Elementary Teacher - Buckeye, United States - The Odyssey Preparatory Academy

The Odyssey Preparatory Academy
The Odyssey Preparatory Academy
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Buckeye, United States

2 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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POSITION TITLE:
Kindergarten Teacher 24/25**
FLSA: Exempt


QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's Degree


REPORTS TO:
Principal and other Supervisor(s)


TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:10 Month Contract, 12 Month Pay, Benefits


ORGANIZATION SUMMARY:

The Odyssey Preparatory Academy - Family of Schools, is a growing west-valley K-12 charter school, seeking teachers. We are a college prep, IB World School, whose focus is holistic teaching to a student body.

The Odyssey Preparatory Academy aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable, and caring scholars who work to create a better and more peaceful community through intercultural awareness, understanding, and respect.


GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:


  • Duties:
  • Creates a positive & engaging classroom environment of mutual respect that supports schoolwide behavior expectations.
  • Communicates with parents and guardians consistently and positively.
  • Utilizes a range of researchbased classroom and instructional best practices that support scholar independence, collaboration, & choice.
  • Provides scholars specific, actionable feedback that promotes mastery of self and gradelevel standards.
  • Asks questions that promote critical thinking, activate prior knowledge & experiences, and support scholars with reaching the daily content objective.
  • Provides scholars with warranted & appropriate accommodations.
  • Utilizes technology & media to appropriately build scholars' content knowledge & enhance learning experiences.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Maintains a professional appearance and demonstrates behavior that is conscientious, responsible, and aligned to Odyssey's Vision, Mission, & Core Values.
  • Establishes and maintains appropriate relationships with all Odyssey stakeholders.
  • Attends and participates in staff meetings, professional learning, and extracurricular/school related activities.
  • Participates in ongoing professional learning opportunities & works with school administrators to identify relevant professional learning opportunities.
  • Demonstrates mastery of related content knowledge, instructional practices, and materials for course(s) taught.
  • Utilizes lesson plans that are aligned to current state and district standards, adopted curricular materials, and learning objectives that support scholars with building gradelevel content knowledge and skills.
  • Engages scholars with a variety of formative and summative assessments and uses data to prepare for upcoming lessons.
  • Performs other jobrelated duties as assigned by the site administrator

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:


  • Knowledgeable of Odyssey, school, and departmental policies and procedures.
  • Knowledgeable of researchbased teaching strategies and methods.
  • Interpersonal communication skills that establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, vendors, students, parents, the general public and others having business with Odyssey.

SCHEDULE:


  • Monday
  • Friday
  • Elementary Schools 7:304:00
  • OI Jr. High & High School 7:403:4
  • Teacher schedules include two daily prep periods
- _Fridays are reserved for professional learning, lesson preparation, and grade-level/content collaboration as directed by the site level and district level administrators. Fridays preceding holidays & school breaks are days off and free from professional obligations (i.e. no professional learning, lesson prep, etc.)._


BENEFITS:


  • Competitive pay for new and experienced teachers
  • Teacher Excellence Bonus (up to $12,000.00)
  • 301 Funds
  • 10 days sick/personal leave per year (with various rollover/cash out options)
  • Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Supplemental insurance options (shortterm disability, Legal Shield, etc)
  • 403B retirement plan with 3% employer match
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