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PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS: Character, personality, and proper social capability to relate effectively with staff, students, and community. Demonstrated ability to work with a wide variety of community groups and organizations. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF POSITION: • Provide continual assessment of student progress and maintain appropriate documentation and records • Provide an effective environment that reflects and facilitates the academic program • Provide peer assistance to fellow teachers • Continue to work on professional growth • Have at least basic experience with educational technology • Actively strive for continuous and open communication with parents and community members • Maintain regular, punctual attendance Applicants to teach in our program will be evaluated based on the following qualifications: • Appropriate subject area/grade level credentials. • Demonstrated expertise in subject area and the ability to communicate the appropriate knowledge to each student. • Knowledge and experience with standards-based instruction: ability to align curriculum and standards and willingness to adopt grading practices that can be used in standards-based grading. • Knowledge of assessment strategies and the ability to use data to drive their teaching and ensure continuous improvement of student learning. • Ability to effectively use a broad range of instructional strategies, including providing a guaranteed curriculum, challenging goals and effective feedback, differentiated instruction, and back mapping, among others. • Demonstrated competence using advanced technology as a learning tool: willing and able to integrate technology into teaching and student learning. • Outstanding classroom management skills. • Willingness to work as a vital part of the JLPAA team to ensure continuous improvement for students, staff and JLPAA community as a whole. • Willingness and ability to work with students and parents on an ongoing basis to ensure student success. • Love of students, enthusiasm for teaching, the belief that each student can and will succeed and the willingness to do what it takes to make that happen. • Desire and ability to engage in continuing education, staff development and skill upgrading. • Positive references from most recent employment and/or college or graduate school. NOTE: AT WILL EMPLOYMENT JLPAA will ensure that all legal qualification requirements will be met for teachers, staff, paraprofessionals and other administrative employees of the school. Each certificated employee at JLPAA will meet the state licensing requirements for the position that he/she holds. All teachers and staff will be “at-will” employees, in accordance with California law, meaning that the employment relationship can be severed by either party at any time, with or without cause. As per the school charter, all employment with Julia Lee Performing Arts Academy is considered at will. This means that both employees and Julia Lee Performing Arts Academy have the right to terminate employment at any time, with or without advance notice, and with or without cause. Julia Lee Performing Arts Academy is an equal opportunity employer. Recruitment, hiring, and promotion of individuals in all job classifications will be conducted without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, uniform service member and veteran status, marital status, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, disability or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable laws, except where bona fide occupational qualifications exist.