Missouri Options Teacher - Alternative Education

Missouri Options Teacher

Essential Functions

• Must possess and maintain a professional attitude and climate that is conducive to working with at-risk youth.
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity, interest, and abilities of students.
• Provide direct one-on-one/small group instruction as needed and assist with online instruction to students that are enrolled in CASA
• Coordinate and deliver core educational programming for the students placed in the program.
• Ability to use blended learning and differentiate methods and meet specific student needs
• Support student social/emotional development
• Work with students on research-based strategies to improve student achievement (e.g. goal setting),
• Communicate with parents regarding academic progress; etc.
• Participates in curriculum and other developmental programs.
• Must possess the ability to motivate students towards task completion and incorporate accountability systems of assurance.
• Serves students that have been placed in C.A.S.A./long term suspension as an alternative to out-of-school suspension.
• Must be available for afterschool meetings throughout the school year as needed.

Note: The program will primarily focus on supporting secondary students. However, elementary students may periodically be placed in this program.

Additional Duties

• Performs other related tasks as assigned by the coordinator of alternative learning/principal(s).

Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.

Qualifications

• Missouri K-12 teaching certification (Staff member will provide direct instruction in auxiliary subject areas: high school electives and middle school arts)
• Special education certification preferred

Education

• Bachelors or masters degree from an accredited college or university.