2026-2027 1st Grade Teacher - Gentilly

Audubon Schools•New Orleans, LA

1d•$52,971 - $73,978•Onsite

About The Position

To provide an engaging, enriching and high quality educational experience for students. This role involves creating and implementing lesson plans, fostering a positive classroom environment, utilizing effective instructional strategies, and maintaining professionalism within the school community. The teacher will be responsible for differentiating instruction, assessing student progress, and communicating with families. This position is full-time and reports to the Principal.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required
Certification or ability to gain certification as a Teacher in instructional area
Experience creating and successfully managing a classroom environment

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in education or related field
Certification in multiple instructional areas
Experience in and/or understanding of the public school system including charter schools

Responsibilities

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.
Implementation of French and Louisiana State Standards lesson planning and common assessment as applicable.
Collaborative work with teachers and staff, participation in PLCs (and “conseils de cycle” as applicable).
Respond promptly to telephone and email inquiries from families, teachers and administrators.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Comply with expectations in the French accredited program (as applicable).
Comply with accommodations for students with exceptionalities.
Comply with all requirements of the LDOE teacher evaluation system.
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.
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 them out.
Create learning tasks 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.
Plan, prepare, and deliver effectively paced lessons that are aligned with state standards and school curriculum.
Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners, including students with IEPs or 504 plans.
Utilize formative and summative assessments to monitor and improve student performance.
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 an environment where students are actively “working” rather than watching while their teacher “works”.
Gathers and uses evidence of student understanding to information instruction and remediation.
Assists students in assessing their own work against established criteria.
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.
Comply by the school’s grading guidance and procedures.
Respect timeline for grades input for progress reports and report cards.
Maintain regular and effective communications with families regarding the program and student progress.
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.
Complies with all school policies and procedures.
Perform additional tasks as assigned by the principal or other supervisors, including but not limited to: Supporting during or after-school activities, Assisting with school-wide events or initiatives, Providing coverage for other staff as needed, Contributing to the maintenance of a safe and clean school environment.