2024 - 2025 Secondary Electives Teacher Fellow (San Antonio, TX)

Our Commitment to Equity & Inclusion

Achieving true equity requires you to look at all aspects, from both a larger systems perspective and an individual student perspective. You put differentiated and culturally relevant systems in place to ensure that every child has an equal chance for success. This requires you to understand the unique challenges and barriers faced by individual students or populations of students and you provide the support to help them overcome those barriers. You do this by establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with students and team members based on trust, understanding, and respect for the communities in which they identify. 

Your Mission

Redefine what’s possible in public education. It is your primary responsibility to prepare all students with the academic and social skills necessary to persist and engage productively in their communities. However, learning does not stop in the classroom. At Compass Rose, we engage with the community regularly, asking families what they want to see from their graduates, listening to them and taking their wishes seriously, and we use the information we learn to shape our schools. Our goal is to always align our program with the desires of our community. To this end, you teach:

• A set of college-bound academic, culturally relevant skills that prepares students to be successful in college and the competitive world beyond.
• A set of social/emotional skills related to how we treat one another, work as a team, and coach ourselves to work through the challenges we face.

You Live by our RIGHT Values

• Respect: We value each others’ diverse perspectives and experiences, communicate clearly and consistently, hold high expectations with empathy, and take time to really get to know others.
• Ingenuity: We challenge ourselves to find new solutions to the most difficult problems. We always welcome the opportunity to think creatively.
• Growth: We will undoubtedly face adversity. We commit to give and receive feedback and to be relentlessly reflective even in the most challenging problems.
• Honesty: We assume the best of others, provide authentic feedback & praise, reflect on our own strengths and areas for development, and act with courage to always do what is right over what is easy..
• Teamwork: You genuinely believe that ALL students can achieve excellence and that requires that you see the best in every person you interact with (students and team members alike) every day. We know that we are strongest and most successful when we work together.

Your Responsibilities

Planning

• Special Education transportation monitor, if needed
• Instructional delivery and assessment of student lessons
• Work with students to master specified IEP goals
• Analyze student work and track progress data

Instructional Delivery

• Provide daily intervention for a small group of students
• Provide individual instruction/tutoring both inside and outside of the classroom setting
• Assist Special Education teacher with English, Life Skills, Social Skills, and Math classes taught/delivered in a self-contained classroom

Learning Environment

• Procedures, routines and transitions are clear and efficient to create a safe, organized, an engaging learning environment.
• Consistently engages in community and restorative circles with students.
• Teacher builds trust authentically and cares for the whole child as well as the family unit the child is a part of.
• Advocates for the needs of students in the classroom.

Professional Practices and Responsibilities

• Participate in ARD committee meetings
• Monitor students during recess or lunch
• Provide assistance with daily living which may include personal care, hygiene, feeding, lifting, and/or toileting
• Monitor behavior and implement restorative behavior practices
• Work with other support personnel: Speech Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Licensed Specialist in School Psychology, Physical Therapists
• Meet professional standards in accordance with the Code of Ethics and Standard Practices for Texas Educators and Compass Rose Employee handbook/policies. (e.g., attendance, professional appearance, and behaviors, timeliness to work, meeting deadlines, uses discretion with confidential information, using good judgment in performing responsibilities)
• Set short- and long-term professional goals based on self-assessment, reflection, and supervisor feedback.
• Exemplify the mission, vision, and goals of the school to students, colleagues, parents, and families.

Other School Responsibilities

• Special Education transportation monitor, if needed
• Abide by COVID policies in place at the time of employment
• Maintain electronic grade books and timely submission of grades
• Participate in weekly manager check-ins and observation debrief meetings
• Provide after-school or Saturday tutoring as well as student recruitment events
• Attend campus and network professional development
• Hold and attend parent-teacher meetings and report-card pick-up.
• Participate in Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) meetings

Qualifications

Required:

• Have at least a High School Diploma or GED
• Pass a criminal background check

Preferred:

• Have an Associates degree or a minimum of 48 college hours
• Experience working with school-aged children
• For Special Education Fellows, experience in comparable fields i.e social service worker, paraprofessional, teacher assistant, teacher, health aide, after school activities coordinator, child care etc.
• Abide by COVID policies in place at the time of employment

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive Teacher Fellow salary based on highest degree of attainment:

Highschool degree: $27,500

Associates degree: $29,000

Bachelors Degree: $32,000

• Provides Paid Leave Days: 10 Days for 10-month team members
• Health benefits include medical, dental, vision, and supplementary coverage with multiple plan options and telehealth services
• $1,000-2,000 Employer-funded Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA)
• Employer-paid long-term disability and life insurance
• Paid local personal days, paid bereavement leave, and paid parental leave
• Participation in Texas Teacher Retirement System (TRS)
• Employee assistance programs that provide access to mental and emotional well-being support
• Employee resource groups (affinity groups) are a part of our culture
• Closure Dates (27 days in addition to summer break for 10 and 11-month team members and 34 days for 12-month team members)
• Provides curriculum and lesson planning support as well as clear roles/responsibilities in terms of instructional expectations and schedule.
• Provides consistent Coaching and Feedback through our True North Development Cycle and Polaris Instructional Coaching Cycle

Compass Rose Public Schools offers eligible employees a competitive benefits package that includes both district-paid and voluntary products. We provide you with a variety of benefits and resources to help you reach your healthcare and retirement needs. Details of all available benefits can be found on our Employee Benefits Center website,

COMPASS ROSE Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability, in admission or access to, or treatment of employment in its programs and activities. Any person having inquiries concerning the organization's compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), or Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), may contact COMPASS ROSE Human Resources at (210) 540-9265

This position may be partially or fully funded from federal grants or programs, state grants, philanthropic grants, or local sources.