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Thrive Academy • Baton Rouge, LA

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About The Position

THRIVE is a school unlike any other - one of the first boarding schools in the country serving at-risk students. The mission of THRIVE is to empower students from underserved Louisiana communities and prepare them academically and personally for success in college and beyond. THRIVE aims to reach this goal through a world-class school in a boarding setting. Serving grades six through twelve, THRIVE will provide the students and families of Louisiana with a never before-seen service - a free public boarding school. By combining the best educational methods with a 24-hour supportive environment, THRIVE seeks to provide students with a place to learn where nothing can get in the way.

Requirements

• Appropriate teaching certification and license in subject teaching.
• Has at least two years of successful classroom experience.
• Has outstanding behavior management and investment system.
• Has demonstrated mastery in time-management skills.
• Has exceptional problem-solving skills and values feedback.
• Has knowledge of the common core.
• Fosters relational capacity among staff, parents and students.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out a classroom vision and academic long term plans for instruction.
• Executing the year's curriculum, lessons and learning objectives aligned to the state standards to assure student learning.
• Providing differentiated instruction to ensure the needs of all types of learners and students varying levels of being met.
• Providing direct instruction and small group instruction in centers.
• Carrying out all materials needed for instruction.
• Work with the Special Education Instructor to ensure that all IEP goals are being met.
• Reporting attendance.
• With support from the school leader, provide data driven instruction.
• Assessing student learning and checking for mastery with daily exit slips, weekly quizzes and unit tests, among other examples of assessments that are aligned to the GLEs.
• Holding weekly subject level data meetings that are centered around outcomes for meeting student needs and improving instruction.
• Invests students in learning and in the culture of the school.
• Promoting students' character development and a positive classroom environment by establishing an atmosphere of Endurance, Compassion, Independence, Ownership and Partnership.
• Effectively working on a team.
• Taking on leadership responsibilities within the school.
• Following the student and staff discipline policies and the staff and student handbooks.
• Being committed to growing professionally through consistent feedback from the academy leader, academic studies and professional development.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree