UD Team teachers are dynamic, data-driven educators dedicated to a student-paced, competency-based curriculum. Passionate about high student achievement, they embrace challenges with flexibility, leadership, and a deep understanding of the diverse needs of at-risk students.
Requirements
- Co-teach five 55-minute classes.
- Collaborate in an Inclusive Co-Teaching (ICT) environment.
- Maintain a classroom environment that is organized and promotes student thinking, learning and independence
- Plan and implement instruction that is student centered, involves independent and cooperative learning, scaffolded, and appeals to multiple styles of learning, including strategies for students with IEPs and MLLs
- Create and implement Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) that follows the gradual release model to explicitly address individual student's unique needs.
- Write effective IEPs as assigned by the Manager of Special Education and MLL Supports.
- Maintain systems and collect data for IEP reports.
- Observe and make individual plans for students with IEPs to inform caseload management.
- Communicate with stakeholders about IEP meetings
- Participate in IEP meetings as per caseload
- Collaborate with league teachers and CAS to complete exit summaries
- Collaborate with various teams, as a case manager, to implement individualized educational plans.
- Use a variety of data sources to track and discuss student progress, setting goals for continued growth.
- Regularly review student data through an electronic management system (spreadsheets, SESIS etc).
- Manage student behavior using restorative practices and school-wide PBIS.
- Implement students behavior plans
- Observe behaviors within the classroom and develop classroom routines/structures and modify expectations to meet the behavioral needs of individual students
- Communicate with families and stakeholders to support student success
- Attend a 3-week summer orientation and professional development series.
- Fulfill broader school roles, including mentoring and committee involvement.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement benefits with employer match
- Generous paid time off
- Paid parental leave
- Employee wellness supports
