JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Location: WEST Campus
Job Title: EIP Teacher - Reading
Department: Academics
Reports To: Principal or Appointed Designee
Work Schedule: Part-Time 20 hours per week, Full Time Exempt
Start Date: July 2024
DOING WORK THAT MATTERS
Embracing the EL Education framework, Amana Academy teachers provide classroom instruction that is active, engaging, challenging, and meaningful, and that enables students to demonstrate mastery of the Georgia Performance Standards. Amana teachers should have a sense of adventure and curiosity and a desire to work in a diverse, supportive and collaborative environment.
HOW YOU WILL EMPOWER STUDENTS TO GO BEYOND
- Provides the names/ number of EIP students to the Principal by September 1 and/or well in advance of the first FTE count throughout the year
- Conducts at least five fifty-minute segments of small group instruction daily to assigned students according to the school’s approved model and EIP schedule
- Provides Principal, teachers, and district EIP Coordinator with a detailed EIP schedule
- Maintains an accurate and up-to-date data notebook to include but not limited to progress monitoring, benchmark results, differentiated lesson plans
- Analyzes assessment data weekly to target explicit, systematic, small group instruction and to plan for continuous improvement for each student, subgroup of students, and the school as a whole
- Provides the Principal with weekly differentiated lesson plans
- Aligns instruction with Georgia Standards of Excellence and district expectations for learning
- Plans regularly with regular education teachers to design, monitor, and revise instruction to ensure that students are progressing toward the standards
- Charts and documents the growth of each EIP student’s data based on the instruction provided using a balanced assessment system (diagnostic, performance, formative, summative, academic prompts, etc.)
- Conveys high expectations for student achievement through instructional goals, activities, interactions, and environment
- Supervises students and maintains discipline at all times
- Reviews SIS reports prior to each FTE count to ensure proper coding in the student information system for students receiving EIP services
- Adheres to GaDOE guidelines for serving EIP eligible students
- Protects the confidentiality of student information
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Prepares adequately for responsibilities to be assumed when absent
- Works with parents/guardians in all aspects of the student’s educational program
- Facilitates home-school communication by such means as holding conferences, telephoning, and sending written communications
- Integrates appropriate technology into classroom instruction
- Avoids behaviors which detract from staff morale
- Performs other duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree from a regionally accredited university required
- Certification/Licensure: Valid Georgia Teaching Certification in applicable field required, or must be eligible to hold a valid Georgia Teaching Certificate
- Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience as a teacher or instructional coach required.
- Advanced training and/or minimum 2 years of experience implementing Response to Intervention models and programs or Minimum 2 years as a school-based MTSS RTi)/SST Chair preferred.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Proven communication and instructional strategies
- Classroom management skills
- Excellent communication skills both orally and in writing
- Excellent organizational skills
- Staff must be comfortable teaching and leading students in both an indoor and outdoor setting.
- Staff must possess and demonstrate an innate comfort with flexibility and being able to adapt to new circumstances.
Physical Demands:
- Ability to lift and carry 30-50 pounds with assistance
- Ability to push or pull a maximum of 50 pounds
- May require stooping or crouching
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis. Please visit our website for more information about our school and community http://www.amanaacademy.org. To learn more about Expeditionary Learning Schools network, please visit http://www.elschools.org.
Start Date: July 2024
Salary: Based on experiences and qualifications. Amana Academy offers competitive base salaries plus add-ons for teaching experience, advanced degrees, and incentives.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: From $25,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Pay may depend on skills and/or qualifications
Experience:
- Teaching: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
- Teaching Certification (Preferred)
Ability to Relocate:
- Mableton, GA 30126: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person