TEACHER, SATURDAY SCHOOL

Denver Public Schools • Denver, CO

29d

About The Position

Deliver instruction in the areas of literacy, science and/or math to elementary students during Saturday school. Monitor student progress with learning objectives and provide individualized instruction to students to support them in mastering the objectives. Create a positive classroom community and communicate with students' families about their academic performance. Request assistance from special service providers to support student's social and emotional well-being.

Requirements

• Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Education or related field required.
• Have a valid Colorado Department of Education (CDE) teaching license.
• Live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while working with us.
• Have the ability with or without accommodations to meet the physical demands of the position.
• Lead for racial and educational excellence and work to dismantle systems of oppression and inequity in our community, along with believing in and supporting all students so they feel seen and heard with access to high quality education.

Nice To Haves

• A Master's Degree is only required for Concurrent Enrollment positions.
• ELA-S (English Language Acquisition - Spanish) ONLY
• Teaching in both Spanish and English positions, candidates are required to take the Spanish language proficiency (SLP) exam, proctored by Berlitz Testing.
• ELA-S ONLY: Must be Bilingual in Spanish and English Required.

Responsibilities

• Provides various support and conducts activities related to logistics, reporting, training, communications, and processes.
• Participates in the planning and implementation of new initiative.
• Assesses and troubleshoots escalated problems and applies expert understanding to resolve complex challenges of stakeholders
• Focuses on root cause identification in order to achieve systemic and sustainable improvement.
• Approves and documents exceptions for compliance record keeping and reporting.
• Ensures appropriate key stakeholder involvement in planning, goal-setting, and implementation to achieve buy-in of work products.
• Ensures purposeful, positive and professional interactions and relationships with all stakeholders; enables consistent application of work products across the district.
• Identifies opportunities for improvement, prioritizes, and recommends solutions to management.
• Implements approved enhancements to ensure consistency across the district.
• Identifies opportunities to reduce costs; analyzes available data, trends, and feedback, and ensures compliance with expectations for optimal operation and goal achievement.

Benefits

• A Culture that values Equity, Accountability, Integrity, Collaboration and Fun with a shared vision that Every Learner Thrives.
• In addition to competitive compensation, DPS has other Total Reward offerings such as; time off , health and wellness benefits - English Version or Health and Wellness Benefits  - Spanish Version , and PERA Retirement . For additional information visit our New Employee Resources page.
• This position is represented by an employee association (bargaining unit).  Please see the Employee Associations Page for the current master agreement and important documents associated with your bargaining unit.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time