Floater Teacher

AXL Academy•Aurora, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Floater Teacher provides flexible, school-wide instructional support through guest teaching, co-teaching, intervention groups, classroom coverage, student supervision, and support for AXL Academy’s daily academic and cultural routines. The role ensures continuity of instruction when classroom teachers are absent, supports targeted academic interventions, partners with teachers to strengthen instruction and classroom culture, and contributes to a safe, inclusive, and student-centered learning environment. Floater Teachers serve as guest teachers across grade levels and content areas, co-teach or push into classrooms as needed, facilitate small-group intervention and enrichment, support fieldwork and school events, and provide supervision during key transition and community times. The position requires flexibility, strong instructional judgment, collaboration, and a commitment to AXL Academy’s mission, culture, and equity-based practices. The role includes guest teaching and classroom coverage; co-teaching and classroom instructional support; leading or supporting intervention, enrichment, and small-group instruction; supervising students during transitions and other school-wide activities; collaborating and communicating with school staff; and contributing to school culture and professional activities. Floater Teachers are expected to work in person each day school is in session, including professional development days, conferences, events, and fieldwork days, and observe scheduled school breaks and holidays.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
Valid Colorado teaching license, substitute authorization, or ability to obtain appropriate authorization as required by the school and state regulations.
Experience teaching, guest teaching, co-teaching, or providing instructional support in a school setting.
Ability to follow lesson plans, lead classroom instruction, and adapt across multiple grade levels and content areas.
Strong classroom management, student engagement, and relationship-building skills.
Ability to lead small-group instruction and support academic intervention.
Strong interpersonal, collaboration, and communication skills.
Willingness to work across different roles, classrooms, grade levels, and school needs.
Commitment to equity, inclusiveness, restorative practices, and school-wide professionalism.
Ability to pass required background checks and employment clearances.
Ability to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, operate a computer, use hand-held learning devices, and operate classroom or office equipment.
Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Ability to move frequently throughout classrooms, hallways, shared spaces, outdoor supervision areas, and fieldwork settings.
Availability to work in person each day school is in session, including professional development days, student-led conferences, school events, fieldwork days, and other required school responsibilities.

Nice To Haves

Prior classroom teaching experience.
Experience with intervention groups, differentiated instruction, multilingual learners, or special education support.
Bilingual or multilingual skills.
Familiarity with restorative practices, Expeditionary Learning, project-based learning, or culturally responsive instruction.
Proficiency with Google Suite, Chromebooks, student information systems, and educational technology tools.
Experience using student data to inform instruction and intervention.

Responsibilities

Serve as a guest teacher across grade levels and content areas when classroom teachers or instructional staff are absent.
Implement lesson plans, instructional routines, classroom expectations, and learning activities to maintain continuity of instruction.
Maintain a productive, safe, and inclusive classroom environment and adjust instruction to address classroom needs.
Communicate classroom updates, student concerns, lesson progress, and follow-up needs to teachers and school leadership.
Provide planned and emergency classroom coverage with flexibility and professionalism.
Co-teach with classroom teachers and push into classrooms to support instruction, engagement, classroom management, and behavior.
Reinforce lesson objectives, academic expectations, and student learning targets in collaboration with classroom teachers.
Support project-based and expeditionary learning, fieldwork preparation, and hands-on classroom experiences.
Assist with differentiation, scaffolding, student conferencing, and formative checks for understanding.
Lead or support targeted intervention, enrichment, reteaching, and small-group instruction aligned with student needs and learning targets.
Monitor intervention-group progress and communicate patterns, needs, and next steps to teachers and leadership.
Support multilingual learners and students who need additional academic support or differentiated instructional access.
Use instructional resources, assessments, and school systems to support intervention planning and implementation.
Supervise students during lunch, recess, arrival, dismissal, passing periods, and other school-wide transition times.
Monitor hallways, bathrooms, shared spaces, and outdoor areas to support safety and smooth transitions.
Support fieldwork trips and school events by engaging with students and reinforcing expectations.
Maintain a visible presence in student-facing spaces and respond to student needs in alignment with school culture systems.
Support daily school operations and coverage needs as assigned by leadership.
Communicate with the Principal or designee about daily assignments, coverage needs, and schedule updates.
Collaborate with classroom teachers, interventionists, Crew Culture Leaders, special education staff, multilingual learner staff, and instructional teams.
Implement classroom strategies, student support plans, behavior plans, and academic accommodations as directed.
Communicate professionally and promptly about student learning, behavior, safety, and classroom coverage.
Attend required staff meetings, professional development days, school events, Student-Led Conferences, Expedition Nights, and community gatherings.
Uphold restorative practices, equity-based expectations, inclusive learning environments, confidentiality, and school-wide professionalism.
Build trusting relationships with students and support a positive school culture through consistency, reliability, and active participation.
Reinforce student engagement, classroom expectations, academic confidence, emotional regulation, problem-solving, student voice, and independence.
Contribute to consistent instruction, strong academic support systems, and student progress toward learning targets.