Substitute Teacher

Job Description:
Job Description:
5th & 6th Grade Reading Maternity Substitute
New Haven, CT
Start Date: October 6- End of December

Achievement First is a charter school management organization started in July 2003 by the leaders of Amistad Academy, a high performing charter school in New Haven, CT. A non-profit, 501 (c)(3) organization, Achievement First is creating a network of achievement-gap closing charter schools in Connecticut and New York. For more information about the Achievement First mission, model, our schools and team, please visit our website at www.achievementfirst.org.

Responsibilities of Achievement First School Teachers:
- Create a positive , achievement-oriented and structured learning environment with a high "joy-factor" so that students are excited about and invested in their academic excellence
- Continually sculpt instruction around the results of Achievement First's Interim Assessments
- Use data from the Interim Assessments to strategically inform instruction so that all students achieve dramatic gains
- Set and hold students to extremely high academic and behavioral standards
- Invest parents and families in their children's academic success and development of REACH values
- Work with coach , grade-level chair and the school team to constantly evaluate and improve mastery of instructional, culture building
- Enthusiastically participate in structured and informal learning and development opportunities
- Collaborate with colleagues to ensure a rigorous, joyful, and safe environment
- Assume responsibility for every single scholar's success by holding all students accountable during transitions, meals, trips, etc.

Requirements:
- Two years of urban teaching experience with a record of high student achievement
- Bachelors degree from a competitive college or university
- Connecticut State Certification

Only qualified applicants will be contacted.
Please apply at www.achievementfirst.org

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