A K-8th grade Teacher at Nuasin Next Generation Charter School will:
- Plan, prepare, and deliver lesson plans and instructional materials that facilitate active learning.
- Develop workflows, effective lesson plans, and tests that are in accordance with established procedures.
- Instruct and monitor scholars in the use of learning materials and equipment.
- Build a classroom culture that is characterized by high academic and behavioral expectations, prioritizing a safe and caring environment for our scholars to learn and grow in. but is also warm and welcoming.
- Utilize restorative practices to build strong and meaningful relationships with scholars, families, and staff.
- Effectively intellectually prepare for all units, lessons, and assessments by effectively using materials provided and making them your own.
- Engage scholars intellectually by maintaining high levels of rigor, intellectual curiosity, high quality discussions, and joy for learning.
- Use formal and informal assessment data to drive instruction, ensure mastery, and pivot when needed.
- Actively participate in grade level meetings, content team meetings, collaborative planning, data analysis and action planning.
- Innovate, challenge, and push excellence with your scholars at all times.
- Be an active leader and participate in daily advisories, homerooms, and culture blocks.
- Proactively communicate with families using effective communication techniques.
- Participate in professional development from leaders and peers that pushes constant reflection, adjustment to the plan, and growth.
- Take ownership of academic and social progress of scholars, and work actively to ensure constant progress and overcome setbacks.
- Establish and maintain open communication by conducting conferences with parents, scholar, school leadership and teachers.
- Actively participate in a variety of meetings (e.g. grade level, data, coaching, professional growth, etc. ) for the purpose of driving scholar achievement.
- Advises parents or legal guardians of scholar progress such as scholar's achievements; developing methods for improvement and/or reinforcing classroom goals in the home environment.
