Elementary School Teacher (1st Grade)

Elgin Math and Science Academy•Elgin, IL

11h•Onsite

About The Position

The Elgin Math and Science Academy Charter School (EMSA) opened in August of 2018 to all students residing in the U-46 attendance area, serving students from Kindergarten through 8th Grade. EMSA is a Title 1 school that qualifies staff for student loan forgiveness programs. EMSA is seeking a compelling, committed, and innovative Teacher to establish a positive learning environment that promotes Wow & Wonder in the classroom while modeling and encouraging the habits of scholarship for students' self-discipline. The successful candidate will use EL Education’s Core Practices as the classroom’s foundation to ensure remarkable academic achievement, character development, and community involvement for all students. At EMSA, students and teachers will reach their highest potential through active exploratory learning and social responsibility.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
Three years teaching experience
Proven successful instructional practice
Communication and interpersonal skills to engage in a highly collaborative school environment
Extensive knowledge of CCSS and NGSS as well as curricular implications
Ability to develop relational trust with students, families and staff

Nice To Haves

Current Illinois Professional Educator License
Background in EL Education and/or project-based deeper learning with content-based literacy
STEM degree and/or professional experience
Strong technology skills
Fluent in Spanish and English
Expertise in working with English Learners
Expertise in working with low-income populations

Responsibilities

Operate with the understanding: Diversity is a fact, Inclusion is a behavior, Equity is the outcome.
Work collaboratively with all members of the learning community to build relational trust and foster a growth mindset for all through modeling by taking professional risks, owning mistakes, and being metacognitive about their own growth and revision.
Model EMSA’s habits of scholarship in word and action and effectively build a positive classroom culture that promotes self-discipline.
Assume primary responsibility for increasing student achievement (i.e. mastery of knowledge and skills, character, and high quality work) by designing and implementing cross-curricular units of study that integrate literacy instruction and utilize active pedagogy.
Create a collaborative student-centered classroom that thrives on differentiated instruction to increase student growth and enhance school culture.
Challenge, engage, inspire and empower all students with the Wow & Wonder of EL Education.
Design lesson plans that allow for flexible, uninterrupted blocks of time that foster deep learning, content-based literacy, project-based learning, fieldwork, and student presentations for authentic audiences.
Engage in professional learning and help to implement a progressive, bold educational approach in fostering EL Education’s Core Practices to inspire student success.
Practice reflective and synthesizing professional practices to allow for a deeper understanding to manifest for implementation with the highest levels of fidelity.
Establish clear and consistent assessment and progress monitoring techniques based on evidence to make instructional decisions to meet students needs and further their growth.
Cultivate strong partnerships with families; all words and actions demonstrate a commitment to inclusion, belief in all students’ capacity to succeed and a desire to create an amicably beneficial situation for everyone.
Actively engage families and the community by showcasing expeditionary outcomes and critique of authentic student work.