Horizons - Literacy/ELA Teacher

Horizons - Literacy/ELA Teacher
5151 Park Ave, Fairfield, CT 06825, USA Req #151

Position Summary

Lead ELA teacher for grades 6, 7, and 8

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

Lead ELA teacher for grades 6, 7 and 8 daily
Plan and implement literature circles, a curriculum that uses short stories and constructed responses to improve writing fluency, and develop summary and theme
Build strong and mutually respectful relationships with students and their families based on open communication and collaboration, including weekly communications to families on Parentsquare and on the phone
Facilitate and sustain an emotionally safe and trauma-informed classroom environment
Maintain and model professional boundaries and mutually respectful relationships with students, colleagues, supervisors, and community partners with the foundation of open communication, respect, and collaboration
Help to foster establish and maintain an emotionally safe and trauma-informed environment at HSHU
Maintain attendance records, work with Executive Director and Program Coordinator to develop and implement instruction, and provide meaningful feedback to learners
Oversee and work in collaboration with a team consisting of a lead teacher, classroom coach, SEL Response team, Math teacher, and volunteer
Live/actualize the HSHU community values
Attend all training, professional learning, onboarding, programming, and community events
Collect and input all required metrics, data and surveys by assigned dates
Other duties as assigned
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, & Other Attributes

Minimum 2-4 years experience teaching literacy/ELA to middle school students
Experience working with a wide range of abilities and differentiating learning to meet the needs of all students
Experience teaching social-emotional learning and with mentoring
Experience building community in middle school classrooms
Strong commitment to antiracist practice and the HSHU mission
Willingness to connect with the HSHU community after the summer program by attending school year events
Experience with project-based learning
Effective oral and communication skills
Experience using technology to enhance instruction
Skills needed to mentor and coach classroom staff
Unusual Working Conditions

Seasonal Dates:

Dates of Program:

Training week – 6/17-6/23
Program Days 6/26-8/4, two required evening events 7/31 and 8/2
Clean up Days 8/7 – 8/8
Pre-Training Onboarding – Date TBD
Trainings generally run 9am – 4pm, Program days are 8am – 4pm