High School Teacher

The mission of Liguori Academy is to prepare future leaders through individualized learning in a community that offers Boundless opportunities.

Liguori Academy is seeking adynamic and passionate educators in all academic subjects, social workers and individuals with experience in Youth Work Ready programming. We create a work culture where creative ideas are valued. Candidates who seek opportunities to explore innovative academic methods, position themselves as thought leaders and value an environment strongly rooted in helping students develop 21st century tool kits to be prepared to go from school to career are encouraged to apply.

Our data driven approach has a proven track record in students consistently achieving results. We prepare our students to graduate college and career ready and place an emphasis on helping students earn work ready certifications and post-secondary credits while still in high school. Our students graduate 'Liguori Ready'.

The Liguori Academy Teacher will be responsible for the successful completion of the following tasks:

Complete and submit weekly lessons plans that reflect behavioral objects, employ high level thinking, and utilize various assessments that challenge students on all levels of critical and creative thinking.

Complete all grading, create progress reports, and conduct parent conferences in a timely manner.

Provide customized instruction for all students through the cloud based curriculum.

Utilize various assessments, especially mandatory quarterly projects that reflect relevance and rigor.

Continuously evaluate the interventions for students in order to determine their effectiveness and adjust as needed. Documented in SIS

Utilize SIS to record all lesson plans, student assessments, teacher/student interventions, student attendance, student behavior and parent/guardian interventions.

Actively participate in weekly data meetings to discuss student growth and concerns.

Monitor student progress and use data to shape student interventions and teacher instruction.

Participate in teacher service period or after school service/activity that best reflect teacher’s interest.

Monitor student’s progress in the main space by following data from cloud based curriculum dashboard.

Review curriculum and devise alternate approaches to presenting lessons to increase student understanding (working directly with students and parents).

Communicate with parents, students, and other teachers on a regular basis to develop and update personal learning plans and schedules, score assessments, provide feedback on student work, suggest instructional approaches and strategies, monitor completion of assignments and coach special projects.

Work collaboratively with other teachers to ensure that all students are successfully progressing through the program, that parents have a central point of contact, and that tasks are distributed among the teachers.

Develop a general knowledge of the entire curriculum and a very detailed knowledge of the courses for which responsible.

Work with other teachers to coordinate social activities and relevant field trips for students.

Attend field trips and other community activities implemented for families and stakeholders

Protect student records, information, and verbal communication per state and federal regulations

Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Highly qualified and certified to teach in Pennsylvania (appropriate to grade level and content area responsibilities) Certification is required for core, academic subjects such as mathematics, science, ELA, Social Studies and Foreign Language.

Strong technology skills (especially with Microsoft OS and MS Office programs)

Excellent communication skills, both oral and written

Customer focused approach

High degree of flexibility

Highly organized

Demonstrated ability to work well in fast paced environment

Team player track record

Additional responsibilities as needed