Essential Functions:

Demonstrate Knowledge of Content and Pedagogy
-    Create lesson and unit plans that support instructional outcomes and reflect important concepts in the discipline
-    Create lesson and unit plans that accommodate prerequisite relationships among concepts and skills
-    Provide clear and accurate classroom explanations
-    Provide accurate answers to students’ questions
-    Provide feedback to students that furthers learning
-    Work with colleagues to assure interdisciplinary connections are planned and practiced
-    Ensure educational outcomes are of a challenging cognitive level, central to the discipline, allow student choice, use varied resources, allow for thoughtfully planned learning groups and interdisciplinary in nature
-    Ensure alignment of outcomes, activities and skills
-    Ensure assessments adequately measure student mastery of presented content
-    Plan and implement instructional outcomes which allow differentiation for students of varied abilities

Create an Environment of Respect and Rapport
-    Encourage and model respectful talk, active listening and turn taking
-    Acknowledge students’ backgrounds and lives outside of the classroom
-    Exhibit body language indicative of warmth and caring to students
-    Encourage and model politeness and support for all community members
-    Encourage and model fairness in all interactions

Establish a Culture for Learning
-    Encourage high expectations, supported through both verbal and nonverbal behaviors, for both learning and participation
-    Encourage and recognize effort and persistence on the parts of students
-    Create a culture that promotes high expectations for expression and work products
-    Establish smooth functioning classroom routines with little or no loss of instructional time
-    Create classroom routines where students play an important role in carrying out the routines

Utilize Effective Instructional Strategies
-    Create and pose questions of high cognitive challenge which have been formulated by both students and the teacher
-    Create and pose questions with multiple correct answers or approaches, even when there is a single correct response
-    Effectively utilize student responses and ideas
-    Facilitate and encourage high levels of student participation in student led discussion 
-    Encourage and support student enthusiasm, interest, thinking, problem solving, etc.
-    Create learning tasks that require high-level student thinking and invite students to explain their thinking
-    Create an environment where students are actively “working” rather than watching while their teacher “works”
-    Create effectively paced lessons
-    Gathers and uses evidence of student understanding to information instruction and remediation
-    Assists students in assessing their own work against established criteria

Display Professionalism and Commitment to the Audubon Community
-    Reflect and refine instruction based on feedback from others and self-reflection
-    Create systems and routines that track student metrics to improve both academic and socio-emotional outcomes
-    Maintain accurate documentation of student progress
-    Frequently and in a way that is culturally appropriate, communicate with families regarding the program and student progress
-    Cultivate positive two-way communication between school and families
-    Create frequent opportunities for families to engage in the learning process
-    Regularly work with colleagues to share and plan for student success
-    Participate in professional development opportunities that emphasize improving practice
-    Regularly participate in or initiate school activities which further the mission of the school
-    Regularly participate in or initiate activities which emphasize community service
-    Supports students even in the face of difficult situations or conflicting policies
-    Fulfills organizational mandates regarding policies and procedures

Education, Training and Experience:

REQUIRED
-    Bachelor’s degree required
-    Certification or ability to gain certification as a Teacher in instructional area
-    Experience creating and successfully managing a classroom environment
-    Experience in and/or understanding of the public school system including charter schools is desirable

PREFERRED
-    Master’s degree in education or related field
-    Montessori or National Board Certification
-    Certification in multiple instructional areas