3rd Grade ELA Teacher

Title: Teacher 

Purpose of Position: To provide an engaging, enriching and high quality educational experience for students 

Employment Status: Full-time Reporting

Reports to: Principal 

Location: Assigned campus

Essential Functions:

Demonstrate Knowledge of Content and Pedagogy

• Create lesson and unit plans that support instructional outcomes and reflect important concepts in the discipline
• Create lesson and unit plans that accommodate prerequisite relationships among concepts and skills
• Provide clear and accurate classroom explanations
• Provide accurate answers to students’ questions
• Provide feedback to students that furthers learning
• Work with colleagues to assure interdisciplinary connections are planned and practiced
• Ensure educational outcomes are of a challenging cognitive level, central to the discipline, allow student choice, use varied resources, allow for thoughtfully planned learning groups and interdisciplinary in nature
• Ensure alignment of outcomes, activities and skills
• Ensure assessments adequately measure student mastery of presented content
• Plan and implement instructional outcomes which allow differentiation for students of varied abilities
• Implementation of French and Louisiana State Standards lesson planning and common assessment as applicable 
• Collaborative work with teachers and staff, participation in PLCs (and “conseils de cycle” as applicable)
• Respond promptly to telephone and email inquiries from families, teachers and administrators.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with expectations in the French accredited program (as applicable)
• Comply with accommodations for students with exceptionalities
• Comply with all requirements of the LDOE teacher evaluation system. 

• Encourage and model respectful talk, active listening and turn taking
• Acknowledge students’ backgrounds and lives outside of the classroom
• Exhibit body language indicative of warmth and caring to students
• Encourage and model politeness and support for all community members
• Encourage and model fairness in all interactions

• Encourage high expectations, supported through both verbal and nonverbal behaviors, for both learning and participation
• Encourage and recognize effort and persistence on the parts of students
• Create a culture that promotes high expectations for expression and work products
• Establish smooth functioning classroom routines with little or no loss of instructional time
• Create classroom routines where students play an important role in carrying them out

• Create learning tasks and pose questions of high cognitive challenge which have been formulated by both students and the teacher
• Create and pose questions with multiple correct answers or approaches, even when there is a single correct response
• Plan, prepare, and deliver  effectively paced lessons that are aligned with state standards and school curriculum.
• Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners, including students with IEPs or 504 plans.
• Utilize formative and summative assessments to monitor and improve student performance.
• Effectively utilize student responses and ideas
• Facilitate and encourage high levels of student participation in student led discussion
• Encourage and support student enthusiasm, interest, thinking, problem solving, etc.
• Create an environment where students are actively “working” rather than watching while their teacher “works”
• Gathers and uses evidence of student understanding to information instruction and remediation
• Assists students in assessing their own work against established criteria 

• Reflect and refine instruction based on feedback from others and self-reflection
• Create systems and routines that track student metrics to improve both academic and socio-emotional outcomes
• Maintain accurate documentation of student progress
• Comply by the school’s grading guidance and procedures
• Respect timeline for grades input for progress reports and report cards
• Maintain regular and effective communications with families regarding the program and student progress
• Regularly work with colleagues to share and plan for student success
• Participate in professional development opportunities that emphasize improving practice
• Regularly participate in or initiate school activities which further the mission of the school
• Complies with all school policies and procedures

• Perform additional tasks as assigned by the principal or other supervisors, including but not limited to:
• Supporting during or after-school activities.
• Assisting with school-wide events or initiatives.
• Providing coverage for other staff as needed.
• Contributing to the maintenance of a safe and clean school environment.

Work Hours and Compliance (Exempt Status):

• The Teacher role is exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and responsibilities may occasionally extend beyond regular school hours.
• Teachers are expected to fulfill all professional obligations, including lesson preparation, grading, and participation in school events, without additional compensation for extended hours. 

Education, Training and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Certification or ability to gain certification as a Teacher in instructional area Experience creating and successfully managing a classroom environment

PREFERRED

• Master’s degree in education or related field
• Certification in multiple instructional areas
• Experience in and/or understanding of the public school system including charter schools