Kindergarten Teacher

About This Role

This role is for a Kindergarten Teacher responsible for supervising, educating, and supporting scholars to help them accomplish learning benchmarks. The teacher will apply a competency-based, project learning approach, bringing design innovation and real-world skills to scholars to enhance career readiness.

Responsibilities

• Create a learning environment that is innovative and inspiring
• Develop lessons aligned to defined State Standards while providing elements of hands-on, quality innovative work
• Actively engage as a member of the school community and represent the Success Academy in the larger community in a positive manner
• Support Success Academy by planning and implementing outreach activities throughout the year that include student demonstrations of work and presentations of that work in the community
• Compile, assess, and maintain scholar data that drives academic goals for scholar growth and achievement
• Observe and evaluate scholars' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health
• Instruct scholars individually and in groups using teaching methods focused on the Science of Reading
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to scholars
• Provide differentiated instruction, scholar engagement, quality pacing, and rigor throughout lessons taught
• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence
• Collaborate with parents or guardians, teachers, social worker, and administration to resolve scholars' behavior and academic problems
• Savor opportunities to learn new things and not be afraid to take risks in learning and teaching
• View mistakes as opportunities to grow and try again rather than as failures
• Committed to life-long learning and reflective practice
• Provide excellent customer service

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• Valid Indiana Teaching License along with an Early Literacy Endorsement, K-6
• Evidence of on-going professional development
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Possess an open mind and desire to bring innovation to education
• Able to coordinate work tasks to establish priorities, set goals, and meet deadlines
• Able to work both independently and as a team member with other individuals and organizations
• Possess an unwavering belief that all scholars can learn and achieve success in school
• Able to demonstrate success in leading all scholars to significant academic growth and maintain a positive learning environment
• Able to set high expectations, contributing to the Success Academy culture