Middle School Science Teacher - 8th Grade Physical Science
Must reside in ColoradoFull-TimeMiddle
Salary48752 - 60940 USD per year
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Job Details
- Required Skills
- Microsoft ExcelPowerPoint
Requirements
- Appropriate current Colorado Middle School Science certification
- Bachelor's degree
- Active state teaching license
- Ability to clear required background check
- Ability to work collaboratively with other teachers to interpret and produce numeric, tabular, and graphic representations of student data, and use it to drive instructional decisions
- Receptive to receiving coaching regularly with administrators and teacher trainers
- Ability to embrace change and adapt to ensure excellent student outcomes
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel
- Proficient in Microsoft Outlook
- Proficient in Microsoft Word
- Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint
- Ability to rapidly learn and adapt to new technologies and teaching platforms
- Ability to maintain teacher certification/professional development hours and fluency in K12 systems, programs and curriculum
Responsibilities
- Deliver virtual, standards-based instruction (NGSS) focusing on matter, energy, forces, and motion for 8th grade online physical science
- Facilitate interactive, inquiry-based lessons
- Analyze student data for personalized support
- Maintain active communication with students and parents via platforms like Zoom and Google Classroom
- Provide instruction, support, and guidance to students
- Manage the learning process and focus on students’ individual needs
- Monitor student progress through Stride K12’s learning management system
- Actively work closely with students and parents/learning coaches to advance each student’s learning toward established goals
- Travel occasionally throughout the year to various school functions, such as state testing or as otherwise required by the school
- Provides rich and engaging synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences for students
- Commitment to personalizing learning for all students
- Demonstrates a belief in all students’ ability to succeed and meet high expectations
- Differentiates instruction based on student level of mastery
- Augments course content according to prescribed policies and procedures using appropriate asynchronous and synchronous tools under guidance from principal and coach
- Maintains grade book ensuring student academic integrity, makes student placement and promotion decisions, and alerts administrators to concerns about student performance and progress
- Prepares students for high stakes standardized tests
- Establish and maintain positive rapport with families and regularly communicates with and responds to students and learning coaches/parents in a timely manner
- Supports learning coaches/parents with student curricular and instructional issues, as well as basic troubleshooting in a virtual classroom environment that is in line with academy policies and procedures
- Travels as required (on average once per month and/or approximately 20% of the time) for face-to-face professional development, student testing, and as required by school
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