Elementary (K-4) Teacher (2026-27)

Dayton Early College AcademyDayton, OH
4dOnsite

About The Position

Elementary Teachers at DECA PREP serve as advocates and guides for students' learning based upon individual student needs and gifts. Teachers know their students well, help them plan and follow through on their learning goals, and work tirelessly to create optimal learning experiences for students in their advisory groups. Teachers report to the Campus Principal.

Requirements

  • Valid teaching license/certificate for the assigned grade, and/or subject(s)
  • Effective interpersonal skills with children and adults
  • A broad range of interests and experience, with a passion for learning
  • Solid, basic knowledge in core content areas
  • Sound classroom management skills
  • Ability to improvise and problem solve
  • Experience with technology‐integration in the teaching and learning process
  • Effective in an interdisciplinary, teamed environment
  • Demonstrated ability to take initiative, provide leadership, define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
  • Entrepreneurial spirit
  • An affinity for supporting students as individual learners
  • Dedication to the mission of assuring student learning and achievement

Nice To Haves

  • Prior relevant experience preferred

Responsibilities

  • Serve as positive role model for students
  • Demonstrate a positive, supportive, enthusiastic, and encouraging attitude with all students
  • Implement, by instruction and action, DECA’s mission and core values
  • Advocate for, and on behalf of, students and families
  • Celebrate student accomplishments
  • Develop meaningful, appropriate relationships with each student and his/her parent/guardian
  • Be available to students and parents for education‐related purposes, including, within reason, outside of the traditional prescribed times and day, when necessary
  • Facilitate student learning plans with each family or guardian
  • Forecast educational needs of each student
  • Know, understand, and implement DECA’s goals and how they align to content area standards as defined by Ohio Department of Education
  • Plan a program of instruction that is both challenging and that meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of each child
  • Employ a variety of educational techniques in pursuit of educational goals, and establish clear objectives for each student, and provide supplemental and educational activities that support student growth
  • Facilitate student learning outside the school building via a variety of field experiences
  • Assist in identifying, establishing, and monitoring learning opportunities for students
  • Ensure that each student employs materials prescribed by school staff (personal learning plans, planners, journals, etc. as applicable)
  • Hold students accountable for their academic progress
  • Report each student’s progress, both educationally and socially, through regularly scheduled reports, phone calls to parents, and weekly student meetings
  • Attend faculty meetings and other staff development and planning sessions as determined by the principal and school staff
  • Maintain accurate, complete, and factual records on each student as required by school law
  • Assess and facilitate the strengths and needs of the whole learner: physically, socially and emotionally, and intellectually/academically
  • Design plans and strategies for individual student’s learning
  • Continue assessment of student progress and alter plans and strategies toward student learning success
  • Mediate student conflicts to the best of your ability
  • Work with the school team on academic and social/behavioral intervention strategies for student
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the principal
  • Strive to continually improve professional competence
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