Lower School Writing Teacher
Date posted
July 28, 2023
Employment Type
Full-time
Job Location
85008
Position title
Lower School Writing Teacher
Description
Come be a part of the teaching team at New Way Academy this upcoming fall for the 2023-2024 school year. Our Lower School Writing Teacher will support the school’s mission to educate children with learning differences to fulfill their potential. New Way Academy students are unique not only in their learning styles, but in their perseverance, resilience, and skills they develop to overcome their learning challenges. Our students deserve a rigorous, differentiated and empowering education to help them realize their full potential.
Responsibilities
- Help to develop/adapt math curriculum specialized to student needs for our lower school students
- Differentiate instruction to remediate what students need to learn and push them to rigorous content understanding
- Maintain and utilize accurate and up-to-date data regarding student achievement
- Empower students through high expectations, consistent routines, and strategies for success
- Contribute to the drafting of each student’s IEP or similar student plan
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with parents, students and colleagues
- Work collaboratively with the other level and content teams
Qualifications
- Passionate about empowering students with unique learning profiles
- Innovative and creative
- Strong planner with an emphasis on execution
- Effective communicator, both internally and externally
- Team player
- High level of integrity and professionalism
- Willingness to go above and beyond
- Highly organized and able to multitask
- Previous teaching experience
Education/Certification Requirements
- Holds valid and up-to-date teaching certificate in Arizona
- Bachelor’s degree or higher with a preferred emphasis on special education
- Previous writing teacher experience
Job Benefits
- Based on experience in range of $55,000 to $65,000 per year
- Full benefits including health, vision and dental
- Competitive 401K package
- Complimentary school lunch program
Base Salary
$55,000-$65,000 Per year
