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Arizona Department of Economic Security Teacher, 1st Grade Classical Academy in Lake Havasu City, Arizona

This job was posted by https://www.azjobconnection.gov : For more information, please see: https://www.azjobconnection.gov/jobs/6519292

Function\ PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  • The teacher will be responsible for developing a love of learning in the students whileincorporating a Classical Curriculum based upon the Core Knowledge Foundation and Hillsdale College scope and sequence.
  • Solicits and eagerly receives feedback from supervisor and team members to improveprofessional skills
  • Maintains regular communication with families, andworks collaboratively with them to design learning both at home and atschool, and to encourage a home life conducive to learning success
  • Conveys to students and parents the criticalattributes and advantages of classical education
  • Collaborates with other teachers,tutors, assistant teacher(s) and lab monitor(s)to analyze student data, group students, teach and assign interventions
  • Performs special projects, during andafter school hours, and other duties as assigned (after school hours mayinclude, but are not limited to, tutoring, morning and afternoon studentdrop-off and pick-up duty, pageants and award ceremonies)
  • Participates in professional development opportunities at school

\ Responsibilities, Requirements/Curriculum, and Instruction\ \ CRITICAL DISPOSITIONS

  • Passion for students
  • Passion for and strong knowledge of theinstructional academic content
  • Ability to model virtue, and teach virtue throughthe curriculum
  • Understanding of and passion for classical education
  • Ability to learn and implement classical teaching curricula and methods

\ PLANNING and PREPARATION

  • Sets high expectations of achievement that areambitious and measurable for students
  • Plans backward to align all lessons, activities,and assessments
  • Reflects deep content knowledge in the creation oflessons in Reading, Grammar, Mathematics, using a Historicalperspective
  • Integrates History, Science, Visual Arts and Music as the context forteaching the Classical Curriculum
  • Prepares effective lessons, instruct, and motivate studentsin all course study utilizing classical traditional methods ofinstruction
  • Adapts to demanding expectations

\ INSTRUCTION

  • Inspires, praises, and corrects students withconsistency, care, and interest to encourage academic success andpromote virtue
  • Inspires student success through facilitation ofactive engagement and depth of learning through the use of Socraticmethod
  • Incorporates the classical emphasis on coreknowledge, civic and cultural literacy, and moral virtue
  • Reflects on and utilizes formative and summativedata to make informed decisions
  • Identifies and addresses individual students\'social, emotional, and behavioral learning needs and barriers
  • Identifies and addresses individual students\'development of organizational and time-management skills
  • Invests students in their learning using a varietyof influence techniques
  • Incorporates small-group and individual instructionto personalize and tailor instruction to individual needs
  • Communicates with students andkeep them informed of their progress
  • Provides academic interventionsfor struggling students
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