<p>Job Description:</p> <p>Since 1966, the Capitol Region Education Council (CREC) has been dedicated to providing innovative, high-quality, and cost-effective educational programs and services to meet the diverse needs of children and adults in Greater Hartford. Serving 33 member districts and reaching additional communities statewide, CREC supports approximately 12,000 students annually through more than 120 educational programs. Our offerings include professional learning and coaching for educators, specialized programming for students with diverse needs, and PreK-12 education across 16 interdistrict magnet schools. Additionally, CREC provides school construction, operations, and cooperative business services, while also delivering programs that help adults build real, job-ready skills.</p> <p>Duties/Responsibilities</p> <ul> <li>Develop and administer curriculum consistent with district goals and objectives. </li><li>Promote a classroom environment that is safe and conducive to individualized and small-group instruction, and student learning. </li><li>Develops lesson plans and instructional materials for English, and translates lesson plans into learning experiences to develop pertinent sequential assignments, challenge students, and best utilize the available time for instruction. </li></ul> <p>COMPETENCIES:</p> <p>Intrapersonal Competencies:</p> <ul> <li>Demonstrate a dedication to all learners - especially those historically marginalized. </li><li>Demonstrate commitment to lifelong professional learning and growth. </li></ul> <p>Interpersonal Competencies:</p> <ul> <li>Design, strengthen, and participate in positive learning environments (i.e., school and classroom culture) that support individual and collaborative learning. </li><li>Build strong relationships with students, peers, families, and learning community members that contribute to individual and collective success. </li></ul> <p>Cognitive Competencies:</p> <ul> <li>Utilize in-depth understanding of content and learning progressions to engage learners and lead individual learners toward mastery. </li><li>Demonstrate awareness of and employ culturally responsive teaching (CRT) to center students' diversity as a strength and asset in their learning journey. </li><li>Employ techniques for developing students' skills of metacognition, self-regulation, and perseverance. </li></ul> <p>Instructional Competencies:</p> <ul> <li>Personalize learning experiences through assessments, supports, progressions, relationships, and technology. </li><li>Develop student agency, ownership, self-advocacy, and effective communication skills with regard to learning. </li><li>Uses technology in the service of learning and completing professional responsibilities (e.g., various learning platforms, gradebook, Google Suite, and Microsoft Office). </li></ul> <p>English Language Arts teaching competencies:</p> <ul> <li>Deep understanding of CT Common Core Standards for reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language. </li><li>Familiarity with recent research in reading and writing acquisition. </li><li>Ability to design and implement engaging, standards-aligned lesson plans. </li><li>Designs and implements assignments, assessments, and rubrics that align with standards-based grading (SBG) to accurately measure and provide feedback on student proficiency on learning objectives. </li></ul> <p>QUALIFICATIONS:</p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's Degree (BA) from four-year college or university in education discipline applicable to teaching assignment. </li><li>English 7-12: 015 certification </li></ul> <p>WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?</p> <ul> <li>Group Health Insurance Plans </li><li>Basic & Supplemental Life Insurance </li><li>Long Term Disability & Short Term Disability options </li><li>403(b) Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Matching Contribution if applicable </li><li>Flexible Spending Account Pre-Tax Savings for Health Care, Dependent Care, and Limited Purpose Post Deductible (if contributing to an HSA) </li><li>Comprehensive benefit time package </li><li>Employee Assistance Program </li><li>Bereavement time & Religious Holidays </li></ul> <p>To access the job description and salary range document, please click https://www.crec.org/careers/jobs.php</p> <p>JOB ID#13824 CREC: External Job Opportunities | Careers | Hartford, Connecticut</p>