Omar D Blair Charter School Hiring for 8th Grade Humanities Teacher Job at Denver, CO Full Time

Job Summary:

The Humanities teacher is responsible for the daily instructional delivery of curriculum, assessments, and classroom management that aligns with the school’s vision, mission, and values while also meeting state and national academic standards. The teacher is responsible for ensuring a positive learning environment and the academic success for all students. A successful teacher in this position will exhibit an understanding of and demonstrate the importance of effective communication with students, school personnel, and parents.

Required Qualifications:

• Colorado 6-12 English or Social Studies Teacher Certification

• Bachelor’s Degree required

• Minimum of two years’ of teaching experience in the classroom

• Track record of meeting or exceeding achievement targets for all students

• Experience teaching in an urban public or charter school setting preferred

• Must be able to work flexible hours to meet the needs of students

• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop thematic units using the backwards design model in which planning follows these three steps:

1) Identifying standards-aligned desired results (in terms of acquisition, meaning, and transfer)

2) Designing performance tasks/assessments that provide evidence of learning

3) Creating a learning plan

• Understand and apply effective strategies for intervention and differentiation in the classroom

• Embed opportunities for scholar critical-thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity, as well as use of technology and digital media, into lesson and unit plans

• Daily integrate reading and writing into every class

• Develop appropriate and healthy relationships with scholars, including advocating for them and celebrating their success

• Identify and select appropriate reading and writing instructional materials aligned to content standards and assists classroom teachers in doing the same

• Develop and maintain open and consistent communication with scholars and their families about their academic progress, health success and needs, parenting success and needs, individual power plans, and high school planning

• Provide daily support and serve as an advisor to a group of 28 scholars

• Mentor and support scholars’ development of academic, social, and emotional health, while coaching around goal setting for readiness upon graduation

• Provide academic support based on identified needs to scholars during an Academic Success (intervention) class five days per week

• Analyze formal and informal data and accurately complete student data assessment analysis and provide informative reports regarding student instruction and achievement

• Engage in rigorous professional development to build on both personal and school wide strengths and areas of growth to promote the school’s vision, mission, and values

• Unwavering dedication to Omar D. Blair’s core beliefs, mission and vision, and adopting a “whatever-it-takes” attitude in helping our scholars succeed

• Attend school/community events during and after school

• Performs other duties as assigned by administration

Skills and Knowledge:

• Effective communicator with strong oral and written skills that work with all audiences

• Knowledge and demonstration of using innovative skills in instruction (analytical thinking, problem solving, communicating, collaborating, and finding and evaluating information

• Possess a clear and effective pedagogy that embodies the belief that instruction must be engaging, relevant, rigorous, and provide real world opportunities for scholars to live their learning

• Ability to maintain strong classroom management and hold scholars accountable for upholding school rules, collaboratively-developed norms, and classroom expectations

• Proven at being an active participant in a supportive professional community that fosters respect, trust, risk taking, open-mindedness, flexibility, collaboration, and continuous improvement

• Mastery of and enthusiasm for academic subjects including proven track record of high achievement in the classroom

• Experienced in collaborating with teacher teams and adapting work to the needs of teachers and students

• Knowledge and experience using technology for communication, data analysis, gathering and organizing information for presentations

• Evidence of self-motivation and willingness to be a team player

• Working knowledge of proactive communication with colleagues about scholar needs to ensure integrated support

• Maintain confidentiality

An Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Omar D. Blair to provide educational and employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage and citizen status, age, marital status, disability, prior record of arrest or conviction (except as provided by law), sexual orientation, gender (sex), and to maintain an environment free of discriminatory harassment, including sexual harassment, or retaliation as required by civil rights law.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $45,000.00 – $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Required)

Experience:

• Teaching: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• Teaching Certification (Required)

Work Location: One location