Elementary School Grade 1 Teacher

Position Responsibilities

Elementary School Educator Responsibilities

1. Classroom Culture & Student Well-being

• Foster Student Belonging: Cultivate a caring, joyful, and purposeful learning community where all students feel valued, respected, and motivated.

• Promote Social-Emotional Learning: Utilize principles like Responsive Classroom to support the physical, emotional, and intellectual well-being of every student.

• Uphold School Values: Model the school's Core Values of respect, responsibility, honesty, fairness, and compassion in all interactions with students, staff, and the community.

• Implement Culturally Responsive Practices: Create a learning environment that is culturally responsive and affirming of students identities.

2. Curriculum & Instructional Planning

• Standards-Based Planning: Use a planning framework to identify essential learning based on Common Core State Standards (CCSS), learning targets, and a culturally responsive curriculum.

• Interdisciplinary & Real-World Connections: Design curriculum that demonstrates an understanding of interdisciplinary teaching and connects learning to real-world issues.

• Collaborative Curriculum Development: Work with PLC teams and administration to develop cohesive curriculum materials, establish common goals, and participate in curriculum review and budgeting.

3. Pedagogy & Instructional Delivery

• High-Impact Instruction: Employ current, research-informed pedagogical practices and high-impact instructional strategies to deliver engaging lessons.

• Differentiated Learning Experiences: Design and implement collaborative and differentiated learning experiences that meet the diverse academic and social-emotional needs of all students.

• Flexible Grouping: Use data to flexibly group students based on their individual needs, abilities, and assets.

• Technology Integration: Integrate technology in innovative ways to enhance daily instruction and student learning.

• Responsive Interventions: Respond to learners diverse needs, including those related to emerging multilingualism and neurodivergent profiles, by using measurable, research-informed interventions and extensions.

4. Assessment & Data-Driven Practices

• Comprehensive Assessment System: Design and use a variety of quality formative, summative, and self-guided assessments to provide students with frequent feedback.

• Monitor and Adjust: Continuously monitor student learning through standards-based assessments and data analysis to make appropriate modifications to goals and strategies.

• Communicate Progress: Use assessment data to accurately communicate student growth and achievement.

5. Collaboration & Professional Growth

• Engage in Professional Learning Communities (PLCs): Actively collaborate with team members to plan curriculum, give and receive feedback, and engage in professional reflection and learning.

• Practice Co-Teaching: Engage in co-teaching practices and utilize flexible learning spaces with intention and purpose.

• Commit to Continuous Improvement: Strive for self-improvement as a lifelong learner by actively engaging in professional development and feedback cycles with coaches and principals.

• Support School-Wide Programs: Cooperate with and participate in the planning and evaluation of the overall school program as needed.

6. Community & Family Engagement

• Extend Learning Beyond the Classroom: Engage students in meaningful extracurricular activities such as coaching, clubs, field trips, or service projects.

• Build Strong Partnerships: Connect with and be available to parents and students during and outside of school hours through in-person meetings and email communication.

  Position Requirements & Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in relevant field

  • Master's Degree in relevant field preferred

  • Teaching license or a degree in education

  • At least two years of full time teaching experience preferred

  • Standards-based curriculum experience preferred

  • Experience working as part of a learning community and leveraging flexible spaces preferred

  • Training and experience with the Science of Reading approach to literacy instruction preferred

  • Experience teaching multilingual learners in general classroom settings preferred

  • Excellent verbal and written English language skills

  • Confident technology skills for teaching and administrative tasks

  Working Requirements

  • Sponsoring and/or coaching after school activities are part of the responsibility of the professional educator. Therefore, faculty shall be available to coach and/or sponsor an athletic team or other extra curricular activity. Each faculty member is expected to do a minimum of one category 1 activity or sport per year.

  • Mandatory attendance of school orientation and participation in a minimum of four evening and/or weekend school activities each year, as assigned (including Back-to-School Night).

  • Attend Responsive Classroom professional learning (virtual), specified by the school, in the months prior to the official start of employment.

  • Attend Illustrative Math professional learning (virtual), specified by the school, in the months prior to the official start of employment.