Elementary/Multiple Subject Teacher, #1378: Ingenium Barack Obama Charter School, Compton, CA

Elementary / Multiple Subject Teacher
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Multiple Subject Teacher Schedule: 40 hrs/week min.
Job Type: Full-Time, 11-Months FLSA Status: Exempt
Reports to: Principal Pay: $66,000 starting; Salary Scale
Special: Requires weekend work, nights
Special: Requires weekend work, nights
and early mornings, as needed
Salary is contingent upon a teacher having a full credential in the specified subject-matter. The starting base for a teacher without a full credential starts at $64,446/year
This position is to teach 4th grade.
ABOUT INGENIUM SCHOOLS
At Ingenium Schools, we create communities where everyone experiences joy and meaning in learning. We do this by preparing our students to be the best learners, leaders, and collaborators by empowering them with the capacity and tools to continually improve themselves and the world around them.
Since 2009, Ingenium Schools has helped students build confidence, leadership, and a lifelong love of learning through the Ingenium Learning System, an easily replicable, standards-based educational model that promotes personal mastery. Ingenium Schools currently operates several charter schools, serving students throughout Los Angeles.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Teaching at Ingenium means you are part of a family. Building relationships with students, families, and each other is essential to our work. Teachers regularly communicate and collaborate in grade level, department, and school teams as well as with families to support all students’ academic, behavioral, and social-emotional success.
Teaching at Ingenium means empowering oneself and others. We believe that when learners are encouraged to take ownership over their educational experience, they attain higher levels of meaning and joy. Learners are supported in analyzing data and setting goals to work on continually improving individual, small group, class, grade-level, department, and school performance.
Teaching at Ingenium means serving diverse communities and student groups. Ingenium teachers acknowledge the strengths of the school communities they serve and incorporate culturally responsive teaching into their practice. An Ingenium teacher modifies and differentiates to meet the needs of students with varying backgrounds, learning styles, and special needs.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & JOB DUTIES:
KEY CONTRIBUTIONS
Support the mission, vision, and core values of Ingenium Schools
Strive to implement, by instruction and action, Ingenium Schools’ philosophy of education and instructional goals and objectives in connection with Ingenium’s Signature Practices
Continuously maintain and improve professional competence
Attend mandatory trainings, professional meetings, and educational conferences, as required
CLASSROOM CULTURE
Build relationships with all students that demonstrate mutual respect and compassion
Encourage students to set and maintain standards of classroom behavior, measuring progress through individual and class goal setting
Involve students in the process of the classroom including: creating a class Code of Cooperation, creating classroom procedures, and conflict resolution strategies
Create a safe, developmentally appropriate classroom environment conducive to learning and based on student interests and goals
Incorporate restorative justice and PBIS practices and implement social emotional learning curriculum
Implement and support school/organizational policies governing student life and conduct
Utilize educational technology including GoogleApps for Education to enhance learning experiences
ACADEMIC
Design, implement, and monitor the learning experiences of each student.
Instruct students individually and in groups using various teaching methods: lecture, discussion, demonstration, small group, student-led instruction, etc.
Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students’ differing needs and interests
Prepare and implement intervention programs for students requiring extra help
In harmony with curriculum and in connection with Common Core State Standards, establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students daily
Prepare materials and classroom for class activities
Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, and guide students in learning activities
DATA DRIVEN
Consistently and accurately observe and assess students’ academic performance, behavior, social development, and physical health, both formally and informally, through observation, formative assessment, and written evaluation
Provide frequent and timely feedback to students and parents on student progress
Recommend resources to parents for additional student growth
Timely deliver accurate and complete written and oral progress reports
Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by law and Ingenium Schools’ policies
Maintain individual and class goal folders to set learning goals and action plans and track learning process
Maintain student confidentiality
COLLABORATION
Confer with students and parents outside of the instructional day to resolve students’ behavioral and/or academic issues, as needed
Maintain and improve professional competence and participate in professional development opportunities
Actively participate in team meetings (grade level, special education, department, etc.) and serve on staff committees, school-wide events, parent workshops, and community partnership events
Assist with school/organizational events, general supervision, extra-curricular support, tutoring, etc., as needed
Actively participate in student recruitment, including but not limited to: attending recruitment events, student orientations, and community events to represent the school and inform the community of Ingenium Schools
Assists with distribution of marketing materials in the community, as needed
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Employment type
Full time 11-Month

Work arrangement
No