School Summary:
Founders Classical Academy Online follows a classical model using Core Knowledge
curriculum based in classical liberal arts and sciences with a strong emphasis on civic education.
Position Summary:
The teacher will facilitate learning for ResponsiveEd students in order to fulfill their potential forintellectual emotional physical and social growth. The teacher enables and works with parentsand students to develop competencies and skills to function successfully in society. They provide leadership motivation and rigorous education for all students.
Qualifications:
Education/Certification: Must meet one of the following:
- Bachelors degree with a passing score on an ExCET/TExES Exam in grade level orcontent area to be taught
- Bachelors degree with an academic minor or major (minimum of 18 credit hours) in thecore academic subject areas to be taught
- Bachelors degree and documented successful relevant work experience in the contentarea to be taught established by at least one year of employment in a specific field or occupation that required the educator to demonstrate knowledge or skill in the content area. This is to be supported by a professional letter of recommendation from the educators employer or supervisor.
Preferred Experience:
- Experience teaching in a classical school or experience teaching with classical traditional methods
Required Knowledge Skills Abilities (KSAs) and Dispositions:
- Passion for students
- Passion for and strong knowledge of the instructional academic content
- Ability to model virtue teach virtue through the curriculum and cultivate habits of virtuein students
- Understanding of and passion for classical education
- Ability to learn and implement classical teaching curricula and methods
- Ability to maintain a virtual classroom of approximately 2027 students
- Ability and patience to work interactively with students
- Ability to understand the academic needs of students
- Strong organizational time management communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships
- Ability to communicate with all levels of students their parents the community peerscampus administration superintendents and corporate staff
- Ability to interpret policy procedures and student data such as diagnostic test resultsstate assessments scoring and grade point average
- Ability to transition with changes
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
- Ability to travel as necessary (i.e. field trips class trips trainings etc.)
- Computer literacy
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Prepare effective lessons instruct and motivate students in all course study utilizingclassical traditional methods of instruction.
- Assign lessons and correct classwork and homework in a timely manner.
- Administer formative and summative assessments to evaluate student progress recordresults and issue reports to inform parents of progress.
- Provide academic interventions for struggling students.
- Maintain student grades and studentparent communication via the schools onlinegrading and communication tool.
- Maintain discipline in the classroom.
- Maintain a classroom that is conducive to learning safe attractive and stimulates a spirit of inquiry.
- Regularly communicate with students and parents to discuss student progress positiveand negative.
- Participate in required faculty and professional meetings educational conferences andteacher training workshops.
- Inspire praise and correct students with consistency care and interest to encourageacademic success and promote virtue.
- Work closely with Special Education and 504 teachers to ensure that accommodations areimplemented.
- Read and comply with the ResponsiveEd Employee Handbook the ResponsiveEd StudentParent Handbook the Founders Classical Academy Campus Handbook and other ResponsiveEdFounders manuals and procedures documents.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
Equipment Used:
All equipment required to perform duties and tasks were previously described.
Physical / Environmental Factors:
The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Responsive
Education Solutions considers applicants for all positions without regards to race color nationalorigin age religion sex marital status veteran or military status disability or any otherlegally protected status. Being authorized to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment.ResponsiveEd is an Equal Opportunity Employer.