Ancillary Teacher K-2, Part-Time

 
About Us: GEO Prep Academy - Baton Rouge is a free K-12+ public charter school. We are building a team of excellence. We are the top performing charter school in Baton Rouge, LA. We are one of the few schools offering an early college program, which allows our qualifying high school students to take real college courses for real college credit, free of charge to our students and their families. Our curriculum and our teaching methods are designed using Core Knowledge in K-8, Project Lead the Way beginning in middle school, and a blended learning model in middle school through high school. We are a TAP school! Please join us if you are committed to excellence, mission driven, and ready to take GEO Prep Academy campuses to uncommonly high levels of achievement! Our teachers cultivate in our students the critical thinking skills they will need to understand how the world around them works and to become leaders and agents of positive change in the world.

REPORTS TO/TERM:

Principal and Administrative Team

This is part time 10-month position.

CAMPUS LOCATION:   4006 Platt Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70814

ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS: 

An Ancillary Teacher (Music, Art, Physical Education, Computer, or STEM) is required to perform the following duties:

• Plan and implement a blended learning environment
• Participation in all TAP requirements, focusing on data-driven instruction
• Create an inviting, exciting, innovative and engaging learning environment that develops student critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Prepare students for strong academic achievement and passing of all required assessments
• Work with the Special Education teachers and administration to serve special needs students in the classroom
• Attend all grade level and staff meetings and attend designated school functions outside of school hours
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom you are responsible  
• Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff
• Perform necessary duties including but not limited to morning, lunch, dismissal, and after-school duties
• Performs other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the principal
• Dress professionally and uphold all school policies

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• A bachelor’s degree or higher in content area
• Valid Louisiana Teaching License preferred
• Strong technical skills, particularly in integrating technology in the classroom to drive academic achievement
• Demonstrated volunteer or community service
• At least two years of successful teaching in an urban environment