English Teacher Charter Middle School

MISSIONThe mission of the Christa McAuliffe Charter School is to cultivate within each member of a diverse student body an intense commitment to self and community the courage and insight to set high standards for academic and personal success and the knowledge skills and attitudes to achieve those THE SCHOOLThe Christa McAuliffe Charter School () is an EL Education () school for 340 scholars in grades 6-8 with a hands-on curriculum that inspires achievement through active learning character growth and teamwork. The school is committed to ensuring that all students grow as learners and as ethical people through meaningful work and a strong OVERVIEWEverything that we do at McAuliffe is intended to meet the needs of students in their early adolescence. This means that you must be someone who finds sixth seventh and eighth graders much more entertaining than aggravating! You must be compassionate have the ability to develop meaningful connections with students have strong classroom management skills and feel confident in your ability to create a psychologically safe classroom culture in which individuals are respected and valued for what they bring to the group. As an English Teacher we hope that you feel excited about coaching students to grow as readers writers and thinkers. You will collaborate with other teachers not only on English curricula but also to build interdisciplinary projects investigations and expeditions already in place. We hope that youll bring your own knowledge and interests to engage in this ongoing curriculum development. You will be expected to plan and deliver instruction aligned with the Massachusetts / Common Core standards and assess students mastery of the standards. Teaching students the skills and strategies that will make them effective readers writers and thinkers is what matters most and we are looking for someone who can design curricula that balance the teaching of literacy skills with higher-order exploration and synthesis of content. We expect you to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of students at various ability levels to challenge them and help them improve as readers writers and critical thinkers. As a crew leader youll lead a crew similar to an advisory of about 12 students. You will be the mentor/advocate for each student in your crew -- their McAuliffe parent away from home. Youll engage them in team-building activities facilitate conversations rooted in social-emotional learning guide the development of crew and individual goals and prepare students for student-led conferences and exhibitions of learning. RESPONSIBILITIES- Building on existing curricula plan and deliver engaging lessons and units that build students reading writing and critical thinking skills-Collaborate with colleagues to create highly engaging cross-curricular learning expeditions- Employ a variety of teaching methodologies that guide students to engage in critical thinking: use of protocols simulations workshops Socratic seminars cooperative learning experiments hands-on projects and other inquiry-based activities- Implement formative and summative assessments to track student progress; engage students in the assessment and tracking process- Analyze data on student performance to effectively inform instruction- Provide differentiated support including accommodations and modifications to ensure all students are able to meet and exceed standards- Integrate work with expert professionals during fieldwork via video conferencing or in-person on-site interview- Participate in ongoing professional development including instructional coaching- Implement school-wide positive behavioral systems to effectively manage the classroom- Continually communicate with students families regarding performance and progress- Serve as a Crew adviser to 10-12 students which includes leading a daily advisory called crew supporting advisees and regularly communicating with parents- Serve as an active member of the McAuliffe Community including attending evening celebrations of student learning QUALIFICATIONS- Experience: Experience in and passion for teaching art or design preferably at the middle school level.- Technical Skill: Expertise with the iterative design process and a variety of assessment methods.- Curriculum: Commitment to developing curriculum and implementing EL Education core practices.- Soft Skills: Strong interpersonal skills commitment to teamwork and readiness to reflect and grow.- Licensure: Massachusetts DESE licensure in ELA (PreK-8 or 5-12) or eligibility for waiver is REQUIREMENTS & WORK ENVIRONMENTMust be able to remain in a stationary position for extended be able to move about the classroom and school building to assist be able to lift/move instructional materials up to 25 lbs to communicate effectively with students staff and parents in person and & BENEFITSSalary Range: In the spirit of pay transparency the base salary range for this position is $41952 (step 0 Bachelors) $84016 (step 20 Masters). If you are hired at Christa McAuliffe your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as skills education and/or applicable experience. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned is the full base salary range for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. Please see our salary scale available upon request that clearly outlines where an applicant will fall within the salary range based on years of applicable experience. Benefits: Health dental vision 403b employee contributed MTRS life insurance. Benefit details available upon requestEQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYERThe Christa McAuliffe Charter School is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex national origin age disability veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive community and strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.

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