Spanish Teacher - High School - Algiers Charter School Association

SPANISH TEACHER

Reports to Principal

10-Month Position

About Algiers Charter

Since our inception in 2005, Algiers Charter has proudly served as a staple in the educational community. From our very first day, we operated with the belief that all students can achieve educational success.  As we transition to a two-school organization, our commitment to excellence and student achievement has never been stronger. We are forging a strategic path forward to build upon our growth and we are seeking dynamic educational leaders with a proven track record of success to help take our organization to the next level.

The educational landscape in New Orleans is one that requires significant and unrelenting performance and accountability.  Our strategic plan for 2023 and beyond has unique operational, staffing and instructional designs so if you are ready to share our vision and commitment to student achievement and pathways, we invite you to submit an application to join our team.

What Success Means In This Position

Algiers Charter approach to teaching and learning embraces a continuous improvement cycle that focuses on practices through planning, doing, reflecting, and revising. Our schools are moving to a more complex conceptual framework of analyzing, synthesizing, hypothesizing, understanding, and creating connections on a daily basis.

Algiers Charter teachers participate in the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP). TAP is a bold initiative designed to attract, develop, and retain talented people in the teaching profession. Continuous learning coupled with the strong support that produce the best results for students in a positive working environment is expected.  Success means improved student achievement, professional attitude, school-wide attainment of School Performance Score (SPS) goals and achieving the longest charter renewal available to Behrman.

Position Description & Expectations

Professional Learning, Development, and Growth for Teachers:

Teachers are expected to attend yearly professional development in the form of:

• Faculty and Grade-Level Meetings

• Job embedded Professional Development

  • Estimated 60-90 minutes per week

  • Focused on student strategies, student work analysis, and Individual Growth Plan (IGP) Development

• Attendance at cluster meetings

• Teacher Accountability via observations and evaluations based on the TAP Instructional rubric (3 times per year)

• Other meetings as designated by school leaders

• Performs other duties that may be required.

Student Engagement

(Are all students engaged in the work of the lesson from start to finish?)

• All or almost all students complete instructional tasks, volunteer responses and/or ask appropriate questions.

• All or almost all students follow behavioral expectations and/or directions.

• Students execute transitions, routines, and procedures in an orderly and efficient manner with minimal direction or narration from the teacher.

• Class has a quick pace and students are engaged in the work of the lesson from start to finish. Students who finish early engage in meaningful learning without interrupting other students  learning.

• Performs other duties that may be required.

Essential Content

(Are all students working with content aligned to the appropriate standards for their subject grade?)

• Create common core aligned lesson plans and unit plans that lead to standards mastery and are aligned to grade-level expectations and end-of-year assessments.

• The lesson focuses on content that advances students toward grade-level standards or expectations and/or IEP goals.

• All activities students engage in are aligned to the stated or implied learning goal(s) and are well-sequenced and build on each other to move students toward mastery of the grade-level standard(s) and/or IEP goals.

• All instructional materials students use, such as texts, questions, problems, exercises, and assessments, are high-quality and appropriately demanding for the grade/course and time in the school year, based on guidance in the standards and/or students  IEP goals  

• Performs other duties that may be required.

Academic Ownership

(Are all responsible for doing the thinking in this classroom?)

• All or most all students provide meaningful oral or written evidence to support their thinking.

• Students complete an appropriately challenging amount of cognitive work during the lesson, such as reading, writing, discussion, analysis, computation, or problem-solving, given the focus of the lesson.

• Students respond to and build on their peers thinking, ideas or answers.

• Students routinely provide constructive feedback to their classmates and respond productively when a peer answers a question incorrectly or when they do not agree with the response. 

• All or almost all students consistently try hard to complete academic work and answer questions, even if the work is challenging.

• Performs other duties that may be required.

Demonstration of Learning

(Do all students demonstrate that they are learning?)

• Questions, tasks or assessments yield data that allow the teacher to assess students progress toward learning goals and help pinpoint where understanding breaks down.

• Students have extensive opportunities to express learning through academic writing and/or explanations using academic language.

• All students demonstrate how well they understand lesson content and their progress toward learning goals through their work and/or responses.

• Student responses, work, and interactions demonstrate that all or almost all students are on track to achieve stated or implied learning goals.

• Performs other duties that may be required.

Qualifications

•  Bachelor Degree in Education or related area of study

• Two years of teaching experience

• Valid Louisiana Teaching Certificate with Louisiana Certification Preferred

• Proven record of high student achievement as listed on previous evaluations and Compass scores (highly preferred)

• Desire and ability to succeed in a student-friendly, detail-oriented, community environment.

• Belief in the Algiers Charter mission and educational model  

• Open to professional learning, formal/informal observations, and feedback

Timeline and Hiring Process

• Candidates will complete and submit the online application.

• TAP evaluation data, attendance data, and SLT data will be utilized for evaluation of current staff members and outside ACSA candidates will perform a sample teaching lesson and provide most recent SLT scores and/or LDOE evaluation rating score from COMPASS as available.

• If selected to move forward, the applicant will be contacted by the Executive Director of Human Resources where the applicant will be scheduled to meet with a panel of Algiers Charter staff and industry experts.

• Upon completion of all elements of the hiring process, if selected for the position, an offer will be made by Human Resources.