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School Support Substitute Teacher (In-House)

Reports to: Principal

Classification: Certificated

Job Status: Full Time/Exempt

School Year Employee

Start Date: August 2024

Location: Seattle, WA

ABOUT RAINIER VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY:

Rainier Valley Leadership Academy is a public, tuition-free, charter school, providing an anti-racist collaborative community and rigorous education while providing access to civic leadership and college success for all scholars in Seattle. RVLA will serve grades 6-12 in the Seattle Community. We respect and celebrate the wealth and vitality of the ethnic and cultural traditions that thrive in our neighborhood. Our mission is to put every child on the path to success in college and career, leadership, and life.

We integrate college and career-ready and hands-on instruction to expose all scholars to various authentic experiences. Our teachers use a data-driven collection to meet scholar needs and differentiation. We use common planning and collaborative team time to analyze data to inform instruction. We provide a teacher mentor for every scholar and focus on personalized learning.

RVLA boasts a highly qualified and diverse faculty and staff that not only have excellent educational credentials but also bring to the school community many years of dedication to scholar success and passion for our mission. Our small school community allows adults to know each other and every scholar by name, strength, and need. We pride ourselves on building and maintaining close relationships with each other, our community, scholars, and families.

OPPORTUNITY:

We are seeking a mission-aligned School Support/In-house Substitute Teacher to join the growing team at Rainier Valley Leadership Academy to serve scholars in Kindergarten and 6th-12th grades. Our ideal candidate is scholar-focused and utilizes innovative, data-driven, anti-racist instructional practices to engage, connect, and build relationships with scholars and their families to foster educational success. We are looking for an individual who is a unicorn and looks forward to having something different to do daily. Someone passionate about having a long-term commitment to joining the RVLA community and wants to help build a community-centered school driven to dismantle systemic oppression through the unit of the school.

To learn more about what it's like to work at RVLA, please visit: myrvla.org

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Report directly to the Principal with any issues, concerns, or questions about job-related duties
• Ensure administration is aware of any changes within the scope of your daily activities before your participation
• Arrive to the building no later than 8 am
• Participate in Circle Group activities
• Effectively instruct scholars in their content area as prescribed by college-ready, state, and RVLA academic content standards
• Utilize direct instruction, demonstration, audio-visual aids, and other materials to supplement presentations with the overall goal of engaging scholar learning
• May teach a mentor group focused on social/emotional skill-building, college, and career
• Maintain effective supervision and discipline in the classroom
• Attend faculty and professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence
• Serve on school pillar committees to forward the organizational mission
• Work as part of the interdisciplinary team and within content areas planning and aligning curricula to ensure that instruction follows curriculum guidelines or requirements of state and school
• Create and implement scholar intervention plans when necessary
• Maintain the school's scholar management policies and procedures (i.e., attendance records, dress code, etc.) and report to the school administrators when necessary
• Work with other teachers and administrators to address and resolve scholar issues
• Provide necessary accommodations and modifications for the growth and success of all scholars
• Lead and participate in scholar activities such as: sponsoring scholar activities or organizations, coaching a team, working with parents and the community as part of a committee or group, providing morning or after-school supervision, and chaperoning scholar events.
• Abide by all state and federal mandates in reporting sexual or physical abuse and neglect.
• Conduct special projects and duties when not supporting classes of primary teaching responsibility as assigned.
• Participate in other events aimed at promoting or developing Rainier Valley Leadership Academy (i.e., scholar recruitment)

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree (required)
• Valid Washington State Teaching Certificate Experience teaching their content at the middle or high school level
• Knowledge of and experience with Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
• Experience designing curricula and assessments (
• Can articulate a clear, compelling vision for strong content instruction
• Excellent collaborative and organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Growth mindset and love of learning
• A strong ethical base and self-awareness
• Relentless commitment to high standards for high-quality execution
• Passionate with a strong sense of personal responsibility toward achieving ambitious goals
• Strong sense of integrity, ethics, and drive to achieve and grow
• Humility, sense of humor, and rock-solid commitment to RVLA's mission and the Southeast Seattle community
• Must be able to multitask and function in a high-energy environment
• Must be able to pass fingerprint & background check
• Official College Transcripts

This employer strives for a balanced, productive workforce, which is diverse in age, gender, and cultural identity. We do not base hiring or promotional decisions on factors other than performance and professional growth potential.

Compensation and current Roles Available:

Title | School Support/In-house Substitute Teacher

Compensation Rate | $64,870 - $105,282

Status | FT

FTE Equivalent | 1.0

Estimated Weekly Hours | 40

Benefit Eligibility | Yes

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

If interested in this position, please visit www.myrvla.org/careers to view all open positions and apply.

RVLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and strives for a balanced, productive workforce, which is diverse in terms of age, gender, and cultural identity. We do not base hiring or promotional decisions on factors other than performance and professional growth potential.

Please note that we are unable to sponsor H-1B Visa applicants.