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REPORTS TO: Principal or Principal's Designee

PURPOSE STATEMENT:

Teachers are needed to teach reading and writing skills in an afterschool program to students in grades 3 through 8 who may have experienced learning loss as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The afterschool program is geared towards students whose scores fell between the 30-50 percentile on standardized tests. This is a non-traditional afterschool program that will infuse the Hip Hop Music genre into its reading and writing program known as Flocabulary. In addition to reading and writing, teachers will incorporate College and Career Readiness (CCR) skills as well as Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) opportunities.

This afterschool program is funded by the Indiana Department of Education's Student Learning Recovery Program (SLRP) Grant. The Gary Alumni Pathway to Students (GAPS), a 501c3 organization, is the recipient of this two-grant and has partnered with the Gary Community School Corporation to implement the SLRP in all its elementary and middle schools.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Provide the following support:

Based upon the SY 2021 i-Ready, iLearn, and/or IEP data to identify students in grades 3 through 8 who need additional academic support in reading and writing;

Use the Flocabulary online learning curriculum to teach and reinforce reading and writing skills.

Use prescribed interventions for students to enhance their acquisition of social, emotional, cognitive, and college and career readiness skills;

Document students' progress on a weekly basis and provide bi-weekly progress reports;

Use Flocabulary instructional and program support tools with fidelity; and

Ensure aligned program supports according to the Indiana State Standards

2. Execute the following duties and responsibilities in collaboration with the student's assigned classroom teacher, counselor or other identified staff:

Meet and instruct identified students in the locations and at the times designated by the local school;

Collaborative with other grade-level teachers, school personnel and the Director for the project to

share best practices;

Use program assessments for progress monitoring purposes of student growth as required by the grant;

Facilitate the implementation of the CCR activities and SEL activities that will be integrated into the afterschool program in addition to the academic component that will focus primarily on reading and writing;

Establish and communicate to students, clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects;

Maintain accurate and correct records as required by law, GCSC policy, and administrative regulations;

Analyze program data and adjust instructional strategies, as needed, to maximize the probability of student success and attendance;

Teach students to work collaboratively to solve problems and to think logically and creatively; and

Build effective relationships with parents and students through regular communication and bi-weekly progress reports available to students, parents, and Project staff for education related purposes, e.g., open house, conferences, program-related activities.

3. Participate in professional growth and development through in-person and virtual training sessions and attendance at corporation-sponsored in-services.

4. Maintain a strong, regular personal attendance record.

5. Other duties assigned by supervisor in collaboration with Director of the Project.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's degree (minimum), three or more years of teaching experience preferred; but retired teachers, college students, and support personnel are welcome to apply.

CERTIFICATION: Not required.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability, both orally and in writing, to present information effectively and respond appropriately to questions and concerns from administrators, parents, students, and the general public.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to define problems, collect and analyze data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to use available information and develop realistic long-term and short-term plans for curricular goals.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to the instructional program. Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with students, staff, and parents through oral and written communication. Ability to perform duties with awareness of all corporation, state, and federal requirements. Ability to plan and implement lessons based on corporation and school objectives and student needs and abilities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak, stand, talk, walk, see, hear, (corrected or uncorrected), and sometimes, to sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to read small print.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level will vary depending on the daily activity.

The employee must often meet deadlines and must report to class and/or duty assignments on time.

The work environment includes inside and outside areas. The work environment includes exposure to sunlight; risk of being bitten by animals or insects; exposure to environmental allergens (grass, weeds, pollen, and trees) and occasional exposure to solvents, degreasers, pesticides, and/or herbicides. The employee may be exposed to CRT's. The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.