Immediate Opening 2024 - 2025 KIPP Pride High Math Exceptional Children Teacher Certification Required 2000 Salary Supplement
Immediate Opening 2024 - 2025 KIPP Pride High Math Exceptional Children Teacher Certification Required 2000 Salary Supplement
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Job Description
Who You Are
**This role is located in Northampton County**
You are eager driven and excited about being a world class teacher for children delivering top tier curriculum in a structured environment. You are excited to perform at a high bar and you want support from your school and region to ensure students are growing and are mastering the material. You are a lifelong learner who is eager for weekly Professional Development excited to have a dedicated mentor and coach who provides actionable feedback you can implement in your classroom and go the extra mile to build your skills. You are not afraid of hard work but welcome a challenge and want to pursue excellence.
KIPP NC teachers believe in doing whatever it takes to help students succeed whether that means delivering a tested well researched and crafted curriculum for student achievement building relationships with students and families or putting in the elbow grease to hone their skills and build their capacity as world class educators.
Your responsibilities as an Exceptional Children Lead Teacher
KIPP North Carolina Exceptional Children Teachers are at the core of our mission to support our students with special needs to access the general education curriculum through a resource model. As a KIPP North Carolina EC Teacher your core responsibilities include:
Instruction Preparation & Delivery
- Review internalize and prepare KIPP NC approved curriculum
- 9 12 KIPP Foundation Provided Math Curriculum
- Practice lesson delivery to execute curriculum at a high level
- Create exemplar responses and documents for work to hold students accountable
- Use assessment data (Interim Assessments MAP EOGs EOCs summative formative etc) to drive instruction and make lesson adjustments to meet students needs
- Embrace and incorporate feedback in the spirit of pursuing excellence
- Maintain accurate gradebook records and data tracking systems
Help Build a Positive School and Classroom Culture
- Embody and maintain schools values policies and culture
- Assume personal responsibility for student achievement
- Maintain a clean classroom displaying student work and grade level/content appropriate decorations
- Develop positive relationships with students families teachers and staff through regular positive phone calls to families weekly newsletters about the classroom and attending all required events including but not limited to BacktoSchool Night Parent Teacher Conferences and Report Card Conferences
- Participate in the daily functions of the school including but not limited to arrival advisory / circle time lunch duty recess and dismissal
Demonstrate a Growth Mindset
- Collaborate with your coach identifying areas of strength and areas of growth for professional development each year
- Receive weekly feedback and implement it with fidelity
- Attend Professional Development Tuesdays & Wednesdays from 3:30 5:00pm each week
Specific EC Teacher Responsibilities
- Provide specially designed instruction (SDI) to students who qualify for special education services within a resource cotaught or selfcontained setting
- Utilize the general education curriculum research based programs and evidenced based practices to plan and deliver instruction for students with disabilities based on their individualized education plans
- Provide consultation to classroom teachers regarding classroom accommodations instructional modifications adaptive equipment behavior modification plans and other similar instructional interventions to meet the needs of students with disabilities
- Provide care and/or instruction in selfhelp skills such as toileting dressing feeding positioning etc. as needed
- Develop and ensure proper implementation of student Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) across the total school environment
- Ensure timely and accurate completion of annual reviews reevaluations and initial referrals
- Maintain accurate complete and correct IEP records as required by law regional policy and administrative regulation to include service delivery tracking and progress monitoring
- Administer educational evaluations for special education placement as needed
- Communicate effectively and regularly with school staff and parents about student progress and needs
- Develop and maintain a classroom culture that encourages student responsibility cooperation and mutual respect consistent with school policies and procedures
- Build positive relationships with students parents staff members and community stakeholders
- Perform other duties as deemed necessary and assigned by school leadership staff the EC Program Specialist and Managing DIrector or Student Support Services
Qualifications :
Required Qualifications
The following are required of all KIPP North Carolina teachers:
- A deep commitment to the mission of KIPP NC and an unwavering belief in the potential of all our students
- An unwavering commitment to antiracism equity and inclusion
- Possess a deep commitment to both racial equity and improving the lives of kids from lowincome communities
- An active North Carolina EC General Curriculum K 12 License
- A Bachelors degree in a relevant content area
- Pass Criminal Background Check
- Demonstrated commitment to closing the opportunity gap
- Zest grit professionalism and a sense of humor
Preferred Qualifications
The following are not required but are advantageous for candidates:
- At least 2 full years of teaching experience in EC / SPED General Curriculum in a pullout or pushin setting
- Experience writing IEPs and 504s for students with varying abilities
- Experience in teaching in a high performing charter school and/or schools with a high population of students with free and reduced lunch
- Demonstrated success in raising the achievement levels of traditionally underserved students
- Passed or will pass the Praxis exams by September 2024
- Fluency in Spanish
Additional Information :
Additional Information
- Hours are M Th & F 7:30am 3:30pm Tu & W 7:30am 5pm
- Curriculum materials and resources are provided
- Each month teachers have Teacher Work Days that include professional development data analysis and other important information to push their students learning forward
Compensation
We currently offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package including:
KIPP NC Gaston Compensation Scale Salary Supplements
- Healthcare (medical vision and dental) at no cost to individuals and deep discounts for dependents
- Enrollment in a retirement program with employer match
- Ongoing professional development opportunities:
- Support programs for new teachers
- coaches and weekly coaching meetings for all teachers
- Regular content and gradelevel specific PDs
- Generous time off:
- Paid Time Off (5 days PTO & 6 days sick leave annually)
- Time off for all major national holidays (including Fall Break Winter Break Spring Break and 7 weeks off during the Summer)
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
