Position Type:
High School Teaching

Date Posted:
5/5/2021

Location:
Bassick High School

Date Available:
08/23/2021

Closing Date:
Open Until Filled

Bridgeport Public SCHOOLS
45 Lyon Terrace, Room 310
Bridgeport, CT 06604

2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR

HUMANITIES COORDINATOR
Bassick High School

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Under direction of the Principal or designee the Humanities Coordinator is responsible for providing instruction and instructional leadership across the subject areas of English/Language Arts, Social Studies/History and World Language.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Establishes and adjusts instructional goals and objectives, to reflect district/school goals, curriculum policies, and the knowledge, skills, progress, and needs of one's students.
• Designs lessons that provide opportunity for problem-solving, creativity, and communication skills in relation to authentic, real world problems.
• Establishes standards for behavior that embrace social emotional learning.
• Plans learning activities to address individual differences among students.
• Commits to on-going professional development in content area and pedagogy.
• Develops, administers, and evaluates quality formative and summative assessments that reflect a balance of content knowledge and problem-solving skills.
• Monitors and evaluates students' progress in relation to planned goals and objectives.
• Involves parents in the assessment of their children's progress and needs.
• Provide instructional feedback and peer support to Humanities teachers
• Facilitate PLC's and monitoring of student learning (attendance, academic, behavior)
• Planning, developing, implementing and monitoring the reading/language arts, social studies/history and world language programs, as well as assisting in the coordination of relevant staff development and professional learning activities.
• Provide support and leadership for the development of interdisciplinary learning units.
• Align humanities instruction with the broader school-wide curriculum and career pathways
• Serve as part of school's leadership team.
• Serve as school testing coordinator
• Model effective, research based instructional practices for staff
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Required certification: English (015) or a literacy/reading (097 / 102) or Social Studies (026) and Educational leadership (092) is preferred
• Five years' successful teaching experience in an urban setting preferred
• Proficient in the use of educational technology
• Excellent oral and written communication and human relations skills

Salary will be in accordance with the BEA contract salary schedule.

Qualified candidates who wish to apply should access the Bridgeport Public Schools' Website:
https://www.applitrack.com/bridgeport/onlineapp

It is the policy of the Bridgeport Board of Education not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, present or past mental disorder, mental retardation, or learning ability, in any of its education programs, activities, or employment practices.

"The Bridgeport Board of Education is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer."