2026-2027 K-8th Grade SpEd Teacher- Gentilly
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New Orleans
Job Description Title: Teacher Purpose of Position: To provide an engaging, enriching and high quality educational experience for students Employment Status: Full-time Reporting Reports to: Principal Location: Assigned campus Essential Functions: Demonstrate Knowledge of Content and Pedagogy • Create lesson and unit plans that support instructional outcomes and reflect important concepts in the discipline, • Create lesson and unit plans that accommodate prerequisite relationships among concepts and skills, • Provide clear and accurate classroom explanations, • Provide accurate answers to students’ questions, • Provide feedback to students that furthers learning, • Work with colleagues to assure interdisciplinary connections are planned and practiced, • Ensure educational outcomes are of a challenging cognitive level, central to the discipline, allow student choice, use varied resources, allow for thoughtfully planned learning groups and interdisciplinary in nature, • Ensure alignment of outcomes, activities and skills, • Ensure assessments adequately measure student mastery of presented content, • Plan and implement instructional outcomes which allow differentiation for students of varied abilities, • Implementation of French and Louisiana State Standards lesson planning and common assessment as applicable, • Collaborative work with teachers and staff, participation in PLCs (and “conseils de cycle” as applicable), • Respond promptly to telephone and email inquiries from families, teachers and administrators., • Perform other duties as assigned., • Comply with expectations in the French accredited program (as applicable), • Comply with accommodations for students with exceptionalities, • Comply with all requirements of the LDOE teacher evaluation system. Create an Environment of Respect and Rapport, • Encourage and model respectful talk, active listening and turn taking, • Acknowledge students’ backgrounds and lives outside of the classroom, • Exhibit body language indicative of warmth and caring to students, • Encourage and model politeness and support for all community members, • Encourage and model fairness in all interactionsEstablish a Culture for Learning, • Encourage high expectations, supported through both verbal and nonverbal behaviors, for both learning and participation, • Encourage and recognize effort and persistence on the parts of students, • Create a culture that promotes high expectations for expression and work products, • Establish smooth functioning classroom routines with little or no loss of instructional time, • Create classroom routines where students play an important role in carrying them outUtilize Effective Instructional Strategies, • Create learning tasks and pose questions of high cognitive challenge which have been formulated by both students and the teacher, • Create and pose questions with multiple correct answers or approaches, even when there is a single correct response, • Plan, prepare, and deliver effectively paced lessons that are aligned with state standards and school curriculum., • Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners, including students with IEPs or 504 plans., • Utilize formative and summative assessments to monitor and improve student performance., • Effectively utilize student responses and ideas, • Facilitate and encourage high levels of student participation in student led discussion, • Encourage and support student enthusiasm, interest, thinking, problem solving, etc., • Create an environment where students are actively “working” rather than watching while their teacher “works”, • Gathers and uses evidence of student understanding to information instruction and remediation, • Assists students in assessing their own work against established criteria Display Professionalism and Commitment to the Audubon Community, • Reflect and refine instruction based on feedback from others and self-reflection, • Create systems and routines that track student metrics to improve both academic and socio-emotional outcomes, • Maintain accurate documentation of student progress, • Comply by the school’s grading guidance and procedures, • Respect timeline for grades input for progress reports and report cards, • Maintain regular and effective communications with families regarding the program and student progress, • Regularly work with colleagues to share and plan for student success, • Participate in professional development opportunities that emphasize improving practice, • Regularly participate in or initiate school activities which further the mission of the school, • Complies with all school policies and proceduresOther Duties as Assigned:, • Perform additional tasks as assigned by the principal or other supervisors, including but not limited to:, • Supporting during or after-school activities., • Assisting with school-wide events or initiatives., • Providing coverage for other staff as needed., • The Teacher role is exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and responsibilities may occasionally extend beyond regular school hours. REQUIRED • Bachelor’s degree required, • Master’s degree in education or related field, • Certification in multiple instructional areas jYxsYryVP0