Expert Teacher

BACKGROUNDArcadia High School is an open-enrollment public charter school in Southwest Houston designed to serve the diverse communities of Alief and surrounding neighborhoods. Our founding team has decades of experience opening and leading high-performing schools that prepare students for college career and leadership. As we build toward opening day we are investing early in authentic partnerships with families including the many Pashto-speaking families in our community to ensure Arcadia reflects and serves the communitys strengths needs and High School students are empowered to achieve their highest potential and graduate prepared for college careers and leadership in their communities. Through a research-based team-teaching model high-quality instruction and student-centered learning we provide consistent targeted support to meet the unique needs of every collaborative classrooms inspire academic excellence critical thinking and passion for lifelong learning equipping students with the skills confidence and resilience to succeed. Teachers receive continuous professional development fostering exceptional instruction and a thriving educational community. Strong partnerships with families and the community ensure students benefit from a supportive environment that drives achievement and VALUESArcadias school culture and daily work are grounded in four core principles:Aspiring for Big Dreams - We believe every student can set and achieve ambitious goals for their future. We hold high expectations for academics behavior and leadership and we support students in turning those big dreams into concrete plans and Deep Connections - Strong relationships are at the heart of our work. We invest in knowing students and families well creating a community where everyone feels seen respected and Relentless Support for Excellence - We do not give up on students or each other. We use data feedback and targeted supports to help every student and adult grow and we follow through consistently to ensure excellence in both effort and for the Real World - We connect learning to life beyond high school through internships enrichment and real-world problem solving. Students build the skills habits and mindsets they need to thrive in college careers and their OVERVIEWThe Expert Teacher is the lead instructor and instructional coach on a Teacher Team providing both best-in-class classroom instruction and daily embedded coaching to a Lead Teacher and Teaching Fellows. Expert Teachers deliver high-quality TEKS-aligned instruction and simultaneously develop the adults on their team through modeling co-teaching and targeted Arcadias model each core content team (e.g. English Science Social Studies) includes one Expert Teacher one Lead Teacher and multiple Teaching Fellows. The Expert Teacher leads lesson internalization and rehearsal facilitates data meetings and supervises the ongoing growth of the Lead Teacher and Teaching Fellows creating a strong pipeline of future instructional Teachers are part of the Instructional Leadership Team and work closely with the Principal and Assistant Principal of Teacher Teams to ensure that classroom instruction adult development and the schools academic vision are tightly RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIESInstructional Excellence and Classroom Leadership:- Serve as the primary instructional leader on a Teacher Team providing high-quality standards-aligned instruction in a core content area.- Design and internalize rigorous lessons aligned to TEKS Arcadias selected high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) and long-term course goals.- Co-plan and co-teach with the Lead Teacher and Teaching Fellows ensuring each adult has clear roles during the double core class blocks.- Use a variety of instructional strategies to engage students in grade-level content promote critical thinking and support language development for Emergent Bilingual students.- Create and maintain a classroom environment that is safe structured positive and conducive to deep and Development of Teacher Teams:- Supervise and support the Lead Teacher and Teaching Fellows on the team providing clear expectations ongoing feedback and development aligned to Arcadias instructional vision and the T-TESS rubric.- Lead daily or bi-weekly 1:1 coaching sessions with team members using Arcadias coaching tools.- Provide live coaching in classrooms including real-time feedback modeling co-teaching and practice to help Lead Teachers and - Teaching Fellows rapidly improve specific skills.- Intentionally create leadership opportunities for the Lead Teacher and Teaching Fellows (e.g. leading parts of lessons facilitating small groups owning interventions) and support them in meeting stretch goals.- Partner with the Instructional Leadership Team to align coaching priorities share progress data on teachers and co-develop professional development for the Teacher -Driven Instruction and Planning:- Lead weekly data meetings and student work analysis blocks for the Teacher Team using Arcadias data systems to analyze student performance identify trends and plan responsive reteach and extension.- Facilitate the regrouping of students for the second half of the double class block based on demonstrated needs ensuring targeted support and challenge for all learners.- Lead weekly lesson preparation time for the Teacher Team including lesson internalization rehearsal and anticipating misconceptions.- Use formative and interim assessment data to monitor student progress towards TEKS mastery AP and ACT readiness and course outcomes and adjust plans accordingly.- Support team members to maintain accurate timely records of student data in the Learning Management System (LMS).School Culture Relationships and Family Partnership:- Model and reinforce Arcadias mission values and discipline policy including proactive relationship-building restorative conversations and clear consistent expectations for students.- Collaborate with the Director of School Culture and Counselors to implement advisory student support plans and grade-level culture systems.- Communicate regularly with families about student progress classroom expectations and upcoming learning experiences.- Participate in family events open houses and community meetings as a visible trusted member of the school and Contribution to the School Community:- Participate fully in Arcadias professional development calendar including summer training quarterly PD days weekly team meetings and coaching sessions.- Engage actively in T-TESS goal setting formal observations and feedback cycles using input to continuously refine practice.- Serve as a member of the Instructional Leadership Team as assigned contributing to school-wide decisions related to curriculum assessment and teacher development.- Uphold all school policies and professional expectations including attendance communication confidentiality and mandated compliance requirements.- All members of the Arcadia team will perform other job-related duties as assigned to meet the needs of the school and our students.

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