Core responsibilities of an English Language Arts Teacher include planning, developing, and compiling a comprehensive language-based educational program for students and delivering quality instruction to support their overall development. Teachers are required to attend meetings and training sessions after hours, as needed.
- Provides direct instruction in whole-class, small-group, and individual settings.
- Utilizes data-driven instruction and PSOE educational frameworks to ensure delivery of standards-driven instruction to all students.
- Completes assessments, grading, planning, and conferences with students, staff, and families within appropriate timelines.
- Utilizes oversight by team lead, Elite Teachers, Special Education Director, school counselor, and other subcontracted professional staff/outside agencies to identify and understand strategies for supporting and instructing students with exceptional needs.
- Ensures appropriate classroom implementation of BIPs, FBAs, IEPs, and 504 programs.
- Complete any additional reporting as requested by the Special Education Director or counselor.
- Develops and maintains regular family communication and community partnerships.
- Completes reports and follow-up documentation as required by administration.
- Keeps updated and documented cumulative folders as ongoing case files for all current students.
- Contributes to a strong school education team that serves on school and community committees; seeks participation and involvement with direction for ongoing local operations.
- Acts as a professional advisor to the team lead/elite teacher on all aspects of school classroom activities.
- Maintains ongoing, consistent, and supportive communication for the classroom as noted in the school’s frameworks.
- Assumes all roles are delegated for various school functions to manage the team workload more efficiently.
- Utilizes effective systems as delegated to troubleshoot problems, track progress, and regularly evaluate workflow components to measure progress in a way that can be effectively communicated to the team leader/elite teacher.
- Contributes to the organization’s mission and reflects the school's priorities.
- Is prepared to assist in the planning, implementation, execution, and evaluation of unique projects.
- Perform other duties as assigned or required.
- Provide interactive and meaningful learning material to students, maintain a positive learning environment for their active participation, assign homework, and conduct class tests to analyze their progress.
- Implementing and delivering quality instruction to students and executing the instructional program by demanding higher-order thinking activities from students in a progressive manner.
- Designing the curriculum that challenges the learning ability of students and ensures the overall development of language.
- Preparing home assignments and test materials, evaluating the tests’ results, and creating innovative teaching methods per the students’ varying backgrounds, learning styles, and grasping power.
- Providing learning material and language reference books to the students, utilizing available resources in the school curriculum to monitor, access, and evaluate students’ learning abilities.
- Contributes to the organization’s mission and reflects the school's priorities.
- Is prepared to assist in the planning, implementation, execution, and evaluation of unique projects.
- To be punctual and be available during official working hours.
- To comply with AAMA policies, standards, rules, regulations, and procedures.
- To take precautions to protect equipment, materials, and facilities.
- To participate responsibly in the school’s improvement initiatives.
- To demonstrate timeliness and attendance for assigned responsibilities.
- To work collaboratively with other professionals and staff.
- To provide and accept evaluative feedback professionally.
- Maintains a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about school personnel.
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REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
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The Classroom Teacher will be thoroughly committed to the AAMA mission. Prior successful full-time education experience in a similar setting is preferred. Concrete, demonstrable experience and other qualifications include:
- Unwavering commitment to quality programs and production.
- Excellence in organizational management and data disaggregation, with managing multiple tasks and setting and achieving strategic objectives.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills.
- An action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to planning.
- Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people.
- Passion, idealism, integrity, grit, positive attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed.
- Proficiency in technology.
- Prior experience in charter schools.
- Knowledge of current community challenges and opportunities relating to AAMA’s mission.
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REQUIRED EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND QUALIFICATIONS
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- Valid Texas State Teaching License or equivalent.
- Bachelor’s degree in the field of education.
- Valid Texas Driver’s License.
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Employees may be asked to complete additional tasks or projects that fall within a reasonable scope of their position, as directed by their manager, even if those tasks are not explicitly listed in their job description. AAMA can assign extra work when needed, provided it is relevant to the role and the employee is capable of doing it.
This job description accurately reflects the position's duties, responsibilities, and requirements. It is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of all the duties, skills, or working conditions associated with the position. Management and administration reserve the right to modify, add, or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary.
*I understand these essential duties describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required. I understand this position is exempt and not entitled to overtime compensation.
*I acknowledge that I have read and understand the above job description and can fulfill all the stated requirements.
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