Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Agora Cyber Charter School provides innovative, intensive academic preparation through a collaborative online learning environment. The K-5 Elementary LTS Teacher will deliver personalized fourth-grade mathematics and science instruction, plan differentiated learning opportunities, monitor student progress, collaborate with families and school staff, and support students in meeting Pennsylvania state standards.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of state standards and aligned curriculum
- Understand overall diversity of assigned families and individual student characteristics; specifically, how this will impact planning for personalized learning
- Use student data to drive instructional decision making and planning
- Plan to ensure the inclusion of highly engaging student centered tasks and activities that fill gaps in foundational learning, expose students to collaborative learning experiences and lead to conceptual personalized understanding of content
- Utilizing a structured planning framework, submit lesson plans on a weekly basis that reflect a solid understanding of the content, the students, and available resources
- Provide small group differentiated planning that reflects personalized learning opportunities for students
- Provide instructional outcomes that represent important learning suitable to students
- Ensure elements of the instructional design, including assessments, are aligned to instructional objectives and goals
- Collaboratively plan with colleagues to meet the needs of all students
- Analyze student data individually and collaboratively in order to drive instructional adaptations within the virtual learning environment
- Utilize asynchronous and synchronous tools such as Google Apps for Education, Hapara, and other resources to augment course content and submit planning and preparation documentation
- Create and manage home office
- Establish and maintain positive rapport with students and families
- Support students with setup and maintenance of their learning environment
- Support students through basic computer troubleshooting
- Demonstrate high expectations for student learning
- Celebrate student individual and group accomplishments on a regular basis
- Value student voice by intentionally providing opportunities for students to show high levels of engagement and motivation in their learning; to take ownership of their own learning and to serve as change agents in their own learning process
- Ensure students collaborate with peers in a respectful, thoughtful manner
- Set clear standards for student online conduct and enforce standards in a respectful manner
- Build meaningful relationships online and face to face in order to facilitate a positive climate with your class by conducting orientation and attending school wide community events
- Orient students to course and communicate course, unit and lesson outcomes on a routine basis
- Deliver personalized instruction in flipped classroom model to help each student meet PA state standards
- Utilize questioning, online discussion techniques, and differentiated synchronous student tasks to ensure all students are engaged in learning
- Demonstrate flexibility in contributing to the success of the lesson and of each student. Adapt instruction in order to meet the learning needs of all students
- Work with special education teacher to provide instruction that meets IEP requirements for special education students
- Set and enforce deadlines for student work
- Support parents with student curricular and instructional issues
- Be responsible for student academic progress and student attendance
- Conduct conferences with students and parents/caregiver
- Grade student work and maintain grade book
- Be available to meet students and parents/caregiver face to face for necessary meetings and/or remediation
- Recommend promotion and retention
- Maintain regular contact with students and families
- Prepare students for state required testing
- Attend IEP meetings as required
- Complete Progress Reports for students
- Alert administrators to any concerns about student performance and progress
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Maintain regular office hours, monitor student’s asynchronous work, conduct synchronous differentiated instructional classes, complete asynchronous & synchronous grading, take part in daily professional learning community meetings, participate in school meetings and maintain accurate records
- Demonstrate professionalism and high ethical standards in all interactions with students, parents/caregivers and staff members
- Communicate with families on a frequent basis
- Participate in new teacher induction training if you are in your first or second year of teaching, if you are new to Agora and if you are new to virtual teaching
- Participate in Professional Learning Community meetings
- Engage in asynchronous and synchronous training and professional learning
- Participate in observation/mentoring meetings
- Engage in reflective practices by completing self evaluations and building & managing employee professional growth plan
- Align professional goals with school wide goals and the Charlotte Danielson Framework for Teaching; participate in professional learning opportunities aligned with goals and Danielson Framework
- Attend and participate in school-wide events and school testing as required and assigned
- Prepare reports as required
- Proctor PSSA/Keystone testing
Skills
- * Technology Capacity
- * Ethical Conduct
- * Strategic Thinking
- * Communications Proficiency
- * Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- * Self Motivated
- * Ability to travel at least once per month within and between assigned geographic areas to support students, attend regularly scheduled meetings and participate in school activities, open houses and orientations
- * Have the ability to learn new technology tools quickly (e.g., database and web-based tools)
- * Have the ability to support and guide adults, as well as students
- * Be able to travel to team meeting, professional developments, and school wide events
- * Follow all State Testing security guidelines and Pennsylvania state law
- * Be able to travel to administer mandated state assessments
- * Ability to be flexible given the demands of the day and job
- * Proficiency in Google Apps for Education (Gmail, Drive, Google Docs, Slides, Forms, Sheets)
- * Knowledge of Danielson's Framework for Teaching, Pennsylvania and Common Core State Standards, and varied assessments
- * Proven ability to use data to inform instruction
- * Bachelor's Degree
- * Meets Pennsylvania's ESSA requirements of being state-certified/licensed for subject and/or grade
- * Have experience working with the proposed age groups and content area
- * 3+ years teaching experience
- * Experience in online teaching
- * Experience using search engines such as Google Chrome
- * Experience with Blackboard Collaborate, Google Sites, Open Educational Resources and LMSs
- * Experience coordinating academically-oriented clubs and extracurricular activities
- * Prior experience making academic progress with a range of student populations and needs
Benefits
- New teacher induction training for employees in their first or second year of teaching, new to Agora, or new to virtual teaching
- Asynchronous and synchronous training and professional learning
- Observation/mentoring meetings
- Professional learning opportunities aligned with professional goals and the Danielson Framework for Teaching
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