Middle School Math Teacher

6TH-8TH MATH TEACHER

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Villa Bella Expeditionary (VBE) is a K-8th District 70 charter school. VBE uses Expeditionary Learning for its language arts curriculum and Illustrative Math. As a newer school, our teachers have the opportunity to be part of a new and growing organization that demands immense work, entrepreneurship, and creativity. We follow the District 70 academic calendar with minimal modifications. We require professional development on one Friday a month. VBE seeks energetic, compassionate, hard-working individuals whose educational philosophies align with EL Education.

REPORTS TO: Executive Director

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

The crew leader has the lead role in the classroom as a learning facilitator, instructor, coach, mentor, and tutor. The crew leader provides a personalized learning environment for all students that incorporates collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, technology, and communication to support meaningful learning targets aligned with the Colorado State Standards. The crew leader provides a learning environment in which each student in the classroom achieves and grows.

QUALIFICATIONS:Certification: Colorado Educator License

Education: Required - Bachelor's Degree ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and dispositions to meet all Colorado State Teacher Standards.


• Support the planning and implementation of the VBE's strategic plan.


• Design, implement, and assess learning experiences that utilize research-based, culturally relevant instructional practices, technology, and digital information resources to fully implement the VBE's curriculum.


• Respond to explorer needs derived from the evaluation of explorer achievement data.


• Collect and maintain explorer achievement data requested by the supervisor.


• Embed effective instructional technology utilizing Apple TV, mobile devices, social, collaborative online communities, personalized learning software, web-based assessments, computer applications, and digital resources.


• Apply knowledge to facilitate and communicate effective differentiated classroom practices and educational pedagogy appropriate to general education, English as a Second Language, and special education students.


• Promote, support, and model exploration of real-world issues and the solving of authentic problems.


• Customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities.


• Evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice regularly to effectively use existing and emerging instructional practices and resources to support explorer learning.


• Reflect collaboratively with teachers regularly on research-based differentiated instructional practices, integration of information technology, and explorer achievement.


• Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.


• Communicate effectively with parents through various methods and tools, including parent/teacher conferences, phone calls, e-mails, and meetings.


• Demonstrate leadership by actively participating in building and district professional learning communities.


• Maintain competency in information, technology, and media literacies by participating in online collaborative learning environments and professional learning activities.


• Reflect on current competencies in the Expeditionary Learning curriculum, research-based instructional practices, and instructional technology to identify growth areas for personal and professional learning.


• Maintain competency in research-based instructional practices, instructional technology, and information literacy standards by participating in appropriate professional learning activities (district professional learning, conferences, workshops, and summer academic meetings.


• OTHER PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: Complete other duties as assigned, such as mandatory Friday professional development, after-school meetings and activities, etc.


• KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:TECHNICAL: Demonstrate proficiency in applying instructional technology standards for personal productivity and support instruction (productivity and presentation tools and software, multimedia equipment, online learning environments); possess basic organizational skills.

INTERPERSONAL: Strong interpersonal skills, including problem-solving and investigative skills; effective and efficient time/task management skills; proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking the English language; practical communication skills, including the ability to run effective meetings and facilitate collaboration and communication among groups; reliable and resourceful with a solid work ethic; sensitivity to cultural diversity and acceptance of all students.