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12th grade IB History of the Americas Teacher - IDEA College Prep McAllen (19-20)

Employer
IDEA Public Schools
Location
Mcallen, TX, United States
Salary
Competitive

Job Details

Description
Position at IDEA Public Schools

IDEA Public Schools:

At IDEA Public Schools, we believe in college for ALL and we are committed to ensuring that all of our students graduate from college. IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school to the fastest-growing network of tuition-free Pre-K-12 public charter schools in the United States sending 100% of our students to college. 58% of our students graduate from college in 6 years - that's 8 times the national rate for students in our communities!

IDEA was founded in 2000 as a single school with 150 students in the Rio Grande Valley. When interest exceeded building capacity, to meet the demands, IDEA's co-founders committed to serving more students in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and beyond. We now serve nearly 45,000 students across Texas and Louisiana. By 2022, IDEA will serve 100,000 students. Be on the lookout for IDEA schools opening near you-with continued growth in our current regions and new launches in Tarrant County (Fort Worth/Arlington), New Orleans, Houston (2020), Permian Basin (2021), and Tampa Bay (2021)!

When you choose to work at IDEA, you are part of our IDEA Team and Family. You will work alongside team members who set and reach ambitious goals every day, are excited to continue to grow with IDEA, and work relentlessly to make college for all a reality.

To learn more about IDEA, check out this video.

About the Rio Grande Valley:

Since 2000, IDEA Public Schools has grown from a school of 150 students in Donna, TX to the fastest- growing family of tuition-free, public charter schools in the United States. In the Rio Grande Valley, we are a nucleus of four counties (Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr and Willacy County) that work as one unit to support our children academically and holistically.

RGV is home to a population of just over 1.3 million residents. Children across the region truly benefit from IDEA's mission of college for all as only 1 out of 17 students graduate college-ready. Our mission holds true as we have 2,400 IDEA alumni that currently attend, or have graduated from, 150 colleges and universities across the country.

Join our passionate team of changemakers in south Texas as we prepare to expand our home region to 55 schools, serving over 38,000 students in 2022.

Role Mission:

IDEA International Baccalaureate (IB) High School History of the Americas Teachers are responsible for ensuring that every IDEA student masters the academic and social skills necessary to succeed in college, while also embodying IDEA's values daily. IDEA IB History of the Americas Teachers set ambitious goals for student achievement and diligently track student data to inform dynamic and effective daily lesson plans. IDEA IB History of the Americas Teachers seek feedback and continue to develop their teaching practice to better serve IDEA students. We strive to accomplish goal in two ways: by giving students the chance to experience rigorous and challenging material in high school and by giving them the opportunity to gain college-credit through dual-enrollment, AP, or IB courses.

Responsibilities:
  • Implement state learning standards/IB standards and IDEA/IB curricula and IB assessments to meet ambitious academic expectations.
  • Learn, master, and deliver IB History of the Americas content and grade level curriculum, core content objectives, and texts
  • Submit weekly lesson plans two weeks in advance for feedback
  • Implement formal and informal assessments to track each individual student's progress and learning needs, adjust lesson plans accordingly and update gradebook weekly
  • Communicate students' progress with student and family on a weekly basis.
  • Effective facilitation and personal use of technology as a communication and educational tool to improve student achievement and manage work related tasks.
  • Implement a clear and consistent behavior management system that aligns to campus- wide initiatives while developing students' character and sense of community in the classroom.
  • Help shape and develop a school wide culture that fosters a productive and enthusiastic learning environment for each student
  • Establish and maintain a cooperative working relationship with students and families based on trust, understanding and respectfor the communities in which they identify.
  • Host necessary tutoring sessions to meet all students' needs.
  • Participate in weekly manager check-ins, grade-level meetings, before and after-school duties, and school wide meetings and functions.
  • Engage in summer and year-long district, school and personal learning and development.
  • Minimum of 40+ hours spent at school per week.
We look for Team and Family who embody the followingvaluesand characteristics:
  • Believes and is committed to our missionand being an agent of change: that all studentsare capable of gettingto and through college.
  • Has demonstrated effectiveoutcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them.
  • Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improvequickly.
  • Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes.
  • Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change.
  • Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization.
  • Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationshipsin order toachieve outcomes.
  • We believe in education asa professionand hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students.
Education:
  • Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year educational institution.
  • Experience: Experience in a classroom setting preferred
  • Licenses or Certifications: State certification preferred but not required

Knowledge and Skills:
  • Aligned or relevant coursework that indicates experience or exposure to the IB History of the Americas content.
  • Knowledge of core academic subject assigned and ability to pass a grade level aligned IDEA content assessment.
  • Strong initiative in gaining basic knowledge of IB History of the Americas curricula and instructional practices or implementation.
  • Ability to instruct students and manage student behavior.
  • Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong knowledge of the research and writing process.
  • Ability to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environment.

Additional Skills
  • Content expert at college-level; find joy in the content itself
  • Time management
    • Backwards plans to ensure students accomplish a major task (ex - historical investigation) in time
    • Manages 100% of students to accomplish the task
  • Pedagogy
    • Creates scaffolds that allow 100% of students to access rigorous college material
    • Effectively plans units that incorporate content, skill, literacy (including research) and exam-prep objectives
    • Creates experiences that will allow students to master material at a deep level (vs. covering a large breath of content in a superficial way) and provides effective oral and written feedback to students
    • Shifts the "heavy-lifting" and work of the class onto the students (class is not teacher-driven)
    • Leads students in inquiry-based learning and incorporates literacy in any content area

Keywords: IB Teachers should be...

Driven, Compassionate, Mindful, Experienced, Knowledgeable, Organized, Self-reflective, Flexible, Enthusiastic, Caring, Principled, Innovative, Communicator, Team-player, Critical-thinker, Problem-solver

Qualities
  • Self-driven & Motivated
    • Does not wait for others to make the path for them
    • Has the motivation and agency to drive own development (joining an online community, taking online IB courses, reading the subject guide thoroughly in order to be knowledgeable about the expectations for their course)
  • Innovative & Flexible
    • Inclined to: try & learn from new ideas, think critically & creatively, take risks and problem-solve
    • Able to: adjust plans in the moment based on outcomes, operate effectively in various schedules and settings
  • Strong Team Member
    • Recognizes the value of grade-team collaboration: student success depends on the whole team, not just the course
    • Is willing to compromise in order to allow the team to prioritize effectively
    • Pulls weight alongside of peers and volunteers to utilize personal strengths

Mindsets
  • Growth-mindset
    • Believes ALL students are capable of succeeding in IB
    • Committed to improving own practice
  • Dedicated to IB
    • Embodies the IB learner profile attributes: Inquirer, Knowledgeable, Thinker, Communicator, Principled, Open-minded, Caring, Risk-taker, Balanced, Reflective
    • Convicted that IB is one of the best experiences we can provide for our kids on the road to college
    • Willing to incorporate TOK, supervise EE, loop with students (11-12) and commit to 3 or more years
    • Globally minded: willing to learn about and from other cultures and to motivate students to do the same

Possible Interview Questions
  • What is the difference between content, concepts and skills?
  • What is the most important skill you would like your students to master through your content?
  • How do you think the IB differs from other academic programs? How do you think this is beneficial to students?
  • What would you say to a student who is thinking of leaving the IB program?
  • What qualities or learning experiences do you appreciate the most about the IB Diploma Programme?
  • Tell me about a time when you helped students access material that might have seemed too challenging for them

Possible Interview Activities
  • Teacher reviews IB description of one assessment for the course and backwards plans towards it (evaluate on understanding of the assessment's demands & quality of any clarifying questions, calendar, management system to ensure 100% student completion ).
  • Teacher role plays a conversation with a student (and family?) who wants to quit because IB is too demanding ( evaluate on belief in "IB for all", understanding of IB's value , problem-solving around student's concerns ).
  • Teacher delivers a lesson focused on writing related to one of the assessments for the course
  • Teacher plans a lesson designed to scaffold / provide support for students struggling with a complex objective

Compensation: UV and LV Region


  • Click here for the Rio Grande Valley Teacher Salary Schedule. This role is also eligible for various stipend opportunities and incentives through our Teacher Career Pathway. For more information about our total rewards, visit our benefits page .

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IDEA Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability, in admission or access to, or treatment of employment in its programs and activities. Any person having inquiries concerning the organization's compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), or Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), may contact IDEA Human Resources at (956) 377-8000.

Company

IDEA Public Schools believes that each and every child can go to college. Since 2000, IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school with 150 students to the fastest-growing network of tuition-free, Pre-K-12 public charter schools in the United States. IDEA currently serves nearly 66,000 college-bound students in 120 schools across Texas and Louisiana and is gearing up to open schools in Florida for the 2021-2022 school year.

Interested in learning more about working at IDEA Public Schools? 

Visit us at www.ideapublicschools.org/careers.

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Telephone
956-377-8000
Location
2115 W. Pike Blvd
Weslaco
TX
78596
US

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