Teacher - Social Studies

Position Overview: This position is responsible for assuring that girls are provided the opportunity to learn and achieve academic success by performing the following duties:

Role and Responsibilities

PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

• Keeps up to date regarding curriculum content.
• Understands how to plan for effective classroom instruction by utilizing higher level thinking/reasoning skills, central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structure of the discipline and developmental tasks.
• Creates learning experiences which foster meaningful learning experiences for girls.
• Creates lesson plans that effectively utilize all materials and resources available to achieve the objectives of the curriculum and adheres to Sunshine State Standards and district pupil progression.
• Plans assessment and monitors progress of student learning effectively.
• Monitors girls' understanding of the curriculum.

EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT

• Creates an environment that is conducive for student learning and involvement.
• Maintains appropriate standards of behavior, mutual respect and safety.
• Adheres to the Pace, Inc. (or center specific) Behavior Management System.
• Fosters a gender responsive classroom or learning environment.

EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION

• Creates learning objectives that are clear and relevant to girls.
• Uses innovative, appropriate, and differentiated instructional techniques and strategies.
• Uses appropriate questioning techniques.
• Implements innovative approaches, evaluates and refines instructional strategies including the effective integration of technologies to enhance learning opportunities.

ACADEMIC ADVISING – THE PROMOTION OF HIGH STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF ADVISEE GROUP

• Develops reviews, modifies, communicates and updates learning goals, standards and expectations with the girls.
• Promotes confidence and perseverance in the student that stimulate increased personal student responsibility for achieving the goals of the curriculum.
• Promotes graduation requirements, necessity of obtaining credits, achieving a strong GPA, college readiness, etc.

FULFILLMENT OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrates professional and cooperative in interactions with parents while being receptive to their contributions.
• Shares responsibility, works collaboratively and constructively with colleagues for accomplishing the goals and priorities of his/her teacher assignment, center and school district.
• Takes on role of a reflective and continuous learner.

STUDENT OUTCOMES

• Facilitates student learning and growth by ensuring students are working towards meeting their IAP goals as well as mastering benchmarking/standards.

OUTCOME MEASUREMENT

• Utilizes data to assess the progress and academic growth of girls.
• Enters girl progress into ETO (using real time data entry timeframes and DAP2 Model of documentation).

Requirements

Qualifications and Education Requirements

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in related subject area.
• Must be certified to teach in Florida.
• Attains and/or maintains certification and endorsements by required deadlines.
• Minimum one year teaching experience.
• Knowledge of subject area.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Valid Florida Driver’s license.

Other Requirements

• Must adhere to Agency Values and Principles.
• Upholds the ethical standards of the Agency and 6B-1.001 Code of Ethics of the Education Profession in Florida.
• Follows policies and procedures of the Agency.

Preferred

• Teaching experience in an at-risk youth environment.
• Education Degree.
• Knowledge of state and school districts policies, preferred.
• Knowledge of laws relating to children and families.
• Proficiency with the use of computers to enter data daily.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)