The PE Collaborator encourages all leaders to develop lifelong habits of healthy physical activity. PE Collaborator implements an instructional program that fosters learning and growth, creates a supportive learning environment that enables acquisition of skills and knowledge, and guides leaders toward reaching their academic, social, intellectual and physical potential. Overall Staff Responsibilities: Share responsibility with a team of colleagues and parents to honor the mission: Actively anti-racist – confronting bias in all of its forms, Education for social justice – acknowledging history and studying the present to make informed decisions regarding a more equitable future, Pervasive – Examining practices in all levels of school culture and organization, Personal –Beginning with the necessary consideration of self as a cultural being, Critical Pedagogy – Pursuing multiple perspectives, anticipating contradictions and challenging assumptions, Empowering – Providing children the ego strength to challenge racist societal views, Helping children think deeply about themselves and others.
Core Position Responsibilities: Create a learning environment designed to build skill, confidence and a positive cultural and academic identity Research, implement and align curriculum, instructional strategies, and student assessment to the Common Core Develop and track standards, growth and learning goals for each student including use of baseline and progression data, identifying strategies, measures and evidence of progress standards Responsible for planning for and orchestrating academic, social, emotional and cultural identity growth outcomes Collaborate with Science Collaborator and instructional staff to schedule lessons serving all KairosPDX students Collaborate with Science Collaborator to design and implement specific lessons for Community Action Sessions CAS Stay current with new content and information in a rapidly changing environment Hold student outcomes, aspirations, and involvement at the center of plans aimed to increase student growth and achievement Teach and manage a classroom with approximately 20-40 students Discipline students in a fair and consistent manner, using clear routines and expectations as well as school approved behavior support techniques Interpret, plan and work toward the goals of the learning community Plan and prepare the environment for the academic and non-academic needs of students Assess for progress in the academic, social, emotional and cultural domains of student development; Align curriculum, instructional strategies, and student assessment to the Common Core Document and maintain educational records for each student in the classroom Utilize data to inform instruction Work with a team of colleagues and families to provide a nurturing and positive climate that encourages student responsibility and intrinsic motivation Plans lessons based on grade-level standards that are meaningful and differentiated to meet student needs, that are relevantly linked beyond the task-at-hand, and that help all students learn and apply transferable knowledge and skills. Communicates with care, respect, proactivity and professionalism to students, parents, colleagues, and all school personnel. Communicates, both verbally and in writing, in a manner that builds and enhances powerful relationships with students, their families, and members of the school community Plans lessons that are intentionally linked to other lessons (previous and future) in support of students meeting standards. Provides students with measurable learning targets with clear criteria for success. Assigns students understandable and relevant performance tasks to provide concrete evidence of student learning. Develops teaching points based on students’ learning needs (academic background, life experiences, culture, and language) in relation to the learning target(s) Enables students to take ownership of their own learning such that they build the capacity to develop, test, and refine their thinking. Engage students with strategies, capitalizing and building upon students’ academic background, life experiences, culture and language, and which support rigorous and culturally relevant learning.
Additional Responsibilities: Attend several KairosPDX staff and family events Participate in professional development to facilitate the growth of each student, staff member and the organization overall Participate in continuous improvement practices including observations, reflections and collaborations Participate in all staff, department and team meetings and seminars Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change with or without notice Perform other related duties as needed and assigned.
Salary and Benefits: Salary: Dependent on qualifications, ranging from $54,571- $107,686. Benefits include: Up to nine weeks of school closure breaks, paid sick/personal leave days, paid holidays, participation in Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), employer contribution for health insurance, professional development opportunities
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