness, respect, and appreciation for diverse perspectives while supporting students with varied academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs in a non-traditional learning environment.
• Commits to ongoing professional learning and the development of instructional practices tailored to alternative education; encourages and supports student growth through individualized learning plans, goal setting, and skill development.
• Maintains high expectations for all students while recognizing individual circumstances; develops personalized pathways to success and supports students in progressing toward credit attainment and graduation.
• Builds positive, trusting relationships and maintains consistent communication with students and families, fostering a safe, structured, and supportive learning environment that promotes engagement and accountability.
• Demonstrates a commitment to honoring each student’s background, experiences, and challenges, creating an inclusive environment that values student voice and promotes belonging.
• Establishes a learning environment focused on effective, flexible instruction, ongoing assessment, and data-driven decision-making to address gaps in learning and support student progress.
• Utilizes school and community resources to support students’ academic success, social-emotional development, and post‑secondary readiness, including collaboration with support staff and external partners.
• Demonstrates collegiality and professionalism by collaborating with colleagues, support staff, and administration to meet the unique needs of alternative education students and programs.

• Participates in ongoing professional development focused on alternative education, trauma-informed practices, behavior intervention strategies, and maintains appropriate certification while staying current in evolving instructional practices.
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to equity, social justice, and inclusion by meeting students where they are and addressing barriers to learning in a non-traditional educational setting.
• Engages in regular collegial collaboration focused on student achievement, credit attainment, engagement, and behavioral growth, using data to inform and adjust instruction and interventions.
• Creates, implements, and submits flexible and responsive lesson plans that align with individualized learning plans and alternative pathways such as credit recovery.
• Teaches district-approved curriculum, as well as local and state standards, while adapting instruction to meet program-specific objectives and the unique needs of alternative education students.
• Plans and facilitates a program of study that is…