Drama Teacher - Aspire Stockton Secondary Academy

Description

This position is located at Aspire Stockton Secondary Academy.

Aspire Public Schools operates 40 highperforming collegepreparatory public charter schools serving 16000 students in underserved communities across California and in Memphis Tennessee. Founded in 1998 Aspire is one of the nations largest openenrollment public charter school systems serving predominantly lowincome students and delivering a rigorous College for Certain education to students in grades K12.

Our promise at Aspire Public Schools is that every child receives a highquality education to prepare them for success in college career and life. Every day our community of students parents teachers and staff come together to learn and grow so that every childs aspirations are within reach.

The Opportunity:
Behind every successful student is a team of passionate and dedicated educators. As an instructor at Aspire you will deliver highquality instruction within a small school environment where every student is known and valued as an individual. In addition you will empower students to take control of their own learning and contribute to the continuous improvement of our nationally recognized model. Your professional learning community will provide a supportive and collaborative environment to fuel your growth and development. Together we will change the odds for underserved students ensuring that every student is prepared to earn a college degree.

What You Will Do:

• Establish a culture of high expectations that includes the shared belief that every student will attend college
• Develop and implement lesson plans and classroom activities aligned with California State Standards and Aspire Instructional Guidelines
• Assess students regularly and refine and differentiate classroom instruction based on assessment data and student needs
• Communicate regularly with students and families and involve families as partners in their childs education
• Identify unique student needs and collaborate with team members to effectively address those needs and improve instructional practices throughout the school
• Actively participate in professional development activities and work closely with lead teachers principal and instructional coaches

What You Will Bring:

• Bachelors degree
• Valid Drama credential required
• 1 year working with students as a teacher teacher intern or teaching assistant preferred
• Knowledge of subject matter including State Standards and subjectspecific frameworks
• Knowledge of child cognitive development and various learning styles
• Ability to analyze qualitative and quantitative student data
• Ability and willingness to reflect and improve instructional practices

Compensation:
Aspire Public Schools is dedicated to our teammates wellbeing! In addition to a competitive base salary that is benchmarked against local districts and charter schools we offer employees exceptional benefits including paid time off 100 core health benefits coverage on select plans life insurance/longterm disability participation in a CA state retirement plan tuition reimbursement plan and adoption assistance program.

Our salary schedule based on years of experience for this position type is reflected here:

Aspire Public Schools Teacher Salary Scale

Aspire Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color gender religion age sexual orientation national or ethnic origin disability marital status veteran status or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Aspire promotes affirmative action for minorities women disabled persons and veterans.

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