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First Grade Crew Lead Teacher

Odyssey School of Denver

#Professional Development #Team Player #Full-Time #Classroom Management #Critical Thinking #Student Assessment #Social Responsibility #First Grade

Quick overview

Crew Lead teachers are responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting the educational program in alignment with EL Education principles, focusing on building school culture and ensuring equitable access to challenging curriculum for all students. Primary duties involve developing content-based literacy learning expeditions, planning engaging math and literacy instruction, utilizing effective assessment practices, and maintaining strong family communication.

Requirements summary

Candidates must be certified teachers with a minimum of two years of experience leading a classroom, demonstrating a commitment to outdoor education and adventure programming. Experience with EL curriculum or project-based learning is considered a plus.

TeamworkAssessmentFamily CommunicationClassroom ManagementProfessional DevelopmentCurriculum DesignInstructional PlanningEquity FocusLiteracy InstructionMath InstructionOutdoor EducationCharacter BuildingInquiry-Based ApproachesAdventure Programming

Job description

The Odyssey School of Denver is a diverse, K-8 Expeditionary Learning (EL) charter school.
We believe in teaching students how to learn through a focus on academic achievement, critical thinking, and social responsibility, preparing them for high school and beyond.
Our EL curriculum is supported by a robust outdoor Adventure program in which all students and staff participate.
Crew Lead teachers work with staff and students to design, implement, and support the educational program of the Odyssey School of Denver in a manner that is true to the principles of EL Education and the mission and vision of the school.
We are hiring one first grade crew lead.
Primary responsibilities include: Building Crew & Character Build school culture and foster character through practices that bring the community together, promote shared understanding, and encourage all community members to become crew, not passengers.
Ensure equity and have high expectations by creating and adapting structures to ensure that all students have access to comprehensive and challenging curriculum.
Learning Expeditions Design, develop, and document, content based literacy learning expeditions that use the EL Education Literacy curriculum as the backbone.
Core elements of the learning expedition framework include standards, compelling topics and understandings, guiding questions, fieldwork, high quality student work, service, assessment and documentation.
Planning, Instruction, & Assessment Develop compelling unit and daily lesson plans for crew, expedition and math and literacy.
Consistently use instructional practices that are engaging and promote equity and high expectations through reading and writing across the disciplines, utilizing inquiry-based approaches, and effective instructional practices that make rich content come alive, ensure all students think and participate, and allow the teacher to know all students and their thinking well.
Utilize effective assessment practices to analyze student work and evidence of student thinking to understand learning and to shape instruction.
Family Communication Make families welcome, know them well, engage them actively in the life of the school, and communicate regularly with them.
Make use of effective classroom management practices and communicate challenges and celebrations with parents.

First Grade Crew Lead Teacher

First Grade Crew Lead Teacher

Colorado classroom teacher demand remains steady

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