Our Vision
Graduate leaders that are empowered to make the right choices and become catalysts for change.
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Our Mission
Awaken and develop the socially responsible, technologically literate, and self-motivated leader within ALL students via an innovative, internationally focused, and student-centered curriculum that challenges students intellectually, creatively, and personally in a nurturing and safe environment that promotes the development of the total child so that they can be successful in an interconnected global community.
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Custom Job Purpose:
This position exists to ensure that all students learn the basic and essential skills at each grade level.
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Essential Functions of this Job
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A. Instructional Processes
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- Monitors the instructional program provided by classroom teachers and provides ongoing professional learning support and coaching to help teachers improve performance and mathematics-related objectives.
- Supports teachers in ensuring the alignment of their lesson plans and instruction to the appropriate Florida B.E.S.T. Standards along with the B1G-M.
- Facilitates teachers’ use of high-impact, evidence-based instructional strategies, including differentiated instruction for diverse learners.
- Stays abreast of the latest curricular and pedagogical research, innovations, program trends, and methodologies and implements new strategies as appropriate for the school’s student population.
- Works with new teachers to ensure they have materials and competencies necessary for success.
- Observes classroom instruction regularly and provides follow-up consultation and written evaluative or non-evaluative feedback to teachers.
- Provides direct support to individual and small groups of students as warranted.
- Analyzes and uses student performance data to identify and respond to the mathematical-related professional learning needs of individuals and groups of teachers.
- Assists administrators in proactively identifying school strengths and areas for improvement and recommends responses that maximize student achievement in mathematical development.
- Determines the school based needs with the Chief Academic Officer.
- Works well in a fast-paced environment; demonstrates flexibility and adaptability with a sense of urgency and zeal for ensuring that all students in the school meet grade level expectations (at a minimum) and attain the foundational skills that lead to college, career and civic readiness.
- Models professionalism, engages in reflection, self-led continuous improvement, seeks out feedback and provides constructive feedback to colleagues.
- Conducts model lessons for teachers, teams of teachers, grade levels, or departments utilizing the student centered learning model.
- Assists with horizontal and vertical continuity and articulation of standards;
- Co-develops specific lesson plans with teachers, using a variety of techniques;
- Assists teachers in organizing the model classroom;
- Maintains adequate and consistent documentation of scope of work in the coaching calendar, coaching log, follow up emails to discuss the work in detail, team meetings, and PLC’s;
- Must be able to work some days past the regular school day as necessary;
- Conducts cycles of support and side-by-side coaching cycles using a student-centered coaching model;
- Facilitates the use of the student structured math talks within the student-centered classroom designed by the Teaching and Learning Department.
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B. Curriculum Development
- Keeps current in subject matter knowledge and learning theory and is willing to share this knowledge to improve the school's growth and achievement continually.
- Assists in the ongoing curriculum revision process, including revising written courses of study.
- Assists in providing feedback on the selected curricular materials including books, equipment, and other instructional materials.
- Becomes acquainted with supplemental services beneficial to students as an extension of regular classroom activities.
- Implements the chosen curriculum at the school site with fidelity.
- Meets with the Teaching and Learning Department on a regular basis.
- Assists in creating pacing guides and IB unit plans at the school and network level.
- Assists in creating network mathematical benchmarks.
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C. Classroom Management
- Develops, according to district and building guidelines, reasonable rules of classroom behavior and appropriate discipline techniques that are consistently applied.
- Takes necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
- Shares responsibility during the school day for supervision of students in all areas of the school.
- Provides for the supervision of assigned students when circumstances require a brief absence from the assignment.
- Integrates school-wide Positive Behavioral Intervention Supports (PBIS) in the classroom on a regular basis and alignment to school guidelines.
- Collaborates with the Teaching and Learning Department and shares with the school leadership team the trends, instructional needs, support and teacher concerns.
D. Public Relations
- Upholds and enforces board policy, administrative procedures, and school rules and regulations; and is supportive of them to the public.
- Maintains appropriate work habits, including regular and punctual attendance and proper conference and planning time.
- Strives to communicate the positive aspects of the school program to the public in word and deed both on and off campus.
- Works cooperatively with parents to strengthen the educational program for their children. Establishes and maintains cooperative relations with other staff.
- Utilizes the school-designated communication processes and mechanisms to collaborate with parents and inform them about student progress.
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E. Professional Growth
- Engages in continued professional growth through attendance at workshops, seminars, conferences, and/or advanced coursework at institutions of higher learning.
- Maintains membership in appropriate professional organizations.
- Cooperates with the Chief Academic Officer in planning appropriate in-service training programs at the school site or network level.
- Attends staff, department, committee, and network meetings as required.
- Maintains appropriate licensure and acknowledges that continued employment with the network is contingent upon providing required documentation to validate licensure in a timely manner.
- Adheres to the Teacher Code of Ethics as defined by the Florida Law.
- Encourages learning, growth and achievement that demonstrates life-long learning of mathematical best practices.
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F. Student Evaluation
- Evaluates students' accomplishments regularly using multiple assessments alongside the instructional leader. Provide tools or methods such as teacher-made tests, samples of students' work, mastery skills checklists, ongoing classroom checklist of learning, criterion-referenced tests, and norm-referenced tests.
- Makes appropriate adjustments in the instructional program based on assessed results.
- Performs duties necessary to maintain the accountability required for the instructional program and as required by the Chief Academic Officer.
- Respects the confidentiality of records and information regarding students, parents, and teachers by accepted professional ethics and state and federal laws.
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G. International Baccalaureate Requirements
In addition to the job responsibilities of a traditional classroom teacher. Teachers in the IB PYP program have the following expectations:
- Create, monitor, sequence, and implement IB Unit Plans as determined by the school's IB Program and the IB Coordinator
- Create and implement IB Transdisciplinary Units as determined by the school's IB Program and the IB Coordinator
- Teach the 10 IB Learner Profile Characteristics holistically to teachers and in classes.
- Participate in all school based IB training, activities, and professional development.
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Non-Essential Functions of this Job
Performs other duties as assigned in collaboration with the Chief Academic Officer and principal.
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Work Context:
- Requires sitting, standing, walking, and moving about to coordinate work.
- Requires the use of alternative communication systems, such as electronic mail, telephones, communication applications, and computers.
- Requires coordination of work tasks to establish priorities, set goals, and meet deadlines.
- Requires face-to-face or virtual discussions and contact with individuals and/or teams.
- Requires work with students, internal and external contacts, and with the public.
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Physical Environment:
- Requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions.
- May require working outdoors as well, with exposure to outdoor elements including weather changes, foliage, insects, etc.
- Requires sitting, standing, and the ability to lift, carry, move and/or position objects frequently weighing up to 20 pounds and infrequently weighing more than 20 pounds.
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Education, Experience and/or Certification/License Requirements
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- Minimum three years of successful teaching experience with at least two years of teaching a core content area at the appropriate grade level span (REQUIRED);
- Provide most recent employee evaluation from school officer (REQUIRED)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Education (REQUIRED, mathematics)
- Master’s Degree (PREFERRED);
- Must be able to provide school-level leadership in regards to curriculum, pacing, and resources to support classroom instruction with a deep understanding of the progression of the knowledge, skills, and processes of education as defined in the
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Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $60,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- North Las Vegas, NV 89032: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Application Question(s):
- Do you have instructional coaching experience?
License/Certification:
- Teaching Certificate in Mathematics (Preferred)
Work Location: One location