About This Role
This teaching post involves educating high school students in science within an inclusive community that prepares them for careers in architecture, construction, and engineering. The role focuses on providing high-quality instruction and real-world experiences to foster academic and social skills for post-secondary success.
Responsibilities
- Ensure backwards designed unit and lesson plans are submitted on time and are aligned to school curriculum maps
- Collaborate often and regularly with special education teachers and English Language Program Teacher (ELTP) and provide feedback, documentation, and data when necessary
- Implement standards based and culturally relevant curriculum with fidelity
- Ensure Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) are being implemented with fidelity
- Maintain accurate and complete records of student academic progress, behavior, and attendance
- Deliver instruction in a manner that is highly engaging, rigorous, differentiated, and student centered
- Design and implement assessments that measure progress towards academic standards
- Manage student behavior in the classroom by establishing and enforcing clear expectations, rules, and procedures
- Maintain discipline in accordance with the rules and disciplinary systems of the school
- Provide timely and accurate feedback on student work
- Observe, assess, and report out student’s performance and development
- Use classroom and school wide assessment data to drive instructions and make modifications as necessary
- Communicate regularly with guardians regarding their student’s progress and development
- Monitor and keep inventory of student usage of ACE Amandla instructional materials
- Update all necessary records accurately and completely as required by law and school/state regulations
- Acquire professional knowledge and learn of current developments in the educational field by seeking out and attending seminars, workshops or professional meetings, or by conducting research
- Collaborate with other professional staff members and participate in faculty meetings, school wide professional development, coaching sessions, and committee meetings
- Attend and participate in IEP meetings when appropriate
- Participate in appropriate professional activities, student extracurricular activities, and other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Eligibility to work in the United States on a full-time basis
- Bachelor’s Degree
Nice to have:
- Active Illinois Professional Educator License
- 5 or more years working in a high school setting
Benefits