Early Childhood Classroom Teacher

Early Childhood Classroom Teacher
- Rhode Island School for the Deaf

Rhode Island School for the Deaf
- Providence, Rhode Island

Functions and Responsibilities:

• Knowledge and respect for the cultural norms and language of the Deaf community.
• Create and deliver a curriculum that creates and maintains a positive learning climate that incorporates rigor and relevance.
• Plan, develop, and execute lesson plans and provide instruction for individual students, small groups, and remedial instruction to meet the needs of identified students or subgroups.
• Assess student learning by using a variety of appropriate formal and informal methods.
• Apply knowledge of best practices in curriculum, instruction, and assessment, and methods of supporting and extending instruction and student learning.
• Services shall include preparing and correcting examinations, proctoring, and substituting.
• Assess student learning to inform their instruction.
• Apply knowledge of School policies and City and State laws.
• Services shall also include the customary conferences with students and parents; individual guidance of students; and service on school committees.
• Expected to participate in appropriate professional development activities to stay current in their assigned teaching fields, programs, and discipline, as well as in the delivery of remote learning.
• Attendance at professional development days as determined by the Principal is mandatory.
• Expected to provide synchronous and asynchronous remote learning instruction when directed by the Principal or per teaching assignment.
• Participate in the IEP process as needed.
• Expected to manage daily, the recording and publishing student attendance and grading system on the school platform.
• Participate in the communication of policies as a member of the certified instruction team and communicate school and District programs, policies, and procedures to students, staff, parents, and community, as directed by the Director.
• Participate in Professional Development/Professional Learning Communities (PLC), New Staff Orientation (as applicable): to provide exceptional student achievement; to establish the foundations for successful classrooms: ambitious vision and goals, purposeful long-term plans, and unit plans, rigorous assessments, strong relationships, and positive classroom cultures.
• Use student data to inform decision-making, develop and modify curriculum, and develop targeted and differentiated instruction (interventions/enrichment).
• Implement school-adopted curricular resources. Assist with the creation, completion, and presentation of school reports, as well as required reports for the district.
• Determine the need for curricular materials, assessment materials, and instructional resources; communicate ordering needs with the Principal.
• Perform other related duties as assigned to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of the work unit.

• General Statement of Duties:
• To provide instruction to deaf, hard-of-hearing, and/or language-delayed children.
• To create, with the students, a community of learners where students feel respected and honored.
• Design curricula and activities to meet academic standards and IEP goals.
• To communicate learning goals, high standards, and expected outcomes to students.
• Engage in building positive relationships with parents and collaborate with colleagues, to enhance each student's ability to learn most effectively.
• To support the mission of the Rhode Island School for the Deaf.
• Requirements:
• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, or other related field. Master's preferred. ASL Proficiency required.
• Certification: RI Certificate in an Elementary Education. RI Certificate in Teacher of the Deaf.
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required.