Inside Out Summer Program Instructor - Sky Vista Middle School

Cherry Creek Schools•Aurora, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Develop coursework to support effective instruction within the Inside Out Program. Effectively deliver instruction that promotes an exemplary educational program and ensures success for all students.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Strong communication, organization, and human relations skills.
Ability to align curriculum and assessments with state content standards.
Ability to support programs designed to increase student achievement.
Ability to assume leadership in the development and communication of programs and curriculum.
Ability and desire to work as a team member.
Ability to actively participate in a Professional Learning Community.
Ability to understand, appreciate, and make accommodations for student diversity.
Ability to serve as a role model and an innovative and creative learner with an insatiable thirst for knowledge that stays on the cutting edge of instructional practice and pedagogy.
Criminal background check and fingerprinting required for hire.
Colorado Department of Education (CDE) teaching license.

Nice To Haves

Formal education beyond a Bachelor’s degree.
Three (3) years of successful teaching experience.
Experience advising school clubs/co-curricular activities.
Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Racially conscious and culturally competent with the skill, will, capacity, and knowledge to commit to a culture of continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Instruct students in large, small, and one-on-one situations.
Develop, plan, prepare, and implement course content, format, structure, schedule, individualized programs of instruction for students, classroom materials and curriculum, lesson plans, and learning activities.
Administer, edit, proofread, and grade students’ assignments and assessments.
Design assessment tasks that allow students to demonstrate understanding in a variety of ways and use the data to give meaningful feedback and modify instruction.
Create a classroom environment that maximizes instructional opportunity, supervise the behavior and well-being of students in the classroom and all educational settings, and administer discipline when appropriate.
Monitor student growth and progress, adapt support as needed, and maintain documentation pertinent to academic, social, and emotional progress and needs of students.
Communicate students’ progress, needs, and eligibility with parents/guardians and other staff as needed.
Collaborate with teachers, support personnel, administrators, and colleagues to enhance instruction and improve student outcomes.
Participate in department, team, building, and District meetings and discussions; student and/or family conferences; social, cultural, interscholastic, and extracurricular activities; and professional growth opportunities.
Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.