6th Grade ELA Teacher Position Available In Orleans, Louisiana

6th Grade ELA Teacher Audubon Schools New Orleans, LA 70115

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
• Demonstrate a belief in the value of what is being learned and the Montessori and French instructional pedagogies
• 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 Types:

Full-time, Contract Pay:

$46,747.00 – $67,347.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k) Dental insurance Health insurance Life insurance Paid time off Vision insurance

Physical Setting:

Charter school Magnet school Public school

School Schedule:

8 hour shift Monday to

Friday Language:

English (Preferred) Ability to

Commute:

New Orleans, LA 70115 (Required) Ability to

Relocate:

New Orleans, LA 70115: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location:

In person