Summary:

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Appropriate DESE teaching license
• Ability to handle multitude of varying and complex issues
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to use technology effectively

• Master’s Degree or significant post-graduate coursework in subject area
• Experience teaching high school students in English
  
  

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities (Not Limited To):

• Design and implement curriculum and instruction that supports the school and district-wide goals of culturally responsive instruction and universally designed learning.
• Prepare and deliver instructional lessons with clear and measurable outcomes
• Provide appropriate and effective learning experiences for students from a wide range of socio-economic levels and cultural backgrounds
• Use a wide variety of teaching techniques to support student learning
• Consult and implement strategies from the school’s BCAP (Building Curriculum Accommodation Plan) to provide students with appropriate supports
• Design and demonstrate differentiated instruction to meet the needs of all students
• Implement accommodations and curricular modifications as in educational plans (IEPs and 504)) and as needed to meet the learning needs of students
• Use a variety of formal and informal assessments to accurately measure student progress, to modify further instruction, and to implement appropriate intervention and support.
• Use a computer and associated technology to support student learning in and out of the classroom
• Provide students with support (remediation and enrichment) using a variety of strategies
• Collaborate with colleagues on curriculum, lesson and assessment design
• Participate actively in faculty, department and team meetings
• Set professional development goals and plans, and participate in professional development activities that promote reflection and growth
• Communicate effectively with students, colleagues, parents, and the community
• Follow safety procedures and written and verbal instructions
• Demonstrate consistency, reliability and punctuality with attendance for supervision and instruction of the students
• Use an online learning management system to post important materials/information about courses
• Responsible for implementing “other job related duties” as needed.
  
  

Work Environment & Physical Requirements:

• Work is generally performed in a school environment during the school day, however there may be occasions for afterschool meetings (ex: Back to School Night). Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function. Rarely absent or late unless the situation is of an emergency nature.

• While performing the duties of this job, the teacher is frequently required to walk, stand, sit, talk, and hear. The teacher is regularly required to bend, stoop, crouch and/or kneel. The teacher is occasionally required to lift and/or move objects weighing up to 25 pounds. Must have sufficient mobility to navigate within a large school building.
• Regularly required to lift and/or move objects weighing up to 25 pounds.