Position Summary
Plan and deliver daily ELA instruction for two classes at the same grade level (as assigned, 5th - 8th grade). Also responsible for providing daily supervision and support for one class during recreation, recess, lunch, and dismissal.
Principal Duties & Responsibilities
- Lead ELA teacher for one grade level; two classes of students daily.
- Plan and implement ELA instruction.ย
- Build strong and mutually respectful relationships with students and their families based on open communication and collaboration, including weekly communications with families on ParentSquare and on the phone.
- Facilitate and sustain an emotionally safe and trauma-informed classroom and program environment.
- Maintain professional boundaries and mutually respectful relationships with colleagues, supervisors, and community partners with the foundation of open communication, respect, and collaboration.
- Work with admin staff and colleagues to develop and implement instruction, and provide meaningful feedback to learners.
- Work in collaboration with a team consisting of a math teacher, grade level paraprofessionals, classroom coaches, SEL team, and volunteers.ย
- Live/actualize the HSHU community values.ย
- Attend all training, professional learning, clean up, onboarding, programming, and community events.
- Collect and input all required metrics, data, and surveys by assigned dates.
- Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, & Other Attributes
- Minimum 2-4 years of classroom experience teaching ELA
- Strong background in implementing structured literacy
- Strong understanding of ELA assessment at different developmental ages/stages
- Experience working with a wide range of abilities and differentiating learning to meet the needs of all students
- Experience teaching social-emotional learning and mentoring
- Experience building community in middle school classrooms
- Strong commitment to the Horizons SHU mission
- Experience with project-based learning preferred
- Effective oral and communication skills
- Experience using technology to enhance instruction
- Demonstrated skills and abilities to mentor and coach classroom staff
Unusual Working Conditions
This is a seasonal summer program position. Staff are required to attend all training, professional learning, onboarding, programming, community events, and clean-up/reporting days.ย
This is a full-day position.ย
- Training Days generally run 8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.ย
- Program days areย 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Dates of Program:
- Training week: 6/22 through 6/26/26
- Program Days: 6/29 through 8/7/26
- Clean-up & Reporting Days: 8/10 & 8/11/26