Position purpose

Teachers take on the role of and are referred to as Advisors. Advisors are responsible for working with students along a learning and teaching continuum to develop instruction that aligns with our Personalized Mastery Learning model using a teaching/coaching style to support students in accomplishing their goals. The foundation of the organization is the combination of Personalized Mastery Learning (PML), Social Leadership, and Healthy Living. Aveson School of Leaders TK-5 serves the richly diverse Altadena and Pasadena community, and is committed to reflecting and protecting this diversity in terms of race, class, ethnicity, abilities, income, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and other aspects of identity.

Duties/Responsibilities/Functions/Tasks

• Advisors will be responsible and accountable for:


• Creating an effective advisory school family, including community-building, behavior management and conflict resolution strategies with a focus on supporting student development in social-emotional learning


• Working collaboratively with students and parents to develop learning plans, goals, and related benchmarks; determining the appropriate complement of teaching and learning strategies, and regular monitoring and reporting of progress to meet learning goals


• Supporting students in developing and managing their project-based learning; utilizing a project management system to monitor how student time is spent, progress toward goals, documentation of achievement, and development of electronic portfolios


• Meet at least once each month with advisees to discuss their progress; meet with advisees and their parents, as needed


• Providing subject area expertise; communicating the appropriate content knowledge to each student through seminars, workshops and other learning activities


• Facilitating standards-based learning; aligning content seminars and various teaching and learning strategies with Common Core State Standards and course/graduation requirements


• Using a broad range of teaching and learning strategies, with differentiated instruction as needed


• Using multiple assessment strategies and resulting data to drive teaching and learning strategies and to ensure continuous improvement of student learning


• Collaborate with GenEd/SpecEd/Admin Teams to meet student needs


• Using advanced technology as a learning tool; willing and able to integrate technology into teaching and student learning


• Organizing classroom systems/procedures to further support all students being fully engaged in learning


• Actively engage in Professional Development as part of the school team and as an individual


• Provide instruction via any delivery model adopted by Aveson Charter Schools and following Aveson Charter Schools' guidelines.


• Supervision of students during non-instructional periods as assigned.

• Bachelor's Degree (B.A., B.S. or equivalent) from an accredited college or university


• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse youth in an educational and/or social/recreational setting


• Multiple Subjects CA Credential


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferences

• Masters Degree (M.A., M.S. or equivalent) from an accredited college or university


• 2+ years working with students as a teacher, teacher intern, or teaching assistant


• Ability to analyze qualitative and quantitative student data


• Knowledge of child cognitive development and different learning styles Knowledge of project-based learning.


• Knowledge of best practices in social-emotional learning and teaching.

Work Environment

• This type of work will involve walking, standing or sitting for extended periods.


• Stooping, squatting, kneeling, overhead reaching and repetitive bending may be involved frequently with this position.


• Perceiving the nature of sound, near and far vision, depth perception, providing oral information, the manual dexterity to operate equipment, and handle work with various materials and objects are important aspects of this job.


• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a person with a disability to perform the essential functions of the job.