Upper Elementary Teacher

Pueblo School for Arts and Sciences • Pueblo, CO

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

This full-time teacher will work with staff to deliver an elementary program that meets or exceeds Colorado state standards. The teacher will also coordinate with staff, parents, and the community to integrate and diversify instruction. This position is responsible for monitoring and enforcing building safety, security, and assisting in planning and implementing student programs. The PSAS culture values characteristics like open communication, inclusiveness, loyalty, honesty, respect, ethical and moral behavior, and a commitment to our mission and vision. Employees are held accountable for their actions to encourage positive outcomes for our students. We require competency and best efforts from every employee as we strive for excellence in education.

Requirements

• Ability to work at a desk, conference table, or in meetings of various configurations.
• Ability to stand and circulate for extended periods.
• Ability to hear and understand speech at normal levels.
• Ability to see up close, at a distance, and have depth perception.
• Ability to communicate so others will be able to clearly understand normal conversations.
• Ability to bend and twist, stoop, kneel, run and crawl.
• Ability to reach in all directions.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, with a focus on rapport-building, listening, and questioning skills.
• Knowledge of computer hardware and software applications.
• Ability to work with multiple staff members, and support all campuses in PSAS Scope.
• Knowledge of technologies available for use in an instructional setting.
• Demonstrate aptitude or competence for assigned responsibilities.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and to handle computer components for extended periods.
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions.
• Synthesize complex or diverse information.
• Collect and research data.
• Use intuition and experience to complement data.
• Design workflows and procedures.
• 4-year degree from an accredited college or university.
• Participation in payroll automatic deposit.

Nice To Haves

• Colorado Teaching License
• Previous experience teaching in the K-8 environment
• Previous experience teaching at a charter school
• Demonstrated technology proficiencies in the use of Microsoft Office, Internet, Simple Webpage building, Electronic Gradebook, and Email
• Demonstrated ability to work on a team and create instructional units
• Verifiable experience dealing with conflict resolution
• Verifiable experience working in a position that required organizational and planning skills
• Demonstrated implementation and use of instructional strategies to promote student engagement

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, collaborate, and execute an elementary program anchored in the Colorado State Standards, Paideia Principles, and other PSAS curriculum.
• Develop activities that support units of instruction including field trips, guest speakers, student exhibitions, cross-grade level or cross-curricular instruction, and community service.
• Direct students toward behavior that fosters a positive learning environment for all learners.
• Support the policies and procedures for students, parents, and staff.
• Demonstrate professional communication, interpersonal skills, effective planning and organization skills, and effective problem-solving strategies that reflect a collaborative posture.
• Design effective instruction that addresses school goals (i.e. standards and assessment, curriculum, building goals, mission statement, etc.) and the needs of diverse learners.
• Implement instruction that is effective and actively engages students in the learning process.
• Develop and maintain a learning environment that promotes student well-being.
• Consistently display effective relations with members of the learning community.
• Represent and uphold the characteristics of an educational professional.
• Uphold the promises and commitments of the Paideia model by way of their active involvement in life-long learning through setting professional goals and demonstrating completion of those goals and seeking professional development.
• Collaborate with team members and other units to provide an integrated program that involves planning, communicating with staff concerning plans, follow through with committee members, and meeting deadlines.
• Collaborate with families, students, and staff to ensure optimal academic success which may include phone calls to parents, e-mails to parents, communication with team members to discuss strategies for growth, communication with the counselor or other support staff, and the facilitation of family support meetings for students.
• Evaluate and record students’ grades within the pre-established grading tool, immediate scoring of student work and the recording of student work using an electronic student management system, and inputting documentation, such as student data or special plans, into the electronic data warehouse.
• Other duties assigned by the director, principal, or designee.

Benefits

• PSAS pays 70% of your medical benefits, including your family benefits
• Twice your annual salary life insurance
• Long term Disability coverage
• One protected, undirected planning period per day
• One Professional Learning Community per day, with one day per week directed
• Extensive professional development opportunities including 11 days per year; a new teacher induction program; and an emerging leader program
• 10 sick and two personal days per year
• Inclusion in the PERA Retirement Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level