Certified Classroom Teacher

Want to provide at-risk-youth with the tools to begin their process of change and be successful? We are seeking individuals who have a passion for working with at-risk-youth, leading them on the path to success, and helping them reach their full potential. Join our Team as the Lead Teacher with Strive Academy in Lakeland, FL!

Unlike a traditional public school setting, Strive Academy is an alternative school providing a unique opportunity to be creative with instructional design, delivery, and ability to also focus on life skills to genuinely help students who need it most.

Make more than a Living, Make a Difference

Our Benefits:

• Low-Cost Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 19 days of Paid Time Off the first year
• 11 paid holidays
• Retirement savings plan with employer match up to 5%
• Flexible spending accounts
• Paid short-term and voluntary long-term disability
• Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary term life insurance

Salary Range: $50,000-$53,000

Strive Academy is an alternative school; the Lead Teacher position provides program services year-round. Must possess valid Florida Teaching Certification and be ESE Certified or willing to obtain ESE Certification. Middle & High School Teaching experience preferred. Must be Certified in One (1) of the following subject areas:

• Math
• Science
• English/LA
• Social Sciences

Duties & Responsibilities

• The Lead Teacher will serve as mentor for teachers providing support, coaching, counseling, feedback, and instruction in fulfilling their teacher responsibilities.
• Lead Teacher is to provide input into the development of teachers’ annual performance appraisal and professional development plans.
• Assist the teachers and program staff in analyzing student performance and outcome data to make informed decisions for continuous improvement of the teaching and learning process participating in establishing, implementing, and monitoring a continuous process of improvement that focuses on student performance; including but not limited to standardized test results, progress monitoring data, and classroom assessments.
• Assist Facility Leadership with various administrative and leaderships duties to include but not limited to training, conducting educational staff meetings, instructional case management; budgeting; selection and ordering of materials, supplies and equipment, record keeping, improvement planning, grant applications. and monitoring of compliance with applicable facility, local, state and federal laws, standards and regulations.
• The Lead Teacher should plan, prepare, deliver, or direct instructional activities that actively engage students in meaningful and relevant learning experiences, including opportunities for them to explore application of higher-order thinking skills and to investigate new approaches to applying their learning that are research based, reflective of best practice, and compatible with the total program effort.

• Differentiate instruction and educational programs and/or projects to meet students' special interests, learning styles, and identified level of academic achievement, intellectual and physical ability, and social and emotional functioning.
• Provide students with regular and ready access to instructional technology and comprehensive materials that support the instructional program.
• Maintain knowledge of and implement established curriculum based on clearly defined state standards.

• Participate in development, implementation, and revision of personal education plans for all program students, to include 504 Plans and IEP’s and conducting standardized and diagnostic testing as required

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, from an accredited College or University, required. Must possess a valid FL Teaching License or meet state teacher certification eligibility requirements.
• Three years successful teaching experience required.
• Must be able to meet requirements for Eckerd Connects’ Auto Insurance and be able to drive for business purposes.

*This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a person assigned to this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties that may be performed by a person so classified.

About our Program

Eckerd Connects’ Strive Academy is a day-treatment program serving teens between the ages of 12 through 19 who have been placed on probation, post commitment probation, conditional release or minimum risk commitment by the court and who are assessed as moderate-high or a high risk to re-offend. Eckerd Connects partnered with the Local County School District of Polk County Florida to serve as a DJJ Alternative School.