The Odyssey Preparatory Academy
Middle School Language Arts Teacher
Buckeye, Arizona•Full-time
About the Job
Job Title: Middle School Language Arts Teacher
Duties:
- Teaches middle school language arts students according to State and School standards.
- Creates a positive & engaging classroom environment of mutual respect that supports school-wide behavior expectations.
- Communicates with parents and guardians consistently and positively.
- Utilizes a range of research-based 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.
- 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 job-related duties as assigned by the site administrator. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Education or related. Possess Arizona Department of Public Safety IVP fingerprint clearance card.