School
Dekalb Preparatory Academy
Description
Our experiential curriculum intertwines sciences, humanities, and the arts to prepare children to shape our world. We believe in our responsibility to partner with parents, creating an ideal environment in which students will have the opportunity to:
- Strive for academic excellence
- Explore a diverse curriculum
- Prepare to succeed in a global environment
- Provide service to a growing community
- Participate in character education, developing a respect for others through exemplary mentorship
- Experience cooperative educational communities in all content areas from fine arts to technology
- Develop into lifelong learners
Job Description:
- Provides high quality mathematics instruction to individual students and small groups
- Uses data to provide instruction to students and to bring their skills to grade-level
- Collaborates with teachers, administration, and families to help identify best practices for individual and small groups of students
- Uses identified research-based interventions focuses specifically on individual student needs
- Maintains data-based documentation of continuous monitoring of student performance and progress
- Provides data to school teams and participates in decisions about student progress
- Communicates with teachers, administration, and families regarding student progress
- Assists with identifying students for placement in intervention groups
- Participates in meetings with teachers, administration, and families to discuss student placement and progress
- Provides diagnostic assessments for students as needed
- Provides input for program development
- Supports implementation of assessment tools and data management systems
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree with at least a 2.5 GPA required
Certifications:
- Minimum of PSC Level 4-Certification in Middle Grades (4-8) – Mathematics
- Three years of successful classroom teaching experience at the elementary level
- Demonstrates an understanding and use of equitable and culturally responsive practices
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
- Demonstrates an understanding and use of equitable and culturally responsive practices
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to apply instructional strategies on differentiation
- Strong organizational skills
- Knowledge of collaboration practices, team teaching practices, and special education
- Ability to collect data and make course placement recommendation for students
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with school administrators, staff, students, and families
How to Apply
Submit Resumes: hr@dekalbprepacademy.org
