SCHOOL:
Mapleton Early College
POSITION:
1 - Social Studies Advisor
METHOD OF APPLICATION:
Out of District applicants must
fill out a District application at:
www.apply.mapleton.us
. Current employees may e-mail a
letter of interest and resume to: Damon Brown, Chief
Human Resources Officer at
HR@mapleton.us
.
Requirements
:
To apply for this position you
must hold a Colorado teaching license and must be Highly
Qualified; meaning endorsed in the subject area or have 24
semester hours in the subject.
Advisor Goals
:
To help students in their
academic and social development, and to help them become
mature, able, knowledgeable and responsible
individuals
Advisor Function:
Under the general guidance of
the school director, and in conjunction with the staff, an
Advisor helps students learn to lead successful lives.
In line with leading successful lives, the advisor's job is
to create and support a learning plan that encompasses the
student's passions and also stands as an educationally sound
document that is aligned to state and local standards.
In addition to their advising duties, Advisors also teach
classes to a diverse group of students in their content area,
using research-based best-practice and incorporating the
explicit instruction and application of college readiness
skills and practices. Finally, the Advisor's job is to create
a safe, trusting space in which students are allowed to
contribute positively to the school community and to grow and
work on a daily basis.
Advisor Distinguishing
Characteristics:
The position of an Advisor is a
4-year journey at a minimum, with a 2-year loop. Each
advisor is responsible for 18-20 students within his or her
advisory, facilitation of parent, student and mentor
meetings, and for measuring the progress of each student,
with regard to personal goals and
educational standards, as he or
she goes through the year. The advisor is also
responsible for the internship placement and support of each
student in his/her advisory. In addition to their
advising duties, Advisors also teach classes to a diverse
group of students in their content area, using research-based
best-practice and incorporating the explicit instruction and
application of college readiness skills and practices.
Advisors collaborate extensively with their grade-level teams
and with MEC's Internship Coordinator, Instructional Guide,
and Director in each area of responsibility.
Advisor Professional
Responsibilities:
- Teach classes/rotations in
his/her content area/academic subject, employing best
practice to ensure success and learning of all
students
- Support all students in
his/her Advisory in their learning in all content areas as
well as in their personal qualities/ character growth and
goals
- Support school culture of
community and personal accountability, including Restorative
Practices and Restorative Justice
-Know his/her students
well
-Develop meaningful, appropriate
relationships with each student and his/her
parent/guardian
-Be available to students and
parents for education-related purposes outside of the
traditional
prescribed times and
days.
-Fine-tune student learning
plans three (3) times per year
-Facilitate three (3) learning
plan meetings, with each family or guardian, one learning
plan
per trimester
- Facilitate three (3) student
exhibitions for each student, one per trimester
-Strive to implement, by
instruction and action, MEC's unique hybrid of the Big
Picture Learning philosophy of education and an Early College
program and curriculum
-Know and understand the Big
Picture Learning Goals and how they align to
Colorado/Mapleton
Public Schools content
area standards
-Celebrate student
accomplishment and hold students accountable to standards of
specific grade,
advisory, campus and
school
-Advocate for, and on behalf of,
students and families
-Forecast educational needs of
each student
-Ensure that each student has an
internship
-Plan a program of instruction
that is both challenging and that meets the individual needs,
interests,
and abilities of each
advisee.
-Monitor student internships
through site-visits (bi-weekly), phone calls weekly, and
mentor meetings
monthly
-Explicitly state each student's
progress, educationally and socially, through trimester
narratives, regular
phone-calls to parents,
weekly student meetings, and use of school's designated
online system
-Run at least one advisory
meeting per day
-Facilitate internship searches
using phone calls, shadow days, information interviews and
other
available means
-Attend weekly staff meetings,
initial rookie training session, weekly grade-level meetings,
and bi-weekly professional development
-Collaborate effectively with
colleagues, parents, and internship mentors
-Facilitate additional
educational/health services for each advisee as needed
-Mediate student conflict to the
best of advisor's ability
-Maintain accurate, complete,
and factual records (transcripts) on each student as required
by school
and law
-Employ a variety of educational
techniques in pursuit of educative goals and establish
clear
objectives for each
student
-Work with school team on
strategies for grade level, campus and team
-Provide supplemental and
educational resources in order to support student
growth
-Facilitate student learning
outside of the school building via camping, museum trips,
outdoor
leadership excursions and
other experiences
-Identify learning opportunities
and internships for students
-Ensure that each student
employs materials prescribed by the school (individual
learning plans,
Weekly check-in sheets,
journals)
-Strive to improve professional
competence
Advisor Knowledge and abilities:
Basic knowledge of all teaching
subjects and a specialty in one teaching area
Basic knowledge of pedagogical
theories, perspectives and developments
Basic classroom management
skills
Good oral and verbal
communication skills
Ability to improvise and work
through uncertainties
Advisor Education and Experiential Requirements:
Bachelor of Science or Bachelor
of Arts Degree
Appropriate State or Colorado
Teaching Certificate(s)
Life experience
Excellent problem-solving
skills
Advisor Working Environment:
School
Community
Internship Sites
Retreat Sites
Other environments as deemed
necessary/appropriate