Middle School Writing and Debate Teacher

Bronx, New York

$5,000 Signing Bonus!

Exempt, 10-Month Employee

Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health & Science Charter School is seeking an enthusiastic and/or experienced Writing and Debate teacher to provide instruction to our middle school students. This is a unique opportunity for someone who loves to teach English Language Arts but would prefer to do it in a specials setting. The Writing and Debate teacher will work across grades 6-8 to ensure all students have solid writing skills through various units of study as well as engage them in debate units where students can develop themselves as confident public speakers.

Under the general supervision of the Middle School Principal, the Writing and Debate teacher will work collaboratively with other specials teachers and across content areas to provide a well-rounded learning experience in Writing and Debate for students.

• Exhibit an understanding of and skills relevant to the subject area(s) taught
• Demonstrate an ability to make topics and activities meaningful and relevant to each student
• Integrate available technology resources compatible with students’ needs and abilities
• Develop lesson plans that are clear, logical, and sequential
• Plan with appropriate specialist(s) to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of all students

• Link present content/skills with past and future learning experiences
• Effectively use various instructional strategies (e.g., modeling, cooperative learning, collaboration, and reading and writing in the content areas) to differentiate learning for all students
• Effectively use questioning strategies to engage students and promote learning
• Monitor students’ understanding of the lesson and adjusts teaching when appropriate
• Maximize student learning by providing opportunities for all learners to participate actively and successfully
• Explain content and demonstrates skills in a variety of ways to meet the needs of all students
• Hold each learner individually responsible for learning
• Ensure students learn the proper way to type and build their skills overtime
• Plan and execute showcases, including for bulletin boards, events, and feature the students’ work

• Use results of a variety of assessments to monitor and modify instruction as needed
• Effectively use both teacher-made and standardized tests, as appropriate, to measure student performance
• Use oral, non-verbal, and performance tasks/projects for student assessment
• Organize, maintain, and use records of student progress to make effective instructional decisions
• Continuously monitor students’ progress before, during, and after instruction, and provides meaningful feedback
• Demonstrate competence in the use of acceptable grading/ranking/scoring practices in recording and reporting student achievement

• Use precise language and acceptable oral expression and written communication
• Articulate clear learning goals and instructional procedures for the lesson to the students
• Model caring, fairness, courtesy, respect and active listening
• Model concern for students’ emotional and physical well being
• Seek and maintains positive interactions with students in all school settings
• Seek information about student interests and opinions

• Enforce the school’s student behavior policy
• Communicate clear expectations about behavior to students and parents
• Actively monitor student behavior and provides feedback in a constructive manner to students and parents
• Create a physical setting and establishes routines that promote learning and minimize disruption
• Structure transitions in an efficient and constructive manner
• Manage emergency situations, as they…