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Early Childhood Lead Teacher

Audubon Schools

Posted 12/28/21

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4720 Painters Street, New Orleans, LA, 70122

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Job Description

Title:                                               Early Childhood Lead Teacher

Purpose of Position:                 To provide an engaging and enriching educational experience for students

Employment Status:                 Full-time Reporting

Reports to:                                Principal

Location:                                   Assigned campus

 

Essential Functions:

              Demonstrate Knowledge of Content and Pedagogy

·       Create lesson and unit plans that support instructional outcomes and reflect important concepts in the discipline

·       Create lesson and unit plans that accommodate prerequisite relationships among concepts and skills

·       Work with colleagues to assure interdisciplinary connections are planned and practiced

·       Ensure alignment of outcomes, activities and skills

Create an Environment of Respect and Rapport

·       Encourage and model respectful talk, active listening and turn taking

·       Acknowledge students’ backgrounds and lives outside of the classroom

·       Exhibit body language indicative of warmth and caring to students

·       Encourage and model politeness and support for all community members

Establish a Culture for Learning

·       Demonstrate a belief in the value of what is being learned and the Montessori and French instructional pedagogies

·       Encourage high expectations, supported through both verbal and nonverbal behaviors, for both learning and participation

 

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Conducts needs analysis to identify Montessori or French teaching and learning needs and organize and implement problem solving strategies with teachers and administrators.
  • Facilitate training and coaching in areas that include but are not limited to Montessori or French practices for effective instruction, differentiation, strategies for English language learners and data-driven instruction.
  • Asist with design and implementation of high-quality Montessori or French professional development.
  • Work with Montessori or French teachers to refine their knowledge and skills. Method of instructions may include in-class coaching, peer observation, co-teaching and modeling effective instruction using a gradual release structure.
  • Work with teachers to assist with the structure of common planning time and integrating the Louisiana State Standards with Montessori instruction or the French curriculum standards and determine accountability measures to ensure common planning time is used effectively.
  • Facilitate protocols for assessment of student’s work to drive instructional decisions.
  • Assist with the design and implementation of Montessori or French and Louisiana State Standards lesson planning and common assessment.
  • Required to maintain a log of professional services provided to teachers.
  • Respond promptly to telephone and email inquiries from teachers and administrators.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

 

Education, Training and Experience:

 

REQUIRED

·       Minimum of 3 years of teaching experience

·       Bachelor’s degree required

·       Montessori certification or 7+ year experience in a Montessori or French classroom

·       Certification or ability to gain certification as a Teacher in instructional area

·       Experience in and/or understanding of the public school system including charter schools is desirable

PREFERRED

·      Master’s degree in education or related field

·      Montessori or National Board Certification


·      Certification in multiple instructional areas

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History, Mission, and Vision

History

Established in 1981, Audubon quickly became an outstanding school within our community. Audubon's community presence, unique education programs, and notoriety resulted in a very strong partnership between parents and the faculty.

The school was the vision of four teachers who met while attending Montessori certification classes at Tulane University. Two of the four teachers petitioned the Orleans Parish School Board for support of this concept and Audubon Montessori School was created. This highly unique inception from the bottom-up guaranteed the success of the school - as the teachers took ownership and responsibility for its ultimate success.

In 1986, a French component opened within the school that has been extremely effective for a new cadre of students. The French government took note, and in 1990, Audubon became an official French School in an historical agreement between the French Government and the State of Louisiana. In 2002, the French government designated our school as a center for effective strategies in the teaching of a foreign language.

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Audubon community requested the Orleans Parish School Board re-open the shuttered school as a charter. In January 2006, Audubon Montessori became Audubon Charter School, operating under the governance of the Board of French and Montessori Education, Inc. or FAME, Inc. In May 2006, the Orleans Parish School Board granted Audubon Charter School an additional building to accommodate the growing school. The school is now split into two sites in Uptown New Orleans: a Lower Campus serving grades Pre-K through 3 and an Upper Campus serving grades 4 through 8. The lower campus is located at 428 Broadway Street and the upper campus is currently located at 1111 Milan Street.

In response to the overwhelming demand for Audubon Charter School each year by families seeking our unique programs, Audubon transitioned to a Charter Management Organization (CMO) and opened a second school in a new neighborhood of the city to allow more families to have access to a high-quality, non-traditional school. Audubon Charter School - Gentilly opened in Fall 2018 as a sister school to Audubon Charter School - Uptown. The school currently serves students in grades PreK(3) - 5, and will add one grade level per year until we serve approximately 450 students in grades PreK - 8. This school is highly unique because it offers a Bilingual Montessori Academic Model, which is a hybrid of the Montessori and French programs that have been highly successful and sought after at Audubon Charter School - Uptown. Students are able to learn the French language in a Montessori environment.

Vision

Audubon students are actively and purposefully involved in learning so they become responsible citizens in a changing world. Our vision for Audubon Schools is to provide an opportunity for students in New Orleans to take part in an educational environment that will not only provide them with a high-quality, well-rounded education, but also develop the skill set needed to be successful in a shifting, globalized career landscape and society: creative thinking, problem-solving skills, collaboration, and intrinsic motivation.

We are proud of Audubon Schools and envision even greater possibilities for our Rarebird community.

Mission

Audubon Charter School’s mission is to foster a culturally rich and academically rigorous program using the French and Montessori Curriculum and a comprehensive arts curriculum. Audubon students are actively and purposefully involved in their learning so they become responsible citizens in a changing world.







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