5th-12th Digital Teacher

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Position Title: 5th to 12th Digital Teacher

Department: Digital Learning

Reports To: Coordinator of Digital Learning

Salary Range: $38723.44 to $64042.62 annually

No Degree or License: $34885.47 to $40011.18

Position Type: Exempt

Schedule: 11-month school Calendar for digital staff

BENEFIT INFORMATION:

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• PSAS pays 70% of your medical benefits including your family benefits
• Twice your annual salarys life insurance
• Long-term Disability coverage
• One planning period per day
• Extensive professional development opportunities including 11 days per year a new teacher induction program and an emerging leader program
• 11 sick and two personal days per year
• Inclusion in the PERA Retirement Program

Primary Role and the School Culture:

The Pueblo School for Arts and Sciences (PSAS) has the mission to provide a robust education based on Paideia Principles. Paideia is an instructional framework that focuses on embedding social emotional learning and critical thinking across all subjects. As PSAS we strive to provide a well-rounded education that exceeds the Colorado State Standards. Our core beliefs are centered around fulfilling our mission and supporting teachers students and support staff. At PSAS we value open communication inclusiveness honesty respect ethical and moral behavior and a commitment to the belief that all students deserve an excellent free public education.

In order to support the culture and vision of PSAS the Hybrid Teacher will guide a group of students to become critical thinkers. The teacher will work in concert with administration other teachers students and families to deliver a high-quality differentiated responsive instructional program. The position is also responsible for monitoring and enforcing building safety security and assisting in planning and implementing student programs.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

MINIMUM REQUIRED:

• 4-year degree from an accredited college or university

PREFERRED:

• Colorado Teaching License

• Previous experience teaching in the 6-12 environment
• Previous experience teaching at a charter school

• Demonstrated technology proficiencies in the use of Microsoft Office Internet Simple Webpage building Electronic Gradebook and Email
• Background in online educationeither as a student or as a professional delivering online education is preferred
• Demonstrated ability to work on a team and create instructional units
• Verifiable experience dealing with conflict resolution
• Verifiable experience working in a position that required organizational and planning skills
• Ability to work with digital tools applications and educational programs
• Experience working with Individual Student Plans (504 GT ELL ESS etc.)
• Demonstrated implementation and use of instructional strategies to promote student engagement

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Primary Skills and Responsibilities

The role of the Hybrid Teacher at PSAS is a position that is designed to re-engage the students who have fallen behind in their weekly engagement sessions or fallen behind in their academic progress and performance. This position is designed as quality assurance for our students to ensure that Hybrid Teachers have exhausted all strategies and approaches to re-engaging the student in their education. At PSAS we have the moral and ethical responsibility to do everything we can to engage students for success. Students who have a relationship with their Coach built on trust will have a greater chance of success than any other student would have.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Provide leadership coaching and problem-solving at the school and community level to improve the educational experience of our students.

• Identify struggling students in the school through our MTSS process and provide case management services for those students utilizing the tools provided through training and in partnership with the school.
• Facilitate understanding by students and their families of school requirements toward graduation and available options for earning a diploma through various supports and options.
• Deliver direct service to students and their families to eliminate barriers and address challenges affecting educational attainment.
• Work with other Coaches to identify needs across the school and contribute to the conversation around distributing and providing resources to have the greatest impact on student success.
• Attend meetings as required.
• Spend the majority of time in the field assisting students.
• Provide Home Visits as needed
• Support Students at our Drop-in Zone
• Monitor and record student attendance to identify and provide interventions to students who are not actively engaged in school.
• Ensure quality and timely documentation of all interventions provided.
• Actively recruit new students through community partnerships and events utilizing PSAS marketing materials.
• Proctor STAR and all state-mandated assessments dependent on advisory case loads.
• All other duties as assigned.

Desired Characteristics

• Serve: Be accountable for our students families colleagues and community.
• Inspire: Positively impact advisors and students by creating and maintaining a unified culture to help advisors support students graduating and becoming productive members of our community and society.
• Nurture: Be honest and transparent in building relationships with our advisors students families community and colleagues.
• Develop: Support advisors with training and resources so that they can help students with educational and social-emotional needs in order to promote a growth and learning mindset in all aspects of a whole education.

Essential Physical Responsibilities

1. Work at a desk conference table or in various meeting configurations.
2. Have the ability to circulate the classroom or instructional environment.
3. Hear and understand speech with/without aides at normal levels.
4. Be able to see with/without aides close up at a distance and have depth perception.
5. Communicate with others and be clearly understood in normal conversations.
6. Bend twist stoop kneel run crawl and reach in all directions.
7. Carry up to 25 pounds.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Reasoning Ability

1. Defines problems collects data establishes facts and draws valid conclusions.
2. Interprets an extensive variety of technical instructions.
3. Synthesizes complex or diverse information.
4. Collects and researches data.
5. Uses intuition and experience to complement data.
6. Design workflows and procedures.

Instructional Environment

The primary instructional environment for this position is in the physical school building during every working day as laid out in the teacher calendar. This position may be completed remotely if students are unable to be physically present in school due to school decisions external mandates or orders or other school closures. Remote work is not otherwise considered a reasonable accommodation for serving students.

Other Duties and Requirements

1. Other duties as assigned by the director principal or designee.
2. The ability to work occasional evenings to support all programs including field trips staff meetings parent-teacher conferences and other supporting events.
3. The ability to monitor students before/after school or during lunch and recess.

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:

• Participation in the payroll automatic deposit.
• PSAS is a public employer that operates under the Colorado General Assembly under Title 24 Article 51 of the Colorado Revised Statutes and all employees are members of the Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA). For more information visit the PERA website at .
• All employment at PSAS is under the PERA retirement plan. By accepting employment at PSAS you agree to participate in automatic payroll deposit and abide by all policies and procedures put forth by the administration of PSAS.

THE PUEBLO SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES IS AN

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER.