4th - 5th Grade Teacher Needed
Are you a passionate educator willing to step outside the box?
Imagine Hope Community Public Charter School - Tolson Campus is seeking and outstanding 4th - 5th Grade Teacher for our Tolson Campus.
We are seeking teachers who share our commitment to helping students achieve excellence in and out of the classroom. We seek to provide students with: an academically rigorous, content-rich curriculum; an environment in which character is modeled and promoted; and a community with real, trusting relationships.
At Imagine Schools, we devote ourselves to creating joy-filled schools in which all are valued, all are responsible for their actions, and all are working toward the common goal of student success. This means that we do "whatever it takes" to ensure that our schools reflect those commitments, and we are looking for people willing to contribute their work and talents in the same way.
Requirements In accordance with the federal No Child Left Behind regulations, candidates must meet "highly qualified" teacher requirements before being hired for teaching positions.
For teachers in D.C. charter schools, this means at least a bachelor's degree and successful completion of the Praxis exam in the core subject area being taught.
KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES, AND SKILLS:
· At least 3 years of teaching experience in early childhood education
· Must be able to start immediately
· Must have a strong work ethic
- Understanding of the teaching/learning process.
- Ability to provide instruction that reflects multiple perspectives and multicultural education.
- Ability to create a rigorous, well managed, risk-free, and nurturing classroom environment
that promotes academic and social excellence for every student.
- Ability to infuse technology into curriculum.
- Ability to work effectively with administrators, colleagues, central office and school based staff,
students, parents and community.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent human relations and customer service skills.
EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor's degree in applicable field of education from an accredited college or university.
Desired attributes:
• Extensive knowledge in curriculum and instructional practices
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate both instructional and operational support programs
• Commitment to working in an accountability based system
• Excellent interpersonal/human relations skills
• Flexibility
• Commitment to the school mission and vision
• Willingness to commit the time and effort to achieve success
• Ability to work well in stressful situations
• Familiarity with urban environments
• Commitment to parent and community involvement
• Ability to work effectively with all stakeholders, including parents, staff, students, school board, and
authorizer
• Understanding of an agreement with Imagine Schools' operating philosophy.
Who is Imagine Schools? We are an organization, comprised mostly of teachers, that operates public charter schools and independent schools in 12 states and the District of Columbia. Our mission is to help parents educate their children by creating learning communities of achievement and hope.
Imagine Schools was founded with the goal of restoring a sense of vision and purpose to the learning environment and to restoring parents to full participation in and responsibility for the education of their children. Imagine Schools' founders, Dennis and Eileen Bakke, are passionate about making a difference in education by applying a unique organizational and operational structure guided by shared values of integrity, justice, and fun. This structure puts teachers and school leaders squarely in charge of the decisions affecting the schools they serve.
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