Job Summary

The English teacher works closely with the Instructional Leadership Team to strategically plan integrated units, assessments, and implement a comprehensive improvement plan to increase student achievement. The teacher is responsible for planning and delivering instruction to students as well as providing intervention services to smaller groups of students to meet their individual needs. The English teacher will hold students to high standards of achievement, while also supporting and differentiating as needed to enable students to achieve success at higher levels.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Teach courses within area of expertise that aligns with Alabama English Standards.
• Implement Honors and AP Level curriculum, instruction, and assessment; collaborate with principal, instructional leadership team, and teachers to review and revise as necessary.
• In collaboration with the leadership team, identify academic priorities, and set measurable goals to achieve priorities and monitor progress towards goals.
• Collaborate with Instructional Team to make instructional, curriculum, and assessment decisions that are strategic, intentional, and grounded in data.
• Instruct students using a variety of effective teaching strategies such as gradual release, scaffolding, differentiation, and small group instruction.
• Assess students' progress using daily formative assessments, weekly/bi-weekly assessments, and quarterly benchmarks.
• Use assessment data to provide real-time feedback during classroom instruction.
• Communicate effectively and build positive relationships with students, parents, staff members, and other stakeholders.
• Work with Instructional Team to refine and develop assessments (quarterly, mid-year, and end of year) for each grade level.
• Work with various teams (administrators, teachers, staff) to facilitate analysis of data provided by diagnostics, common assessments, and formative assessments.