Elementary Teacher
Colorado Springs Charter Academy
Major Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)
- Demonstrates mastery of content area knowledge
- Demonstrates content area knowledge to teach academic subjects
- Demonstrates relevant pedagogical knowledge to teach academic subjects
- Conveys enthusiasm for and interest in content area to engage and inspire students
- Plans and prepares lessons
- Creates lessons based on clear sequencing within units
- Designs formal and informal assessments to accurately and regularly measure mastery levels
- Designs learning to be cumulative
- Delivers effective instruction
- Provides effective instruction to help students achieve mastery of grade-level content and related skills.
- Communicates expectations clearly and provides regular and meaningful feedback to students and parents on academic progress
- Monitors student achievement to ensure adequate progression towards course objectives and provides support as needed
- Supports the interventions and accommodations that have been developed for students
- Establishes classroom environment
- Creates a positive classroom culture of high academic expectations and student engagement, and mutual respect
- Fairly and justly enforces school discipline expectations so that learning is not impeded
- Strives to motivate the development of strong work habits in students
- Implements Love and Logic principles in student discipline
- Maintains high expectations
- Regularly communicates expectations of high standards to all students
- Regularly communicates expectations of best efforts and family support to parents and guardians
- Meets Professional expectations
- Is committed to and guided by CSCA’s mission to “kindle enthusiasm to craft bold and effective citizen scholars”
- Displays a high level of ethics and professionalism in working with students, staff members, and parents and complies with school, school board and district policies.
- Models character to students and displays the highest integrity.
- Willingly, effectively, and promptly implements instructional coaching suggestions
- Works collaboratively with other staff members and administration to improve student achievement
- Becomes adept to using PowerSchool to consistently record grades and attendance in a timely manner
- Continues to grow as an educator by attending internal and appropriate external professional development opportunities and meetings
- Demonstrates thoughtful reflection on own instructional practice
- Completes all duties and responsibilities
- Supervision Received
A teacher’s direct report is the Academic Dean. Additional supervision is provided by the Head of School. Evaluations are completed as often as once a semester. Observations and walkthroughs occur frequently and randomly and may include observations by a non-supervisory inst