Bell STEM Academic Teacher

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Be available Monday- Friday for entire 6 week duration.

Develop and implement appropriate STEM instruction for assigned grade levels.

Prepare classrooms for daily activities and collaborate with teachers and teacher's assistant to ensure objectives are

reached.

Maintain an organized and efficient classroom along with accurate classroom records.

Adhere to all Power Scholar Academy and district professional expectations and compliance issues.

Create a positive, achievement-oriented, organized and engaging learning environment.

Motivate and holding scholars to high academic and behavioral expectations

Provide consistent rewards and/or consequences for scholar behavior grounded in positive discipline

Empower scholars to make positive choices and serving as a role model

Be able to meet scholars' individual academic and instructional needs

Ensure goals are met for each scholar

Create and direct project based learning

Mentor and support the professional development of the teacher's assistants

Supervise scholars during guest speaker engagements, field trips, lunch and recess

CURRICULUM:

ALL enrichment teachers are required to develop lesson plans and produce a presentation/showcase for all grade

levels to present at the BELL Program Celebration in July/August.

STEM teachers will engage children in the Project-Based Learning Model by providing experiential activities,

exploratory, problem solving and critical thinking sessions, creative arts projects, group work and collective thinking,

speaking and presentations exploring STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

The teacher must be certified to teach in the State of Connecticut and must have, or have the qualifications to obtain, education certification.