Elementary Electives Teacher Art Computer Science PE Music

Job Description

Position type:
Full-time, Exempt, 10-Month

• Direct Manager:
  Principal
• Direct Reports:
  None
• Key Collaborators:
  Assistant Principal, Instructional Coach, Teachers, and Regional Support

Grade-Level Rigor & Access

• Plan and deliver instruction where all students engage in grade-level standards, texts, and rigorous tasks daily
• Internalize curriculum to ensure alignment to standards, pacing, and high-quality outcomes
• Design and execute tasks that require students to analyze, justify, and apply learning
• Provide scaffolds that increase access without lowering rigor, including modeling, guided practice, and strategic supports
• Anticipate misconceptions and plan targeted supports to ensure all students can access grade-level content

Instruction consistently ensures that all students engage in grade-level standards, tasks, and content aligned to curriculum and pacing, with scaffolds that maintain rigor. Student work demonstrates analysis, justification, and application, resulting in increased access and success with grade-level learning.

• Design lessons where students do the majority of the thinking, talking, reading, writing, and problem-solving
• Facilitate structured academic discourse that requires students to explain, justify, and build on ideas using academic language
• Use questioning and task design to promote analysis, reasoning, and cognitive lift
• Create opportunities for students to make connections, defend thinking, and engage in meaningful dialogue
• Ensure engagement reflects cognitive work, not just participation or compliance

Students consistently do the cognitive work of the lesson, engaging in meaningful discourse, reasoning, writing, and problem-solving. Engagement is driven by rigorous thinking, with students independently explaining, justifying, and building on ideas using academic language.

• Establish and maintain a classroom environment grounded in high expectations, strong routines, and productive struggle
• Implement systems that maximize instructional time and ensure students remain focused, accountable, and independent
• Create a safe and structured environment where students take academic risks and persist through challenging work
• Reinforce consistent expectations for behavior and learning aligned to school-wide systems
• Build strong relationships with students and families to support both academic and cultural outcomes

The classroom reflects high expectations, strong routines, and maximized instructional time, resulting in a focused and productive learning environment. Students demonstrate independence, persistence, and productive struggle, taking academic risks within a safe and structured culture.

• Embed frequent checks for understanding into daily instruction to assess student thinking in real time
• Analyze student responses and adjust instruction immediately to address misconceptions and advance learning
• Provide clear, timely, and actionable feedback that enables students to improve their work
• Monitor student progress toward learning goals and ensure students understand success criteria
• Implement data-driven cycles, including reteach and intervention, to accelerate student achievement

Instruction is continuously informed by frequent checks for understanding, with real-time adjustments based on student thinking. Students receive actionable feedback, engage in revision, and demonstrate measurable progress toward learning goals through effective data-driven instruction cycles.

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• Consistent alignment to the KIPP St. Louis Instructional Framework in planning, instruction, and reflection
• Active participation in collaborative planning, data analysis, and professional learning
• Responsiveness to coaching, with observable growth in instructional practice over time
• Contribution to instructional coherence across classrooms and teams

• K-2: DIBELS proficiency and growth in early literacy
• K-8: i-Ready Reading and Math growth and proficiency
• 3-8:
  Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) performance
• 9-12:
  End-of-Course (EOC) exam results in tested subjects
• 9-12: AP exam participation, performance, and pass rates (where applicable)
• Demonstrated ability to translate strong Tier 1 instruction into measurable student outcomes

• Demonstrated ability to drive measurable student achievement and growth
• Strong classroom management and ability to create structured learning environments
• Effective use of data to inform instruction and close learning gaps
• Ability to plan and execute high-quality, standards-aligned lessons
• Proven collaboration with colleagues to improve instructional outcomes
• Strong communication skills with…