(2025-2026) 5th Grade ELA/SS Teacher Position Available In Orleans, Louisiana

(2025-2026) 5th Grade ELA/SS Teacher Audubon Schools New Orleans, LA Job Details Full-time $52,971

• $73,978 a year 23 hours ago Benefits Health insurance Dental insurance Paid time off Parental leave Vision insurance Life insurance Referral program Qualifications Classroom management Master’s degree Education Bachelor’s degree Experience working with students Alignment Classroom experience Teaching Entry level

Full Job Description Title:

Teacher Purpose of Position:

To provide an engaging and enriching educational experience for students

Employment Status:

Full-time Reporting Reports to:

Principal Location:

Assigned campus

Essential Functions:

Demonstrate Knowledge of Content and Pedagogy

• Create lesson and unit plans that support instructional outcomes and reflect important concepts in the discipline
• Create lesson and unit plans that accommodate prerequisite relationships among concepts and skills
• Provide clear and accurate classroom explanations
• Provide accurate answers to students’ questions
• Provide feedback to students that furthers learning
• Work with colleagues to assure interdisciplinary connections are planned and practiced
• Ensure educational outcomes are of a challenging cognitive level, central to the discipline, allow student choice, use varied resources, allow for thoughtfully planned learning groups and interdisciplinary in nature
• Ensure alignment of outcomes, activities and skills
• Ensure assessments adequately measure student mastery of presented content
• Plan and implement instructional outcomes which allow differentiation for students of varied abilities Create an Environment of Respect and Rapport
• Encourage and model respectful talk, active listening and turn taking
• Acknowledge students’ backgrounds and lives outside of the classroom
• Exhibit body language indicative of warmth and caring to students
• Encourage and model politeness and support for all community members
• Encourage and model fairness in all interactions Establish a Culture for Learning
• Encourage high expectations, supported through both verbal and nonverbal behaviors, for both learning and participation
• Encourage and recognize effort and persistence on the parts of students
• Create a culture that promotes high expectations for expression and work products
• Establish smooth functioning classroom routines with little or no loss of instructional time
• Create classroom routines where students play an important role in carrying out the routines Utilize Effective Instructional Strategies
• Create and pose questions of high cognitive challenge which have been formulated by both students and the teacher
• Create and pose questions with multiple correct answers or approaches, even when there is a single correct response
• Effectively utilize student responses and ideas
• Facilitate and encourage high levels of student participation in student led discussion
• Encourage and support student enthusiasm, interest, thinking, problem solving, etc.
• Create learning tasks that require high-level student thinking and invite students to explain their thinking
• Create an environment where students are actively “working” rather than watching while their teacher “works”
• Create effectively paced lessons
• Gathers and uses evidence of student understanding to information instruction and remediation
• Assists students in assessing their own work against established criteria Display Professionalism and Commitment to the Audubon Community
• Reflect and refine instruction based on feedback from others and self-reflection
• Create systems and routines that track student metrics to improve both academic and socio-emotional outcomes
• Maintain accurate documentation of student progress
• Frequently and in a way that is culturally appropriate, communicate with families regarding the program and student progress
• Cultivate positive two-way communication between school and families
• Create frequent opportunities for families to engage in the learning process
• Regularly work with colleagues to share and plan for student success
• Participate in professional development opportunities that emphasize improving practice
• Regularly participate in or initiate school activities which further the mission of the school
• Regularly participate in or initiate activities which emphasize community service
• Supports students even in the face of difficult situations or conflicting policies
• Fulfills organizational mandates regarding policies and procedures

Education, Training and Experience:

REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Certification or ability to gain certification as a Teacher in instructional area
• Experience creating and successfully managing a classroom environment
• Experience in and/or understanding of the public school system including charter schools is desirable

PREFERRED

• Master’s degree in education or related field
• Montessori or National Board Certification
• Certification in multiple instructional areas

Job Type:

Full-time Pay:

$52,971.00

• $73,978.

00 per year

Benefits:

Dental insurance Health insurance Life insurance Paid time off Parental leave Referral program Vision insurance

Schedule:

Monday to

Friday Work Location:

In person