Teacher - (PT Gifted Support Teacher) SY 21/22 - Desert Thunder
Employment Type : Full-Time
Provide and implement strategies for teaching and supporting gifted students.
II. Qualifications:- Valid Arizona teaching certificate with Reading Endorsement
- Must meet all Arizona Department of Education certification requirements.
- Bachelor’s Degree (minimum requirement)
- Master’s Degree (preferred)
- Minimum of five years successful classroom teaching experience
- Proficient technology skills
- Strong leadership and collaboration skills
- Strong instructional skills inclusive of oral and written communication
III. Duties and Responsibilities- Coordinate and facilitate the school’s literacy intervention program.
- Collaborate with teachers individually to identify the literacy needs of students, to set learning goals and targets, and to problem solve with teachers to develop best practices for continuous academic growth of students in literacy.
- Assist teachers with the collection of data, analysis of data results and supports the sharing of findings with all staff.
- Review student achievement and assist with placing students in appropriate reading and writing intervention and support services.
- Teach targeted literacy intervention to small groups of students daily using research-based strategies and resources.
- Assist students using software and materials related to literacy programs.
- Meet regularly with the classroom teacher to plan literacy instruction that correlates with the individual student’s needs or as requested by the classroom teacher.
- Attend professional development to enhance knowledge of pedagogy and content, especially literacy.
- Maintain and submit accurate and up-to-date management records of all students’ progress.
- Participate in the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) teacher instructionally focused accountability system.
- Attend ongoing applied professional growth groups (clusters).
- Participate in the TAP team-teaching/coaching model in collaboration with mentor and master teachers to enhance teacher expertise.
- Collaborate on lesson planning and develops expertise in all areas of instruction by working with the mentor and master teachers.
- Develop expertise through creating and maintaining an Individual Growth Plan (IGP).
- Use formal and informal assessment to monitor student progress toward the school achievement goals, including cluster focus.
- Use all resources available to support instructional programs.
- Align lessons to district curriculum and state standards.
- Demonstrate accurate content knowledge of all subjects taught to include integration and connection to other content areas.
- Assist in the design and implementation of individualized education programs through diagnostic teaching, instructional adaptations, and individual behavior management techniques.
- Conduct instruction with clearly stated objectives giving a variety of information to aid students in the achievement of the objective.
- Use effective modeling, guided practices, closure, and independent practice as appropriate to the lesson.
- Use questioning and discussion strategies and higher level thinking skills.
- Adjust the lesson as appropriate to meet the diverse needs of all students.p
- Integrate the use of educational technology in the classroom.
- Demonstrate appropriate teacher-student interactions with general warmth, caring, respect within the developmental and cultural norms.
- Maintain polite, respectful and positive student interactions.
- Set high academic and behavioral expectations for every student.
- Convey high expectations for instructional goals, activities, interactions, and classroom environment for student achievement.
- Maintain organized and well-managed instructional groups, transitions, as well as supervision of volunteers and paraprofessionals, when appropriate.
- Maintain a safe, organized, and high quality environment that facilitates learning and minimizing student disruptions.
- Maintain accurate records that meet district, state, and federal timelines.
- Maintain and document effective lines of communication with students and their peers.
- Communicate and cooperate with other staff members, support personnel and administration.
- Participate in professional growth activities and seeks to improve teaching skills.
- Establish efficient systems for performing non-instructional duties resulting in minimal loss of instructional time.
- Demonstrate punctuality and dependability in the performance of school duties.
- Follow District policies, procedures, and directives in a timely and appropriate manner.
- Perform such other tasks as may be assigned.