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SAN DIEGO WORKFORCE INNOVATION HIGH SCHOOL 

Full-Time, Monday - Friday

COMPENSATION:

The position has a stipend amount of $5,000/year and is subject to review annually.

Help Us Change Lives

We live by the motto that “There is a Student in Front of Everything We Do” and we are very passionate about it. Do you have a passion to work with students? If so, then this is an exciting opportunity for you! You’ll have the opportunity to work with a diverse group of students supporting their growth and development. Remember the person who made a difference in your life? Now it’s your turn.

Learn more about us at https://learn4life.org/

How You Will Make an Impact

• Attend leadership team meetings as scheduled
• Participate in departmental meetings as directed
• Submit regular updates & reports to administration
• Maintain strong communication with staff and families as appropriate
• Deliver new student orientation program
• Facilitate the onboarding of new students and the student retention program
• Contribute to efforts aimed at team building and creating a positive school climate
• Collaborate and share best practices with other L4L centers
• Create new student Learning Success Profiles
• Assorted duties as assigned by the site supervisor, Learning Center Coordinator, Assistant Principal, or Principal
• Maintain a student caseload based on site enrollment needs
• Administrative duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or changed from time to time

RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES: This list is illustrative only and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of tasks performed by this classification. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Lead Teachers will specialize in one or more of the following areas but will be expected to contribute across areas as needed.

Teacher Support:

• Lead New Teacher Training:
  • Serve as main point of contact for new teachers
  • Serve as partner to new teachers and ensure they have designated ongoing mentor teacher
• Provide support to all teachers in the following areas: curriculum, instructional strategies, Response to Intervention, Academic Plans, PLS & Learning Success
• Assist Supervising teachers with new student start up
• Coordinate Student Study Team
• Assist and train teachers and tutors on the use of required and supplemental technology as needed in the delivery of instruction
• Train new tutors
• Facilitate the Student Success Class and Computer Literacy class between student and supervising teacher

Parent Support and Events:

• Coordinate events such as Open House, Back to School, Science Fairs, Parent Meet Ups, etc.
• Assist in development of community awareness and partnerships
• Assist in development, coordination and implementation of Parent Workshops
• Coordinate and create monthly parent newsletter
• Coordinate field trip planning
• Assist in creation and approval of flyers for events

Testing:

• Assist site testing coordinator with State Standardized Testing (CAHSEE, Smarter Balanced)
• Coordinate new student Let's Go Learn assessment and Learning Style inventories
• Monitor and Support Benchmark Assessments:
  • Facilitate implementations of periodic assessments;
  • Support teachers in score interpretation and targeted interventions

Curriculum:

• Participate in Curriculum Development and Improvement Efforts:
  • Attend curriculum council and committee meetings
  • Participate in development of new courses
  • Provide evaluation of textbooks and supplemental materials
  • Evaluate new courses for effectiveness
  • Participate in development of curricular assessments and periodic assessments
  • Use data to inform instructional strategies and courses that target intervention

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, ETC:

• CA credentialed teacher - Single subject or multiple subject

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE DESIRED:

• Concurrent employment as teacher in same school
• English Learner Authorization required

TRAVEL: Ability to travel in performance of job duties is required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Mental Demands: high workflow management, high project coordination
• Finger Dexterity: using primarily just the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects, or pinching fingers together
• Talking: especially where one must convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly
• Average Hearing: able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information
• Average Visual Abilities: ordinary acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or operate machinery
• Physical Strength: sedentary work. Sitting most of the time, and occasionally exerts up to 10 lbs. of force (almost all office jobs)
• Frequent multi-tasking, changing of task priorities, repetitious exacting work required
• Working in a noisy, distracting environment with frequent deadline pressures