Florida Futures Academy Charter HS Hiring for Teacher-All Subject Areas for 2022-2023 (1 year experience required) Job at West Palm Beach, FL Full Time

Florida Futures Academy

1760 North Congress Ave. Suite 100
West Palm Beach, FL 33409

Full-time

Upcoming School Year

MAJOR FUNCTION:
Instructional position: Responsible for the educational leadership of students in a group or class in an innovative charter school. The educational leader is expected to understand and demonstrate the use of the school’s curriculum, student instructional delivery, both through computer based and traditional methods and assessment to maximize educational achievement for all students; work collaboratively to ensure a working and learning climates for all students that is safe, secure, and respectful. Implementing strategies to reach the multiple intelligence of students through creative lessons is required. Provide advisory leadership to students who have not been successful in the traditional high school setting.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Understands central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structure of the discipline(s) taught and makes the subject matter meaningful to students. Develops a climate and culture of openness, fairness, mutual respect, support, and inquiry.
• Engages every student in grade level appropriate learning experiences that promote performance.
• Listens and interacts effectively with students, parents, colleagues, and community members, respecting diverse perspectives.
• Demonstrates respect for students, colleagues, administrators, and parents.
• Models and reinforces self-discipline and responsibility.
• Works effectively with school colleagues, parents, and the community to support students’ learning and well-being.
• Supervises both individually and as a class every student’s personalized learning plan through the use of a blended instructional model that includes both independent learning through computer-based curricula, small group, and full class direct instruction.
• Provides professional leadership to establish a culture conducive to learning and student diversity, involves students in the development of a mission and goals that support the school’s goals and guide classroom decisions, and uses data for continual improvement.
• Develops and implements a strategic planning system including course, unit, and lesson plans.
• Provides opportunities for students to demonstrate appropriate progress toward graduation expectations: knowledgeable, lifelong learner; responsible individual; effective communicator; problem solver; collaborative team worker, and self-directed learner.
• Provides students and parents with timely data for improvement in student achievement.
• Uses formal and informal assessment strategies to determine whether students have achieved high standards and modifies instructional strategies as needed to maximize achievement.
• Understands how students learn and provides learning opportunities that support intellectual, social, and personal development of diverse learners.
• Establishes and maintains a safe and secure classroom environment. Manages student misconduct promptly and resolves conflict and crises effectively.
• Promotes independent and collaborative work ethic.
• Develops and manages human resources within the classroom by maintaining a professional development plan and engaging in professional development activities, recognizing students and parents for contributions to goal achievement.
• Uses teaching and learning strategies that reflect each student’s culture, learning styles, special needs,
• Utilizes effective learning “temperature checks” through regularly scheduled, individualized student teacher conferences.
• Seeks resources necessary to achieve classroom and school goals, such as; course materials that match the reading level of students.
• Uses classroom processes that support effective teaching and learning to promote high student achievement, designing lessons to promote all students engaged in learning all the time through such strategies as active learning, hands-on application, and teacher-student and student-student conversations about the learning.
• Responsive to on-going professional development activities to support school’s mission and vision and student achievement
• Uses appropriate technology in teaching and learning processes. Demonstrates positive classroom results and trends.
• Performs other related duties as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree from a fully accredited college or university.

Possession of, or eligibility for, a Florida teaching certificate for the level and subject area to be taught.

FL certification or endorsement for Reading 9-12

Candidates with multiple certifications (ESOL, Reading, ESE, and other secondary subjects) are preferred.

Contact: Carolyn Taylor, Principal

561.215.0933

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $47,500.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

COVID-19 considerations:
Wearing a mask is encouraged, common surface areas sanitized regularly, vaccinations recommended

Ability to commute/relocate:

• West Palm Beach, FL 33409: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: One location