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Job Description
Seven Generations Charter School is seeking applicants for full- and part-time Building Substitute Teacher positions for the remainder of the 25-26 school year. Ideal candidates must be PA certified.
Salary for part time is $145/day (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday).
Salary for full time is $45,000/year.
Seven Generations Charter School is an academically rich educational community creating generations of stewards who embrace our world and each other. Members of the SGCS community are committed to a public education alternative that promotes sustainability and citizenship with an interdisciplinary individualized project-based curriculum. Our school draws students from a large number of school districts and our school population represents a diverse community of learners from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Knowledge and Skill Requirements
- Bachelors Degree or higher in the field of education and/or subject area.
- Current PA Teacher Certification.
- Knowledge of best practice procedures and techniques for supervising students.
- Ability to communicate effectively with students and their parents/guardians with tact, patience, and courtesy.
- Ability to understand the needs of students of a variety of abilities, interests, and backgrounds.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to understand and carry out spoken and written instructions.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with colleagues, families, administrators, board of trustees, and community members.
- Ability to develop, read, interpret, and follow rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Prepare and deliver instruction in line with EIC learning framework.
- Implement EIC units focusing on the local natural and social systems.
- Maintain a learner-centered classroom.
- Lead cooperative learning activities to promote team work skills and constructing shared knowledge.
- Assist in the implementation service learning projects in conjunction with EIC units.
- Plan and supervise community-based investigations, field trips, visits by guest speakers, and other experiential activities; guide students in planning and preparing for, reflecting on, and learning from these activities.
- Lead students in designing and completing hands-on projects related to EIC and content-area curriculum.
- Establish and communicate clear objectives and expectations for all student activities.
- Participate in our EIC gallery walks and back to school nights.
- Collaborate with other teachers, administrators, and students.
- Lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development such as games, arts and crafts, music, and storytelling.
- Maintain an organized classroom in which students have access to learning materials.
- Use computers, audiovisual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
- Create a positive educational climate for students to learn in using the Responsive Classroom approach to classroom management.
- Implement our school wide positive behavior support plan.
- Manage student behavior in the classroom by abiding by the school code of conduct and following approved disciplinary processes and procedures.
- Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials in order to prevent injuries and damage.
- Participate in ongoing PD and training sessions.
- Confer with teachers, counselors, and administrators in order to resolve students behavioral and academic problems.
- Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops in order to maintain and improve professional competence.
- Attend staff meetings and serve on committees as required.
- Perform administrative duties such as assisting in school libraries, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and student arrival and dismissal.
- Strong student engagement, communication skills (verbal and written), interpersonal skills, and skills applying the principles of behavior.
Application Requirements
Please provide copies of:
- Cover letter
- Resume
- PA teaching certificate
- Three letters of reference
- Child Abuse clearance (Act 34)
- Criminal history background check and FBI criminal history clearance
For more information about our school please visit www.sevengenerationsschool.org.
SGCS is an equal employment opportunity employer and values diversity and equity. Individuals from diverse backgrounds and experience are strongly encouraged to apply.