Social Studies Teacher

Overview

ABOUT RAINIER VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY:

Rainier Valley Leadership Academy is a public, tuition-free charter school providing an anti-racist collaborative community and rigorous education, with access to civic leadership and college success for all scholars in Seattle. RVLA serves grades 6-12 in the Seattle area. We respect and celebrate the ethnic and cultural traditions in our neighborhood. Our mission is to put every child on the path to success in college, career, leadership, and life.

We integrate college-and-career-ready and hands-on instruction to expose scholars to authentic experiences. Our teachers use data-driven instruction and differentiation, with common planning time and collaborative team time to analyze data to inform instruction. We provide a teacher mentor for every scholar and focus on personalized learning. RVLA fosters a diverse faculty and staff who bring dedication to scholar success and a passion for our mission.

Our small school community allows adults to know each other and every scholar by name, strength, and need.

OPPORTUNITY:

We are seeking a mission-aligned Social Studies Teacher to join the growing team at Rainier Valley Leadership Academy to serve scholars in grades 6-12. The ideal candidate is scholar-focused and utilizes innovative, data-driven, anti-racist instructional practices to engage, connect with, and build relationships with scholars and their families to foster educational success. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about a long-term commitment to joining the RVLA community and helping build a community-centered school aimed at dismantling systemic oppression through the unit of the school.

To learn more about what it’s like to work at RVLA, please visit: myrvla.org

• Effectively instruct scholars in their content area as prescribed by college-ready, state, and RVLA academic content standards
• Utilize direct instruction, demonstration, audio-visual aids, and other materials to supplement presentations with the goal of engaging scholar learning
• Teach a mentor group focused on social-emotional skill-building, college and career readiness
• Maintain effective supervision and discipline in the classroom
• Set clear short-term and long-term goals to drive instruction
• Develop and submit decolonized daily and weekly lesson plans, unit plans, and assessments containing standards, objectives, essential questions, and assessments
• Assign, review, and provide feedback on scholar work
• Consistently administer assessments to evaluate scholar progress, record results, and issue meaningful reports to inform parents of progress
• Attend faculty and professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence
• Serve on school pillar committees to forward the organizational mission
• Work as part of interdisciplinary teams and within content areas to plan and align curricula to ensure instruction follows curriculum guidelines or state/school requirements
• Create and implement scholar intervention plans when necessary
• Maintain the school’s scholar management policies and procedures (e.g., attendance records, dress code) and report to school administrators when necessary
• Collaborate with other teachers and administrators to address and resolve scholar issues
• Provide necessary accommodations and modifications for growth and success of all scholars
• Lead and participate in scholar activities such as sponsoring scholar activities or organizations, coaching a team, engaging with parents and the community, providing morning or after-school supervision, and chaperoning scholar events
• Abide by state and federal mandates in reporting sexual or physical abuse and neglect
• Perform special projects and duties outside of primary teaching responsibilities as assigned
• Participate in events aimed at promoting or developing RVLA (e.g., scholar recruitment)

We strive for a balanced, productive workforce that is diverse in age, gender, and cultural identity. Hiring or promotional decisions are based on performance and potential for professional growth.

• Bachelor’s Degree (required)
• Valid…