<p>Job Responsibilities</p> <p>Values, Expectations, and Commitment - Teachers must commit themselves to their school's values and mission. Moreover, appreciating the example of excellent schools which succeed at helping all students achieve at a high level, teachers must hold high expectations for each student and commit themselves to helping every student achieve their full potential.</p> <p>Student Learning - Every teacher must accept ultimate responsibility for his or her students achieving learning progress that meets or exceeds their school's high standards and must actively develop solutions to problems, reaching out for peer and leader support, and taking advantage of other school resources, as necessary.</p> <p>Teaching and Assessment - Teachers may make use of school-provided curricular materials, or they may design their own, but they must plan and deliver vibrant and engaging lessons - each with a measurable goal - within the framework of the school's carefully sequenced, standards-aligned education program. In addition, to effectively target instruction and to ensure that students are scheduled for extra help when needed, teachers must make use of the school's highly effective formative assessments.</p> <p>Culture and Classroom Management - Teachers must communicate, and also model for their students, behaviors which befit the high expectations culture and the caring school climate to which we are committed. They must apply school and classroom rules consistently and effectively; make use of preventive discipline; and effectively supervise students both in their classroom and elsewhere on school grounds.</p> <p>Teamwork, Professional Relations, and Professional Development -Teachers should see themselves as members of a team and should commit themselves to their own and to their peers' on-going professional development. Teachers will be required to attend professional development sessions, to participate actively in planning meetings, and to become part of a professional learning community where they can lend assistance to, and gain assistance from, their grade-level peers</p> <p>Special Needs Students and English Language Learners - Teachers must work collaboratively with the school's special education and ELL staff to implement the school's special education and ELL programs and to comply with all state and federal regulations</p> <p>Reporting and Staff Relationships</p> <p>Teachers will report to the Dean of their Academy, who will provide considerable supervision and assistance, supported by the Dean of Curriculum and Instruction, the Dean of Students and the Head Teachers of each grade level or specialty area.</p> <p>Teachers will be part of a school-wide team that includes many different professionals, but should expect to work particularly closely with their grade-level peers, with whom they will be engaged within professional learning communities, assisting one another to solve problems.</p>