Middle School Language Arts Teacher

Job Title: Middle School Language Arts Teacher

Duties:    

• Teaches middle school language arts students according to State and School standards
• Creates a positive & engaging classroom environment of mutual respect that supports school-wide behavior expectations.
• Communicates with parents and guardians consistently and positively.
• Utilizes a range of research-based classroom and instructional best practices that support scholar independence, collaboration, & choice.
• Provides scholars specific, actionable feedback that promotes mastery of self and grade- level standards.
• Asks questions that promote critical thinking, activate prior knowledge & experiences, and support scholars with reaching the daily content objective.
• Provides scholars with warranted & appropriate accommodations.
• Utilizes technology & media to appropriately build scholars’ content knowledge & enhance learning experiences.
• Maintains a professional appearance and demonstrates behavior that is conscientious, responsible, and aligned to Odyssey’s Vision, Mission, & Core Values.
• Establishes and maintains appropriate relationships with all Odyssey stakeholders.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings, professional learning, and extra-curricular/school related activities.
• Participates in ongoing professional learning opportunities & works with school administrators to identify relevant professional learning opportunities.
• Demonstrates mastery of related content knowledge, instructional practices, and materials for course(s) taught.
• Utilizes lesson plans that are aligned to current state and district standards, adopted curricular materials, and learning objectives that support scholars with building grade- level content knowledge and skills.
• Engages scholars with a variety of formative and summative assessments and uses data to prepare for upcoming lessons.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned by the site administrator.