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TEACHER, LONG TERM SUBSTITUTE - 1ST GRADE, ELA-S

GODSMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Southwest

Hourly, benefits eligible with minimum hours

FTE: 1.0

Salary: $21.92 per hour

Dates Needed: October 1st, 2019 - December 1st, 2019

Subjects and Grades:

* Grade 01 - First
* ELA-S (BILINGUAL REQUIRED)
* Elementary Education

Essential Functions and Objectives:

- The Long Term Substitute Teacher teaches a diverse school student population grade level standards based curriculum in Reading, Writing, Math, Science, Social Studies and Personal Development. Monitors, supervises, coordinates and enforces rules of conduct and behavior of 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 Teacher License with appropriate endorsement.

ELA-S Job Description

- Provides instruction to linguistically diverse students in English & Spanish. Must be able to achieve a passing score on the DPS Spanish Language Proficiency (SLP) test. For information and instructions on how to register for the SLP, please visit: http://thecommons.dpsk12.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=703

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:

* Bachelor's degree in Education or related field.

At 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
* Substitute Authorization (Five Year)

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

* Elementary Education - Endorsement
* Elementary Education - National Board
* Elementary Education - Place/Praxis
* Pre-School Education - National Board
* Pre-School Education - Place/Praxis

Other information:

Godsman Elementary provides a rigorous academic environment and strives toward individual student responsibility. The school follows the district's Transitional Native Language Instructional (TNLI) model. We offer instruction in Spanish and English to Spanish speaking students through 5th grade resulting in biliteracy for those students. We use two sets of researched based strategies to ensure academic growth and language development. The Literacy Squared Strategies, in partnership with CU Boulder, is a set of strategies utilized during literacy instruction in both English and Spanish. Guided Language Acquisition by Design (GLAD) strategies are used for science, social studies and mathematics. These strategies allow students to understand content and to excel in these content areas. Professional development is provided to teachers who are new to Godsman. The learning day is longer at Godsman. Teachers in K-5 work eight hours and forty-five minutes. They are compensated for the additional time with extra pay. Each teacher has two planning time, one that is individual and self-direct. The second planning time is daily grade level planning time used for data analysis and instructional planning.

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 Susana Cordova 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.

Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

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