Job Title:  Teacher - Forest Park Elementary School

Position Description:  Kindergarten/1st Grade Split

Minimum Job Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Education or related field
• Michigan Elementary Teacher Certification - highly qualified in subject area for level
• K-5 Certification

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 influence
• Willingness to leverage the student support network to ensure that students’ social, emotional, nutritional and health needs are addressed
• Ability to motivate students and influence their behaviors
• Capacity to hold ongoing instructional-specific 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 specific 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
• 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-specific 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 reflecting 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 efficient 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

More Information about Eastpointe Community Schools: www.eastpointeschools.org

Internal and external candidates please apply on TalentEd:  https://eastpointeschools.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx