Commonwealth Academy is seeking to hire a full-time temporary faculty member beginning November 1, 2024 through the end of the current school year - with the possibility of future employment. CA seeks a teacher 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

• Collaborate with CA’s curriculum team to produce lesson plans and classroom materials.
• Review and implement instruction based on each student’s Student Action Plan (SAP) and work collaboratively with the CA Support Team to best support learning needs.
• Design, implement, and administer classroom-based assessments to measure progress toward academic standards and determine 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.
• Participate in faculty professional development and other committee/department meetings as needed
• Communicate with families regarding student performance, including completion (or non-completion) of assignments.
• Maintain classroom records and protect the confidentiality of the records
• Utilize technology appropriately to support student learning such as Google Suite (including Google Classroom), CA’s Student Information System’s (SIS), and classroom board technology. Utilize these technologies to perform tasks such posting homework and long-term assignments, weekly grade reports, announcements, and necessary class files and links.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Must be willing to accommodate for student learning needs, specifically students with learning differences
• Must demonstrate knowledge of current instructional and behavior management techniques
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the 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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