Career Center

Commonwealth Academy is seeking to hire a full-time teacher/faculty member who constructs meaningful educational experiences that allow students to solve real-world problems and show they have learned the big ideas, powerful skills, and habits of mind and heart that meet academic standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate and synthesize, for instructional practices, each student’s learning style, motivators, and other factors impacting the student’s ability to learn. This includes reviewing and implementing individualized instruction based on each student’s Student Action Plan (SAP) and using information and data from a variety of sources to understand all students’ instructional needs and progress in accordance with SAP goals
• Analyze student data and implement strategies to enable each student to access the curriculum and meet their academic and social goals
• Develop and monitor classroom materials, including but not limited to lesson plans and curriculum maps, designed to meet content standards and actively participate in formulating each student’s SAP 
• Design, implement, and administer classroom-based assessments to measure progress toward academic standards and diagnose areas of student misunderstanding, as well as refine instructional practices
• Use appropriate and approved teaching materials and assistive technologies to facilitate learning
• Set and reinforce clear expectations, goals, and routines that align with CA’s mission
• Create and make available daily lesson plans for review by school and department leaders
• Have available an emergency lesson plan for substitute teachers to follow in the event of an emergency/unscheduled absence. 
• Participate in Faculty, Professional Learning Community, and other committee meetings
• Communicate regularly with families regarding student performance, including completion (or non-completion) of assignments and “Incomplete” grades for report cards
• Maintain complete classroom records and protect the confidentiality of the records
• Meet CA’s SIS expectations, as communicated by the respective Division Head, to include posting homework and long-term assignments, weekly grade reports, announcements, and necessary class files and links

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred

• Two years of special education experience at the appropriate grade level is preferred

• Must be certified in Special Education and/or content area or achieve certification within two years of hire, as required by the Virginia Department of Education

• Must demonstrate knowledge of the nature and needs of students with learning differences 

• Must demonstrate knowledge of current instructional and behavior management techniques, assistive aids, curriculum scope and sequence, and content area

• Must demonstrate knowledge of special education best practices

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Able to change daily routine to meet the changing needs of students

• Able to work effectively as a member of an interdisciplinary team

About Commonwealth Academy

Commonwealth Academy is a leader in differentiated instruction for students with ADHD, executive functioning challenges, and mild learning differences. We also offer an unparalleled program for twice-exceptional students. We bring equal parts expertise and compassion to the work we do. With an emphasis on college prep, Commonwealth Academy empowers students to fully explore their intellectual passions and potential while fostering the growth that enables them to excel now and in the future. Our tight-knit community allows for the types of learning environments, relationships, and opportunities where kids are seen and supported for who they are and able to become their very best selves. We see the value, spark, and promise in every young person we have the pleasure to know. Commonwealth Academy offers employees a comprehensive benefits package that includes: health/dental, long-term and short-term disability, 403b plan, tuition remission, and professional development reimbursement. Commonwealth Academy recognizes and values the wide range of voices and perspectives in all spheres of the academic enterprise. Through this exchange of views and experiences, our students gain the skills..., knowledge, and attitude that will prepare them to be leaders in an increasingly multicultural world. The school honors its commitment to inclusion through admission policies, hiring practices, professional development, and curriculum. The Board, administration, faculty, staff, parents, and students are committed to a positive, pluralistic environment where the academic and social well-being of all students is affirmed and assured, as well as to policies that promote inclusiveness, social justice, and respect for all, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, and gender identity/expression.

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