Position Summary
The 3rd-5th grade Classroom Instructors will be responsible for daily
operations for his or her classroom. The teacher is required to provide
high quality instruction to all students, every day. The classroom
environment is supportive and community-based. The teacher is also
required to cultivate and maintain ongoing relationships with student's
families, staff, and other members of the community.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Able to effectively implement
instructional programs and strategic interventions that drive results.
- Demonstrates effective classroom
management skills that contribute to a positive learning environment.
- Willingness to collaborate with
peers and to grow professionally.
- Understands how to use data to
improve instruction and improve student achievement.
- Implements instructional
activities that follow curricular guidelines and frameworks
- Differentiates instruction to
meet the needs of students with various academic and social needs
- Provides a positive learning
environment that promotes thinking
- Collaborates with peers to
enhance the instructional environment and meet school-wide goals
- Maintains a professional working
relationship with parents
- Performs other duties and
responsibilities as assigned by the Principal
- Participates in professional
development opportunities
Qualifications
- 1 yr of teaching experience
required.
- Demonstrated track record of
delivering gains in student academic achievement.
- Demonstrated record of living
LEARNS' Core Values.
- Must be Highly Qualified
according to IL State Board of Ed.
Benefits Summary
We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package for all full time
employees, including Health insurance, dental, vision, paid vacation, personal
days, paid holidays, short and long term disability, paid life insurance, 403B
and the Chicago Teachers' Pension fund.
Physical Demands
Caring for children can be physically demanding. Teachers may be lifting
and carrying children and equipment, and may spend time sitting on the floor or
child sized furniture. Nature of work requires an ability to operate
standard business office equipment. Requires the ability to communicate
and exchange information, collect, compile and prepare work documents, set-up
and maintain work files. Teachers will also be expected to clean and
maintain equipment and facility, and may move throughout the community with
children. Physical demands require the ability to stand, bend, reach high
and low, stoop, walk around the classroom and kneel upwards of 60% of the
day. In addition walking up and down stairs several times a day.
Must be able to lift 15 to 20 pounds for short periods of time and push and
pull 15 to 20 lbs.
Working Conditions
Teacher will be working in a busy and occasionally noisy environment. There may
be a number of activities and situations happening at once, and the Teacher
will have to supervise all children at all times. Majority of work will
be performed in a general office/ school environment. Position requires
availability for extended hours plus non-traditional hours required to perform
job duties. Also requires participation and attendance at organization
sponsored events and meetings.
This job description is not intended to
be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties or skills required for the
job and is subject to review and change at any time, with or without notice, in
accordance with the needs of LEARN Charter School Network. Since no job
description can detail all the duties and responsibilities that may be required
from time to time in the performance of a job, duties and responsibilities that
may be inherent in a job, reasonably required for its performance, or required
due to the changing nature of the job shall also be considered part of the
jobholder's responsibility.