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Form of workEssential Responsibilities of the Elementary School Science & SocialStudies Teacher include but are not limited to:
Student Achievement & Character Development
Teaching Excellence
Classroom Culture
Student and Family Relationships
Personal Effectiveness
Contribution to the HOPE Community
Education:
Work Experience:
Competencies
Educational Excellence
Forming Character
Resource Management
Collaborative Relationships
Serving Leader
Anticipated Start Date:Immediately
Salary and Benefits:
HOPE offers a generous compensation package, including participation in an employer sponsored 403(b) retirement account and world class professional development. HOPE Christian Schools, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.
Student Achievement & Character Development
- Take personal responsibility for the academic outcomes of every student.
- Deliver measurable academic growth that increases every student's achievement.
- Set and hold students to extremely high academic and behavioral standards.
- Embody and demonstrate a loving, Christ-like character and ensure that students exhibit the same values.
Teaching Excellence
- Set measurable, ambitious, and attainable goals for the year and each interim assessment cycle.
- Develop and implement daily lesson plans as part of a long-term scope and sequence aligned to the curricular goals of HOPE.
- Conduct interim assessments, track student progress, and perform regular data analysis to determine student mastery and diagnose areas of conceptual misunderstanding.
- Use a variety of rigorous formative and summative assessments to evaluate individual academic progress and adjust instructional plans to meet the needs of students.
- Employ a variety of creative, differentiated, and research-based instructional strategies that ensure students are actively engaged in meaningful and rigorous learning experiences.
Classroom Culture
- Develop a positive, achievement-oriented and structured learning environment so that all students are invested in their academic excellence and can fulfill their potential.
- Ensure a setting that meets the needs of all students: a diverse student population including, but not limited to, students with special needs, students whose first language is not English, and students from economically and culturally diverse backgrounds.
- Set and reinforce clear expectations and routines that align to school-wide values and policies.
- Recognize, celebrate and reward student achievement and character development.
Student and Family Relationships
- Build rapport with students, parents, and families so they understand unambiguously that teachers love them.
- Establish and maintain open lines of communication, providing accessibility to students and families beyond the hours of the typical school day.
- Invest parents and families in their children's academic success through consistent communication of student progress and challenges.
Personal Effectiveness
- Continually improve teaching skills by seeking out constructive feedback and professional development opportunities.
- Use an effective system for tracking student mastery of curricular objectives for each unit and throughout the School Year.
- Maintain accurate and complete records, including but not limited to: attendance, behavior, student achievement data, grades, progress reports, parent communication, textbooks, etc.
Contribution to the HOPE Community
- Collaborate with team members to ensure a loving, rigorous, and safe environment across the entire school.
- Assume responsibility for every single scholar's success by holding all students accountable to school-wide behavioral expectations.
- Actively and professionally participate in all faculty and staff meetings, professional development, and events.
- Work with peers to enhance the school's professional learning community.
- Teach, lead, or assist other educational programs outside of regular school hours, as requested
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as requested by school leaders.
- Assist teachers, students, and parents in the effective creation and implementation of individual behavior plans
- Live and act as a biblical role model and HOPE Christians Schools representative in your life for our scholars, team members and community.
- Agree to comply at all times with our Code of Conduct and Statement of Faith.
- Agree to engage in the faith life of our scholars and in collaboration with other team members
Education:
- Bachelor's degree from a competitive college or university.
- Willingness to attain WI Teacher Certification.
Work Experience:
- Two years of teaching experience with a record of high student achievement in an urban setting.
Competencies
Educational Excellence
- Integrity, credibility, and passionate commitment to Open Sky Education's mission of providing a full and lasting education, accessible and affordable for all children
Forming Character
- Deep passion for urban, faith-based education and closing the achievement gap.
Resource Management
- Keen analytic, organization and complex problem-solving skills which allows for strategic data interpretation
Collaborative Relationships
- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills and exceptionally responsive to customers and candidates; experience in effectively building relationships and communicating at all levels
Serving Leader
- Exemplifies humility and servant leadership by continually raising the bar for excellence and successfully serving as a partner to team members and leaders.
Anticipated Start Date:Immediately
Salary and Benefits:
HOPE offers a generous compensation package, including participation in an employer sponsored 403(b) retirement account and world class professional development. HOPE Christian Schools, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.
