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About the Role
The candidate will be responsible for planning, organizing, and presenting activities that contribute to the educational, social, and physical development of students, aiming to enhance their self-worth and equip them with essential life skills. This role requires considerable judgment, tact, patience, sensitivity, and flexibility to effectively support students from diverse backgrounds and with varied learning styles, utilizing creativity and adaptive thinking to align teaching objectives with student abilities.
Responsibilities
- Provide instruction to students individually or in groups using various methods such as oral presentation, demonstration, and discussion.
- Plan lessons, including preparing learning objectives, designing assessments, and setting up labs.
- Facilitate learning in the online classroom, maintaining discipline, encouraging participation, and consulting with parents and staff to address student needs.
- Evaluate student performance and maintain records of progress, including grades and attendance.
- Perform duties related to area of expertise, such as early childhood education, language, or physical education.
- Maintain communication with parents regarding student performance through conferences, reports, and meetings.
- Engage in professional development through classes, conferences, and workshops, and provide guidance to less experienced teachers.
- Perform administrative activities such as attending meetings, ordering supplies, and coordinating department activities.
- Prepare lesson materials, supplies, and equipment.
- Monitor student behavior during class, assemblies, and other activities.
- Maintain confidentiality of student and school information.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
- Demonstrate professional, ethical, and responsible behavior.
- Articulate the district's mission and goals to the community and solicit support.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree required.
- Valid Texas Teaching Certificate- Special Education required.
- Bilingual is a plus.
- Comfortable with technology and online learning platforms.
Skills
- Ability to apply knowledge of current education and instructional theories, methodologies, techniques, and principles.
- Knowledge of subject matter.
- Knowledge of state, local, and federal laws and regulations affecting students.
- Strong understanding of social and emotional needs, development, and learning.
- Ability to establish and maintain a positive classroom culture that supports all students' learning.
- Ability to communicate effectively using various media.
- Ability to work effectively in a team.
- Ability to organize and maintain records.
- Ability to manage time and resources effectively and efficiently.
- Ability to evaluate performance and provide constructive feedback.
Location
- South Austin campuses
Work Type
- Full-time
- Online learning classroom
Experience Level
- Less experienced candidates will receive additional guidance.
- More experienced candidates will serve as mentors.
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree
Salary/Compensations
- See teacher pay scale
Benefits
- Free Health Insurance, including major medical, dental, vision, and life (Employee Only)
- Sustainability Fridays
- Free Pre-K for Staff Children
- Professional Development and Coaching
- 403(b) plan
- Texas Retirement System Plan
- Stipends for candidates who meet special program qualifications
About the Company
- Wayside Schools is an open-enrollment, tuition-free Pre-K3-12th grade public charter school network.
- Provides over 2,200 scholars across its four South Austin campuses with a rigorous International Baccalaureate education.
- Strives to empower historically underserved scholars, providing them with the instructional experiences, academic skills, intellectual habits, and social and emotional competencies needed to become graduates from four-year colleges and universities.
- Aims to provide scholars with access and opportunities to narrate their own futures and positively impact and empower their families and communities.
Equal Opportunity
- In accordance with applicable laws and Wayside Schools policies, no person shall be excluded from consideration for recruitment, selection, appointment, training, promotion, retention or any other personnel action, or be denied any benefits or participation in any educational programs or activities which it operates on the grounds of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age or veteran status (except where age, sex, or disability constitutes a bona fide occupational qualification necessary to proper and efficient administration).