Criminal Justice Teacher- High School
Windsor Charter Academy
- Windsor, CO
- $43,650-71,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Demonstrate a commitment to:
- Understand, appreciate, and make accommodations for student diversity.
- Include and engage families in the student's education.
- Support all Windsor Charter Academy policies, procedures, and expectations.
- Provide personal and professional excellence.
- Actively participate in:
- Department, team, building meetings and discussions.
- Student and/or family conferences and other meetings.
- Social, cultural, interscholastic, and extracurricular activities.
- Professional growth opportunities.
- Collaborate:
- With teachers, support personnel, administrators, and colleagues to enhance instruction and improve student outcomes.
- With colleagues in team and building-based meetings and discussions.
- Create a classroom environment which maximizes instructional time, supervise the safety and well-being of students in the classroom and all educational settings.
- Administer appropriate discipline when necessary.
- Develop, plan, prepare, and implement:
- Course content, format, structure, and schedule.
- Individualized programs of instruction for students.
- Classroom materials and curriculum.
- Standards-based lesson plans and learning activities.
- Instruct students in large, small, and one-on-one settings.
- Design assessment tasks that allow students to demonstrate understanding in a variety of ways and use the data to give meaningful feedback and modify instruction.
- Serve as an advisor to a small group of students and actively work to develop a professional, respectful, and trusting relationship with advisees.
- Administer, edit, proofread, and grade students' assignments and assessments in a timely manner.
- Monitor student growth and progress, adapt support as needed, and maintain documentation pertinent to academic, social, and emotional progress and needs of students.
- Communicate students' progress, and needs with parents/guardians and other staff as needed.
- Complete before-school duty, after-school duty, and/or lunch duty.
- Attend work and arrive in a timely manner.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience instructing students in a classroom setting preferred
- Criminal background check required for hire
- Valid Colorado teacher license with appropriate endorsements preferred
- CPR and first aid training will be required at hire
- Possess the following skills:
- Oral and written communication skills
- Conflict resolution skills
- English language skills
- Math skills
- Interpersonal relations skills
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Maintain confidentiality in all aspects of the job.
- Work supportively with other teachers, staff, and administrators to provide an effective learning environment.
- Communicate with students, parents/guardians, staff, and community members.
- Be a part of and work with a team.
- Manage multiple priorities.
- Manage multiple tasks with frequent interruptions.
- Maintain honesty and integrity in all aspects of the job.
- Adhere to attendance requirements, including regular and punctual employee presence.
- Communicate, interact, and work effectively and cooperatively with people from diverse ethnic and educational backgrounds.
- Recognize the importance of safety in the workplace, follow safety rules, practice safe work habits, utilize appropriate safety equipment, and report unsafe conditions to the appropriate administrator.
- Personal computers, peripherals, and media equipment
- Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe, and/or other software packages
- Typical educational/instructional technology equipment and programs
- Typical office equipment