2nd Grade Teacher

The Learning Community a vibrant public charter school that centers the voices of students families and teachers seeks a collaborative dedicated 2nd Grade Teacher passionate about supporting students to grow academically and socioemotionally. In this role you will bridge the fundamental skills learned in earlier grades by encouraging independence critical thinking creativity and individuality allowing them to master and apply their foundational skills. At The Learning Community we believe that literacy empowers each individual to have a voice take social action and assume community responsibility. We grow teacher leaders student leaders and community leaders. If you became a teacher because you believe that education is the social justice issue of our time and you can see the potential for literacy and other subjects to support students as critical thinkers and key to living up to this mission then you are a great candidate for this position! Day to Day Responsibilities:Planning for and executing highquality lessons that move students on subjects such as science literature math and socioemotional learning outcomesCollaborating with fellow colleagues to review student data and use it to improve instructionCompleting teachers administrative tasks that help the school move forward like student attendance behavioral data entry in Kickboard and similar work in a timely and accurate mannerBuilding relationships with families through positive phone calls updates about student progress and behavior and being responsive to concernsParticipating in schoolwide responsibilities and events as needed (ranging from arrival/dismissal duties and parentteacher conferences to wholeteam planning meetings inservice learning days and our summer inservice in August)Meet with coaches your manager and others as needed to receive feedback on your performance and act on that needed duties to support the success of your students and our school (no more than 5 of your role).Minimum Qualifications: To be considered for this position all candidates must be certified or in the process of certification in the state of Rhode Island and must be U.S. citizens or residents or have work visas. In addition they must demonstrate:Strong teaching abilities and knowledge of the subject matter youll be teaching. We need our teachers to create safe fun and rigorous learning environments manage student behaviors keep high engagement and reset the classroom when things go offtrack. In addition were looking for individuals who are skilled in communicating with students and tailoring their teaching approach to the needs of their learners. Being a reliable collaborative and consistently strong colleague and teammate. Our teaching teams work closely together share some planning time weekly and build on each others insights and strengths with students to meet their shared achievement goals. To excel in at The Learning Community teachers must be great at communicating with others working through conflict supporting their team and asking for the support they need. They also need to keep their commitments showing up for themselves their students and their colleagues as they promise they problemsolving skills judgment and resilience. As a teacher in an urban school setting things dont always go to plan: a lesson fails with students a fellow teacher goes on sick leave a facilities issue happens a parent expresses feedback roughly a policy you dont love gets introduced it happens. Teachers who thrive in the Learning Community are excellent at rebounding from setbacks shaking off a mistake and learning and problemsolving to meet their goals. They bring creativity problemsolving and an adaptable approach to most challenges while keeping student safety and respect for our students parents and school community front and center in their emotional intelligence and communication skills especially in conflict or for trickier decisions. The Learning Community aspires to be a space where we are all selfaware and others aware speak the truth directly to each other fix mistakes quickly and own and repair any harm if it happens whether with leaders team members students or families. We aim to communicate in a way that builds trust makes decisions and organizational changes clear and builds with our community not just for them. We are hiring teachers and other team members who have skills in these areas and are committed to growing in their ability to work effectively with others across lines of difference and Benefits and Other Details: Workday. This position is a fulltime teacher of record role based at the Learning Community Charter School in Central Falls Rhode Island. All teachers are expected to work 7:453:15 pm most days except for Wednesdays where the hours are 7:45am4:45pm due to whole team meetings with 1.5 hours of planning daily including shared team prep time and lunch/break time every day. Additionally the individual will be required to attend Summer Institute in August prior to the start of each school year. Salary. For this role our budgeted compensation range is $46798$91038 with $46798 representing the juniormost step in our scale and $91038 representing the seniormost step in our and Benefits. In addition we are proud to currently offer:Medical Insurance: 82 of annual premium paid by Learning Community for single or family : Participation in the State of RI Teacher Pension Insurance: $50k life insurance plan free of charge while employed by off: 8 weeks of vacation throughout the school year; 12 paid holidays; 13 paid sick days/2 paid personal days per Insurance: Vision/Dental/Additional Life/Short Term Disability 100 employee paid.