Junior High Teacher - Art/Photography Job at THE ODYSSEY PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC

Overview

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The Odyssey Preparatory Academy - Family of Schools is a growing west-valley K-12 charter school, seeking teachers. We are a college prep, IB World School, whose focus is holistic teaching to a student body. The Odyssey Preparatory Academy aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable, and caring scholars who work to create a better and more peaceful community through intercultural awareness, understanding, and respect.

Base pay range

$38,000.00/yr - $42,000.00/yr

Position details

POSITION TITLE: Secondary Teacher - Art/Photography (25/26 School Year)

FLSA: Exempt.

QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor\'s Degree.

REPORTS TO: Principal and other Supervisor(s).

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 10 Month Contract, 12 Month Pay, Benefits.

Duties and responsibilities

• Creates a positive and engaging classroom environment of mutual respect that supports school-wide behavior expectations.
• Communicates with parents and guardians consistently and positively.
• Utilizes a range of research-based classroom and instructional best practices that support scholar independence, collaboration, and choice.
• Provides scholars specific, actionable feedback that promotes mastery of self and grade-level standards.
• Asks questions that promote critical thinking, activate prior knowledge and experiences, and support scholars with reaching the daily content objective.
• Provides scholars with warranted and appropriate accommodations.
• Utilizes technology and media to appropriately build scholars’ content knowledge and enhance learning experiences.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a professional appearance and demonstrates behavior that is conscientious, responsible, and aligned to Odyssey’s Vision, Mission, and Core Values.
• Establishes and maintains appropriate relationships with all Odyssey stakeholders.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings, professional learning, and extracurricular/school related activities.
• Participates in ongoing professional learning opportunities and works with school administrators to identify relevant professional learning opportunities.
• Demonstrates mastery of related content knowledge, instructional practices, and materials for course(s) taught.
• Utilizes lesson plans that are aligned to current state and district standards, adopted curricular materials, and learning objectives that support scholars with building grade-level content knowledge and skills.
• Engages scholars with a variety of formative and summative assessments and uses data to prepare for upcoming lessons.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned by the site administrator.

Knowledge and skills

• Knowledgeable of Odyssey, school, and departmental policies and procedures.
• Knowledgeable of research-based teaching strategies and methods.
• Interpersonal communication skills that establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, vendors, students, parents, the general public and others having business with Odyssey.
• Operating a personal computer and utilizing a variety of software applications and equipment.

Schedule

• Monday - Friday: Elementary Schools - 7:30-4:00; OI Jr. High & High School - 7:40-3:49. Teacher schedules include two daily prep periods.
• Fridays are reserved for professional learning, lesson preparation, and grade-level/content collaboration as directed by the site level and district level administrators.

Benefits

• Competitive pay for new and experienced teachers ($38,000 - 42,000).
• Teacher Excellence Bonus (up to $5,000 starting in year two).
• 301 Funds ($3,000).
• Up to 10 days sick/personal leave per year (with various rollover/cash out options).
• Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits.
• Life insurance.
• Supplemental insurance options (short-term disability, Legal Shield, etc).
• 403B retirement plan with 3% employer match.

If you are a J1 teaching candidate, we work exclusively with the International Alliance Group (IAG). We do not respond to J1 applicants on this website, however, we welcome applications through the IAG website at: https://iagusa.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx.

The Odyssey Preparatory Academy, Family Of Schools

Seniority level: Entry level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Education and Training

Industries: Primary and Secondary Education