About This Role
This role is for a substitute teacher in a high-performing charter school that emphasizes academic success through effective education programs and strong teacher support. The school is growing, adding grade levels and teachers each year, and serves a diverse student population.
Responsibilities
- Commit to the school's values and mission
- Hold high expectations for each student and help every student achieve their full potential
- Accept ultimate responsibility for students achieving learning progress that meets or exceeds the school's high standards
- Actively develop solutions to problems, seeking peer and leader support, and utilizing school resources as necessary
- Plan and deliver vibrant and engaging lessons with measurable goals within the school's sequenced, standards-aligned education program
- Administer school-provided formative assessments regularly to target instruction to students' needs
- Communicate and model behaviors that align with the high expectations culture and caring school climate
- Apply school and classroom rules consistently and effectively
- Make use of preventive discipline
- Effectively supervise students both in the classroom and elsewhere on school grounds
- See themselves as members of a team and commit to their own and their peers' ongoing professional development
- Attend professional development sessions
- Participate actively in planning meetings
- Become part of a professional learning community to lend and gain assistance from grade-level peers
- Work collaboratively with the school's special education and ELL staff to implement programs and comply with state and federal regulations
Requirements
- Hold or plan to pursue the New Jersey Department of Education certification necessary to teach Math at the middle school level (CE, CEAS or Standard certificate)
Benefits
- Career-long coaching and professional development support from Academy Dean, Dean of Students, Grade Level or Department Head, and Coordinator of Special Education
- Work closely with grade-level peers within professional learning communities (PLCs)
- Research-based curriculum and supporting curricular materials
- High-quality formative assessments aligned with curriculum
About the Company
This high-performance school has achieved a high level of academic success by meshing an effective education program with effective teacher supports and professional development. It is growing, adding additional grade levels and hiring additional teachers each year.