POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS

LOCATION:                  Erie Elementary Charter School

OPEN DATE:                August 2008

Lead Teacher: Kindergarten 

Erie Elementary Charter School (EECS) is built on the strong foundation of the nationally accredited Childcare program at Erie Neighborhood House, a progressive social service agency in Chicago's West Town community.  Located in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, EECS opened in September 2005 serving 80 students in kindergarten and first grade.  Currently the school has 161 students K-3rd grade.  A new class will be added each year to eventually serve grades K-8.

Mission

EECS is a community where students, parents and educators work together to develop children who are confident in their culture and ethnic origin, bi-literate in Spanish and English, achieve academic excellence, and firmly placed on a path to higher education.

Teachers at EECS have the most immediate impact on the school’s ability to realize its mission.  Hence, EECS currently has an opening for a Kindergarten Teacher whose basic function is being responsible for leading the classroom in the education and general development of the children, following the school’s standards and philosophies.

Position Responsibilities:

Curriculum and Design, Instruction and Student Assessment

·         Work in partnership with the Spanish teacher/teacher assistant toward the goal of implementing a dual language literacy instruction/curriculum that requires the following: Creating time daily to meet with Spanish teacher/teacher assistant to align Spanish curriculum and assessment with the English literacy curriculum and assessment in order to provide each other with ongoing feedback regarding student performance and the health of the partnership; collaboratively designing differentiated instruction based on the students’ level of Spanish language proficiency; and  sharing classroom space, materials and students.

• Design and implement differentiated curriculum aligned with school standards.
• Design and frequently administer rigorous, standards-based, authentic assessments.
• Use the curriculum provided by the school as primary curriculum and supplement with appropriate resources
• Use data-based inquiry to inform practice
• Provide a learning environment that encourages and motivates ALL students to learn.
• Possess a “do what it takes’ mentality to ensure the success of each of his/her students.           

Partnering with Students and Families

• Work collaboratively with parents by phone or email on a regular basis to share with parents both positive and negative feedback about their child. This may include doing home visits.
• Respond promptly by telephone or email to parent questions and concerns.
• Attend occasional after-school or weekend events such as potluck dinners, student  performances, and other school related events.

Building of School Culture

• Frequently communicate the school’s mission to children and families.
• Acknowledge each student’s bilingual and bicultural experience as an asset for the child’sown development and that of the other students
• Adhere to school academic and disciplinary protocols.
• Demonstrate strong and effective classroom management using Responsive Classroom
• Hold yourself and your students to the highest academic and personal standards.

Maintenance of Organizational Culture

• Collaborate with other teachers and the principal to advance the school’s mission.
• Continually improve teaching by: (1)  Initiating and pursuing professional development opportunities both inside and outside of  the school (2) Being open to constructive feedback.
• Work collaboratively with all staff to create a culture of learning within the school.
• Attend all staff meetings and additional meetings as needed; including in-services,
• Open houses and parent conferences
• Willingness to make your teaching practice public within the school.  

Qualifications and Requirements

• Commitment to and belief in EECS Mission
• Minimum three-five years teaching experience preferred
• Type 04 Early Childhood certificate preferred
• Bilingual Spanish/English required
• Bicultural preferred
• Proven success record in previous teaching assignment(s)
• Supervise breakfast and lunch duty.
• Commitment to working with underserved students
• Commitment to the design and the development of EECS during start up years
• (Examples include but are not limited to: Creating a report card, purchasing books
• and furniture for new grade levels, leading school wide events such as literacy
• night and serving on a committee to recruit and hire new staff).

Compensation

Salary is comparable with the Chicago Public School district’s pay scale. The School will offer a competitive benefits package.  EECS teachers will receive extensive professional development and all teachers will be equipped with email, internet access, at least one computer in the classroom, and all necessary instructional supplies.

Please forward resume, cover letter and a list of three professional references by June 12, 2008 to:

Ms. Velia Soto, Assistant Principal

Erie Elementary Charter School

2510 W. Cortez

Chicago, IL  60622 or send via

Email:  vsoto@eriecharterschool.org

or for inquiries, please call 773-486-7161        

Fax:  773-486-7234                                                                   

ERIE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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Lead Teacher: Fourth Grade

Erie Elementary Charter School is seeking Lead Teachers whose basic function is leading the classroom in the education, academic, social and emotional growth of his/her students while seeing him/herself responsible for the academic, social and emotional success of every child in the school.

Position Responsibilities

Curriculum and Design, Instruction and Student Assessment

• Design and implement differentiated curriculum aligned with school standards.
• Design and frequently administer rigorous, standards-based, authentic assessments.
• Use the curriculum provided by the school as primary curriculum, supplement with appropriate resources.
• Use data based inquiry to inform practice.
• Provide a learning environment that encourages and motivates ALL students to learn.
• Possess a 'do what it takes' mentality to ensure the success of each of his/her students.
• Work in partnership with the Spanish teacher/teacher assistant. This includes sharing classroom space, sharing materials and sharing students. Collaborative partnership also involves providing ongoing feedback, creating time to meet with Spanish teacher/teacher assistant to align Spanish curriculum, and discussing students and the routines and procedures of the classroom.

Partnering with Students and Families

• Work collaboratively with parents by phone or email on a regular basis to share with parents both positive and negative feedback about their child. This may include doing home visits.
• Respond promptly by telephone or email to parent questions and concerns.
• Attend occasional after-school or weekend events such as potluck dinners, student performances and other school related events.

Building of School Culture

• Frequently communicate the school’s mission to children and families.
• Acknowledge students' bilingual and bicultural experience as an asset for their own development and the development of other students.
• Adhere to school academic and disciplinary protocols.
• Demonstrate strong and effective classroom management using Responsive Classroom.
• Hold yourself and your students to the highest academic and personal standards.

Maintenance of Organizational Culture

• Collaborate with other teachers and the principal to advance the school’s mission.
• Continually improve teaching by pursuing professional development inside and outside of the school and by being open to constructive feedback.
• Work collaboratively with all staff to create a culture of learning within the school.
• Attend all staff meetings and additional meetings as needed; including in-services, open houses and parent conferences.
• Willingness to make your teaching practice public within the school.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Commitment to and belief in EECS Mission 
• Minimum three years teaching experience required, five preferred
• Type 04 Early Childhood certificate preferred
• Bilingual Spanish/English required
• Bicultural preferred
• Proven success record in previous teaching assignment(s)
• Supervise breakfast and lunch duty
• Commitment to working with underserved students
• Commitment to the design and the development of EECS during start up years (examples include but are not limited to: creating a report card, purchasing books and furniture for new grade levels, leading school wide events such as literacy night, serve on committees to recruit and hire new staff).

Compensation

Salary is comparable with the Chicago Public School district’s pay scale. EECS offers a competitive benefits package. EECS teachers will receive extensive professional development and all teachers will be equipped with email, internet access, at least one computer in the classroom, and all necessary instructional supplies.

Please forward resume, cover letter and a list of three professional references by June 12, 2008 to: