Job Title:  Secondary Science Teacher

Position Description:  Secondary Level - Middle School 

Minimum Job Qualifications:

? Bachelor's Degree in Education or related field

? Michigan Teacher Certiication - highly qualiied in subject area for level

? DI or DX Endorsement Preferred

Our turnaround teacher will skillfully demonstrate:

? Strong desire and ability to achieve outstanding student achievement results in a short amount of time

? Ability to build meaningful, caring relationships with students in order to exert academic press and inluence

? Willingness to leverage the student support network to ensure that students’ social, emotional, nutritional and health needs are addressed

? Ability to motivate students and inluence their behaviors

? Capacity to hold ongoing instructional-speciic conversations designed to focus conversations and efforts on improving student learning

? Collaborative creation and execution of clear, logical instructional plans that produce strong results in student learning with classroom teachers

? Commitment to coordinate instruction within and across grade levels to support learning of at risk students

? Aptitude to discuss subject speciic content instruction and the drive to try out new ideas to improve student learning

? Capacity to align curriculum, instruction, and assessments while responding to the individual needs of students

? Competence to collect and analyze data to inform instructional decisions

? Design and utilization of formative assessments to modify and adjust instruction on a daily basis in collaboration with classroom and grade level teachers

? Implementation of a tiered system of instruction (Tier 2 and Tier 3) with pull out and push in interventions to meet the needs of all students assigned intervention

? Development of organized routines, communicate clear expectations, and grow a positive school culture

? Building a professional environment that is one of mutual respect, teamwork, and accountability

? Ability to seek out knowledgeable peers, coaches or administrators for instructional support in the never ending quest to deliver the vision of high quality subject-speciic instruction to increase achievement of highest risk students
A turnaround teacher has the confidence to lead and possesses the following competencies:

? Prioritize student-learning needs over the customs, routines, and established relationships that can stand in the way of necessary change

? Achieve results by taking initiative and relecting and acting on lessons learned

? Maintain his/her drive for results by demonstrating persistence, directness, and the ability to monitor and plan ahead for increased student growth and eficient instruction for at risk students

? Commit to the relentless pursuit of increasing student learning for at risk students

? Skillfully challenging the status quo by thinking analytically and conceptually, as well as problem-solving as it pertains to at risk students

Selection Committee

Evaluated By: Supervising Administrator

Salary Data: As per Negotiated Agreement with the EFE