Elementary School Teacher (3rd Grade) at Nevada City School of the Arts

Job Summary

Job Summary

The Elementary Teacher (3rd Grade) is a passionate educator who empowers each student to grow and meet their full potential. Working in collaboration with partner teachers, RSP teachers, arts teachers, and school administrators, the Elementary Teacher designs and implements a rigorous instructional program, based on our core curricula, in a learning environment which nurtures and develops the socio-emotional intelligence and capacity of their students. NCSA teachers embrace all learning differences, constructing opportunities that nurture all students’ growth. • Design instruction around state standards that is rigorous and is correlated to school-wide and teacher-created learning outcomes and core curricula. • Create lessons that are responsive to the students in the classroom and account for the neuro-diversity of learners that create the conditions for each student to grow • Use a backwards-planning model to develop long-term, unit, and daily lesson plans, based on our core curricula • Submit lesson plans to the Principal and instructional leaders and collaborate with colleagues to revise, edit, and improve lesson plans as requested • Accommodate, differentiate, or modify curricula to meet student needs • Collaborate with arts, music and movement teachers to integrate art concepts and movement into the classroom • Attend/support arts specials until proper class management has been established • Use Universal Design for Learning methods to engage students in the classroom, • Utilize curricular assessments that measure student progress; continuously use formative and summative assessment data to refine curriculum and instructional practices - See Job Description for more details

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