Content Specialist Teacher
at SEEQS
Honolulu, HI 96817, USA -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 29 May, 2024 | USD 72941 Annual | 01 Mar, 2024 | N/A | Good communication skills | No | No |
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Description:
OUTCOMES
- All students are provided daily opportunities to engage in rigorous, meaningful learning experiences in content and EQS courses.
- All students receive timely feedback relative to standards.
- All students develop an understanding of the SEEQS Sustainability Skills and build a portfolio of work documenting their growth.
- All students are supported in social-emotional learning and growth opportunities.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Two years experience working with middle school-aged children
Preferred:
- Masters degree and/or significant professional experience in content area
- Three or more years experience teaching at the middle school level
- Valid Hawaii Teaching License in the subject area of instruction
- Experience working with students with special needs
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Responsibilities:
CONTENT SPECIALISTS ROLES AT SEEQS:
English Language Arts (ELA), Math, Science, Social Studies, Visual Arts, Performing Arts.
Be sure to indicate n your application materials which content specialty/specialties you would like to be considered for!
MISSION OF THE ROLE
SEEQS faculty members bring the SEEQS vision—the school culture, academic excellence, and interdisciplinary, community-based work—into reality by engaging students in meaningful learning experiences.
GOALS & RESPONSIBILITIES
SEEQS teachers can expect the following roles and related responsibilities:
Teacher/ facilitator
- Develop and/or implement research-based, standards-aligned curriculum that enables students to develop content-specific skills, tools, and knowledge.
- Science courses use the SEPUP middle school science curriculum
- Math courses use the Connected Mathematics Program (CMP3).
- English Language Arts (ELA), Arts, and Social Studies courses are multi-aged, theme-based courses designed by teachers.
- ELA courses use a Reading and Writing Workshop approach
- Social Studies classes use a Reading Like a Historian approach.
- Arts courses are multi-aged, theme-based courses designed by teachers.
- Lead a student-centered classroom with an emphasis on inquiry, classroom collaboration, purposeful integration of technology, and self-exploration.
- Personalize each student’s learning environment by providing relevant and timely feedback, strategies and suggestions for growth and improvement, as well as facilitating student success on individual projects.
- Communicate with families about classroom studies and student progress to help create an engaged community.
- Use standards-based grading to document a variety of formative and summative assessments that measure student progress towards content standards, performance expectations, and work habits.
- Implement classroom, school, and behavior management strategies as necessary that are aligned with SEEQS’ philosophy of logical consequences and restorative practices.
- Contribute to and attend events for the SEEQS community, including Open Houses/Orientations and Project Exhibitions, and Presentations of Learning.
Co-learner
- Participate with students in morning Physical Activity (including physical activity in Advisory).
- Learn from experts, field trips, student projects, and colleagues about issues related to sustainability during EQS courses.
Co-teacher
- Co-lead, plan, supervise, and assess an Essential Question of Sustainability course alongside other teachers with different content expertise.
- Collaborate with local organizations and communities to introduce students to real-world issues, and to have a real-world audience assess student exploration.
- Support an environment of full inclusion for students with special needs by meeting regularly with Special Education/Support teachers to co-plan shared courses and by attending and preparing for IEP and 504 meetings.
Learner/ co-constructor
- Model effective teaching and learning practices and strategies for fellow faculty members; learn from fellow teachers doing the same.
- Prepare for, participate fully in, and follow-up on professional development and learning community.
- Plan and reflect on teaching practices and roles through goal-setting and peer observation processes.
Advisor/ Mentor
- Model Safe, Kind, Respectful, and Responsible behaviors with students, parents, colleagues, and community members.
- Serve as a mentor/advisor to a group of students in Advisory to support student success, health, happiness, emotional intelligence and intellectual safety.
- Model a democratic, collaborative approach to creating school norms and rules by participating in school-wide decision-making and facilitating constructive conversations.
Professional
- Intentionally work to uphold SEEQS faculty norms and organizational values.
- Communicate appropriately and in a timely manner, including electronically.
- Adhere to school policies and procedures consistently, completely, and on time.
- Respectfully share working spaces and communal areas with colleagues and students.
- Implement sustainable practices and philosophy.
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)
Education Management
Teaching / Education
Education, Teaching
Graduate
Content area
Proficient
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Honolulu, HI 96817, USA