6Th-8Th Elective Teacher

General Information

Villa Bella Expeditionary (VBE) is a K-8th District 70 charter school that uses Expeditionary Learning for its language arts curriculum and Illustrative Math for elementary and middle school. As a newer school, we offer the opportunity to be part of a growing organization that requires immense work, entrepreneurship, and creativity. We follow the District 70 academic calendar with minimal modifications and require professional development on one Friday a month.

Executive Director

The teacher has the lead role in the classroom as a learning facilitator, instructor, coach, mentor, and tutor. The teacher provides a personalized learning environment for all students that incorporates collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, technology, and communication, centered on meaningful learning targets aligned with the Colorado State Standards. The teacher provides a learning environment in which each student achieves and grows.

Certification:
Colorado Educator License

Bachelor's Degree required

• Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and dispositions to meet all Colorado State Teacher Standards.
• Support the planning and implementation of the VBE's strategic plan.
• Design, implement, and assess learning experiences that use research-based, culturally relevant instructional practices, technology, and digital resources to fully implement the VBE's curriculum.
• Respond to student needs derived from the evaluation of student achievement data.
• Collect and maintain student achievement data requested by the supervisor.
• Embed effective instructional technology utilizing Apple TV, mobile devices, social and collaborative online communities, personalized learning software, web-based assessments, computer applications, and digital resources.
• Apply knowledge to facilitate and communicate effective differentiated classroom practices and educational pedagogy appropriate to general education, English as a Second Language, and special education students.
• Promote, support, and model exploration of real-world issues and the solving of authentic problems.
• Customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities.
• Evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice regularly to effectively use existing and emerging instructional practices and resources to support student learning.
• Reflect regularly and collaboratively with teachers on research-based differentiated instructional practices, the integration of information technology, and student achievement.
• Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.
• Communicate effectively with parents through various methods and tools, including parent/teacher conferences, phone calls, e‑mails, and meetings.
• Demonstrate leadership by actively participating in building and district professional learning communities.
• Maintain competency in information, technology, and media literacies by participating in online collaborative learning environments and professional learning activities.
• Reflect on current competencies in the Expeditionary Learning curriculum, research-based instructional practices, and instructional technology to identify growth areas for personal and professional learning.
• Maintain competency in research-based instructional practices, instructional technology, and information literacy standards by participating in appropriate professional learning activities (district professional learning, conferences, workshops, summer academic meetings).
• Other performance responsibilities: complete other duties as assigned, such as mandatory Friday professional development, after‑school meetings, and activities.
• Knowledge, skills, and abilities — technical: demonstrate proficiency in applying instructional technology standards for personal productivity and support instruction (productivity and presentation tools and software, multimedia equipment, online learning environments); possess…