What are the responsibilities and job description for the Grade 4 Lead Teacher position at Crossroads Academy?
Fourth Grade Homeroom Teacher
2026 - 2027
100% FTE
Exempt under FLSA
General Teacher Responsibilities:
• Commitment to Crossroads Academy’s mission, values, and community culture
• Create, deliver, and record a cohesive, well planned and articulated program that is rooted in the Core Knowledge and Core Virtue Curricula
• Collaborate with grades above and below to ensure the continuity and flow of the Core Knowledge sequence
• Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of each student
• Track course curriculum and prepare lessons for substitute teachers
• Respond in a timely way to voicemail, email, and mail
• Plan weekly schedule with the assistant teacher, if applicable, for lunch and recess duties, arrival and dismissal duties
• Collaborate with and direct assistant teacher, if applicable
• Set and achieve annual professional development goals with Assistant Head of School for Academic Affairs
• Send weekly emails to parents, reviewing and previewing curriculum, homework, and expectations
• Provide conferences with parents as needed, including required quarter one and quarter three conferences
• Keep classroom orderly and safe
• Ready your room for summer admissions season within one week of the close of the current school year
• Other duties as may be assigned
Fourth Grade Teacher Responsibilities:
• Teach the Core Knowledge sequence in core subjects including mathematics, geography, humanities curriculum, and science
• Teach Core Virtues
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Develop and maintain proficiency in computer skills including Veracross, Google, and Word documents
• Effectively communicate orally and in writing
• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others
• Be creative and energetic
• Maintain healthy and appropriate boundaries with all students and all school community members
• Maintain appropriate confidentiality
• Ability to frequently sit, stand, stoop, bend, and move throughout the room and campus
• Pass a state and federal background check