TEACHER, SECONDARY (MIDDLE)- SCIENCE, 6TH-8TH GRADES

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DENVER GREEN SCHOOL

Northeast

Innovation 187 work days per year- DCTA

Innovation School - Please ensure you review Innovation Plan to understand terms and conditions of employment prior to applying. Innovation Plan is available at: http://portfolio.dpsk12.org/our-schools/innovation-schools/innovation-schools-of-dps/

FTE: 1.0

Salary: See DCTA Teacher Salary Schedule at http://careers.dpsk12.org/teachercomp/compensation-your-first-year/.

Subjects and Grades:

*Grade 06 - Sixth
*Grade 07 - Seventh
*Grade 08 - Eighth
*Science

Essential Functions and Objectives:

-The Middle School Teacher teaches specific grade level subject matter to a diverse middle school student population, following DPS standards-based curriculum. Helps all students develop competence and confidence simultaneously through a balance of acquiring basic skills and developing conceptual understanding. Monitors, supervises, coordinates and enforces rule of conduct and behavior for assigned students, and reinforces positive student behaviors in accordance with school and District policy. Observes, evaluates, reports and records students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health. Communicates with parents or guardians, teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.

Knowledge, Experience, & Other Qualifications:

Must possess a current Colorado Department of Education Teachers License with appropriate endorsement.

-Provides instruction in Science following DPS standards-based curriculum.

Qualifications:

Please enter all of your education, licensure, and endorsements on your profile before submitting an application for this position. Candidates without a complete profile will not be considered. If your teaching license is pending, you are eligible to apply.

Education equivalent experience:
Bachelor's degree in Education.

A t least one of the following types of licensure is required:

If your teaching license is pending, you are eligible to apply.

*Teacher: Initial Teacher License
*Teacher: Professional Teacher License
*Teacher: Alternative Teacher License (One Year)
*Teacher: Alternative Teacher License (Two Year)

At least one of the following endorsements or certifications is required in each subject area for this position:

*Science - 36 Hours
*Science - Degree
*Science - Endorsement
*Science - National Board Certification
*Science - Place/Praxis

Other information:

Applicants,

Thanks for your interest in Denver Green School. We truly feel like this is the best school and best staff in all of Denver. This document is designed to give you all you need to know for hiring. This first page is general information about our school & each individual position is listed below. What is the Denver Green School? DGS is an ECE-8 Innovation School and part of the first Innovation Zone in Denver Public Schools.

The school serves the diverse southeast Denver neighborhood and has students representing 30 different countries. As an Innovation school, DGS has worked to build our own curriculum, implement 1/2 day Friday professional development and use a collaborative leadership model where every teacher receives coaching and feedback on a regular basis.

DGS instructs all of the common core standards, and devotes significant time for students to learn these standards during interdisciplinary project-based learning units. These units are also planned with the intention of preparing students to be problem solvers for a more sustainable future.

We are looking for passionate teachers to be part of a dynamic staff who can deliver engaging instruction that our students need to succeed.

What can you expect as a teacher at DGS: to develop leadership capacity by participating in the school's leadership model to work with a wide array of students in the diverse southeast Denver neighborhood to be pushed to improve your professional craft by engaging in weekly observation and feedback from your coach, weekly data teams instructional methods & data and ongoing PD to collaborate with colleagues in horizontal and vertical teams to effectively plan on how to improve instructional practices.

What DGS can expect from you: passion for the growth of ALL students and advanced understanding of content area use of data to progress monitor the growth of students for high achievement implementation the backward planning process to create engaging and relevant units dedication to build lessons and units that educate students to live a sustainable life collegiality and teamwork to succeed in an dynamic environment.

Description: Middle School Science Teacher Our middle school science teacher's primary responsibility will be to instruct two 8th grade classes science each day. Additionally, our science teacher will teach one hour of 6th grade science and one hour of 7th grade science Monday-Thursday.

Within this model, we expect students to develop analysis skills consistent with scientific thinking and the writing and oral expressions skills necessary to explain their findings. We have opted into Amplify Science to provide strong curricular resources, but we have complete trust in our teachers modifying and developing content as they see fit.

Our current schedule has 2:15 of planning Monday-Thursday and 4 hours on Friday. In a school that is passionate about sustainability and relevant learning, science is a critical backbone for how we think.

We aspire to have students wonder about the world they live in and have the skills to follow this curiosity.

Qualifications: Current Colorado Department of Education Teachers License with endorsement in Science or Qualify for Alternative Licensure (take Praxis test).


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About Denver Public Schools:

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation. DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.

Under the leadership of Superintendent Tom Boasberg and guided by the tenets of The Denver Plan, DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth. Learn more at dpsk12.org.

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