Elementary Teacher

**ELEMENTARY CREW LEADER/TEACHER** **GENERAL INFORMATION:** Villa Bella Expeditionary (VBE) is a newer K-8th District 70 charter school. VBE uses the Expeditionary Learning/professional development curriculum and Illustrative Mathematics. VBE follows the District 70 calendar, but has required professional development at least one Friday a month. VBE seeks energetic, compassionate, hard-working individuals whose educational philosophies align with [EL Education](https://eleducation.org/). **REPORTS TO:** Executive Director **PRIMARY FUNCTION:** The teacher plays a leading role in the classroom as a learning facilitator, instructor, coach, mentor, and tutor. The teacher provides a personalized learning environment for all students that incorporates collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, technology, and communication to support meaningful learning targets aligned with the Colorado State Standards. The teacher provides a learning environment in which each student's achievement and growth are attained. **QUALIFICATIONS:** Certification: Colorado Educator License Education: Required - Bachelor's Degree **ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:** - Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and dispositions to meet all Colorado State Teacher Standards. - Support the planning and implementation of the VBE's strategic plan. - Design, implement, and assess learning experiences that utilize research-based, culturally relevant instructional practices, technology, and digital information resources to fully implement the VBE's curriculum. - Respond to student needs derived from the evaluation of student achievement data. - Collect and maintain student achievement data requested by the supervisor. - Embed effective instructional technology utilizing Apple TV, mobile devices, social, collaborative online communities, personalized learning software, web-based assessments, computer applications, and digital resources. - Apply knowledge to facilitate and communicate effective differentiated classroom practices and educational pedagogy appropriate to general education, English as a Second Language, and special education students. - Promote, support, and model the exploration of real-world issues and the solving of authentic problems. - Customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities. - Evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice regularly to effectively use existing and emerging instructional practices and resources to support student learning. - Reflect collaboratively with teachers regularly on research-based differentiated instructional practices, integration of information technology, and student achievement. - Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources. - Communicate effectively with parents through various methods and tools, including parent/teacher conferences, phone calls, e-mails, and meetings. - Demonstrate leadership by actively participating in building and district professional learning communities. - Maintain competency in information, technology, and media literacies by participating in online collaborative learning environments and professional learning activities. - Reflect on current competencies with an Expeditionary Learning curriculum, research-based instructional practices, and instructional technology to determine growth areas for personal and professional learning. - Maintain competency in research-based instructional practices, instructional technology, and information literacy standards by participating in appropriate professional learning activities (district professional learning, conferences, workshops, summer academic meetings) **OTHER PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:** Complete other duties as assigned, such as mandatory Friday professional development, after-school meeting…