Middle School ELA Teacher

Middle School ELA Teacher

Quest Peoria Charter School Academy Quest Charter Academy Middle School - Peoria, Illinois Open in Google Maps

Job : 4095041

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Re-Posted: Mar 19, 2024 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Title: ELA Teacher

Reports to: Principal

Primary Role and

Purpose:

The teacher is responsible for working with administration and colleagues to foster a culture with high expectations for learning and behavior and is founded on the core values of the school. The teacher is responsible for the assessment, planning, and delivery of instruction to an assigned group of students. The teacher is also responsible for creating ownership and collaboration among students, parents, and community to ensure the academic and emotional success of all students.

The teacher serves as a model of professional behavior and integrity demonstrating respect for students, families and colleagues.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Learning Environment
  • Foster a culture of high expectations for learning and behavior founded on Quest Charter Academy’s core values.
  • Maximize the amount of class time spent in learning by establishing clear expectations and processes for communication, learning, and behavior.
  • Use strategies to create a learning community in which students assume responsibility for themselves and one another, participate in decision‑making, work collaboratively and independently, and engage in purposeful learning activities.
  • Makes decisions that enhance social relationships, motivation, and engagement of students.
  • Manage time, materials, and physical space to provide active and equitable engagement of students.
  • Demonstrate effective behavior management techniques appropriate to the needs of students, including those with special needs.
• Instructional Planning
  • Establish clear expectations for learning.
  • Create and select learning materials and experiences appropriate for the discipline and curriculum goals, relevant to the students, and based on students’ prior knowledge and principles of effective instruction.
  • Create multiple learning activities that provide for all learning styles.
  • Incorporate experiences into instructional practices that relate to the students’ current life experiences.
  • Create approaches to learning that are interdisciplinary, integrating multiple content area.
  • Use individualized education program (IEP) goals and objectives to plan instruction for students with special needs.
• Instructional Delivery
  • Choose alternative teaching strategies and materials to achieve different instructional purposes and to meet individual student needs.
  • Engage students in active learning opportunities that promote the development of critical thinking and problem‑solving.
  • Monitor and adjust strategies in response to performance and feedback.
  • Use strategies and techniques to facilitate meaningful inclusion of individuals with special needs.
  • Use technology to enhance learning and achieve instructional objectives.
• Assessment
  • Analyze individual and group assessment data to diagnose learning needs, align and modify instruction, and design teaching strategies.
  • Involve students in self‑assessment activities to help them become aware of their strengths and needs and encourage them to establish goals for learning.
  • Maintain useful and accurate records of students’ work and performance and communicate students’ progress knowledgeably and responsibly to students’, parents, and colleagues.
  • Use technology to effectively monitor progress.
• Content Knowledge
  • Evaluate teaching resources and curriculum materials for comprehensiveness, accuracy, and usefulness.
  • Use differing viewpoints, theories, and methods of inquiry in teaching subject matter concepts.
  • Facilitate learning experiences that make connections to other content areas and to life and career experiences.
• Human Development and Learning
  • Stimulate student reflection on prior knowledge and link new ideas to already familiar ideas and experiences.
  • Introduce concepts and principles at different levels of complexity that are meaningful to students at varying levels of development and to students with diverse learning…