High School Science

Job Description

Position Responsibilities • Foster a sense of student belonging by cultivating joy and purpose throughout the High School. • Contribute to our commitment to extraordinary care by acting as an advisor for a small group of students and by teaching our advisory social-emotional learning curriculum. • Identify essential learning and use a planning framework with standards, learning targets, real-world connections, and a culturally responsive curriculum. • Design quality standards-based formative, summative and self assessments that provide students with frequent feedback and communicate students’ growth and achievement. • Plan and implement engaging learning experiences that are inquiry-based collaborative, culturally responsive, and differentiated. • Respond to learners’ diverse needs using responsive, measurable, and research-informed interventions and extensions. • Utilize flexible, rigorous and adaptive Tier I instructional practices to allow students of all diverse language and learning styles to effectively access learning. • Collaborate as a member of a Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) that creates a supportive community, plans curriculum, gives and receives feedback, and engages in professional learning and reflection. • Actively engage in professional learning and growth through regular observation and feedback cycles, walkthroughs, and reflection with Professional Learning Community Coach and Principals, and participate in external opportunities. • Design and implement inquiry-based learning experiences in and beyond the classroom to prompt learners to question, investigate, create, and reflect. • Demonstrate an understanding of interdisciplinary connections, teaching and/or learning. • Creatively leverage flexible learning spaces and flexible grouping to provide for a variety of learning styles, ability levels, and educational backgrounds • Integrate technology in innovative ways in daily instruction to enhance learning. • Engage with students in meaningful activities beyond the classroom that extend student learning experiences (coaching, organizing field trips, sponsorship of clubs, events, overseas travel and/or community service projects, etc.). • Strive for continuous self-improvement as a life-long learner. • Model the Core Values in your interactions with all members of the school community. • Connect with and be available to parents and students during and outside of school hours (in person and via email communication) Show More