Elementary Teacher

Take your passion for teaching to help kids from hard places learn and grow The Envision Academy Teacher develops the student's skills, knowledge, concepts, generalizations, principles, appreciations, and attitudes that will promote the fullest possible development and assist him/her in valuing the dignity and worth of himself/herself and others. He/she provides, within the classroom, educational program for the students and may assist in other programs within Christian Children's Home of Ohio.

This position is for the 2024-2025 school year, starting in August 2024.

Rewards:

• Health Insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance (including optional coverage for dependents)
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid time off

Requirements:

• Maintain active Ohio Department of Education Teaching license, general or special education.
• Intervention Specialist credentials preferred.
• Classroom experience strongly preferred.
• Experience teaching elementary students strongly preferred.
• Must be able to maintain compliance/certification with CCHO's requirements for using physical restraints (SCM: Safe Crisis Management), including sufficient strength and completion of extensive training. Physical ability to respond to crisis.

Responsibilities:

• Adhere to CCHO's statement of faith and code of conduct. Treat others with Christ-like attitude, while helping them experience their worth in Christ, and demonstrating behaviors reflecting CCHO's core values of Relentless Commitment, Selflessness, and Kindness.
• TEAM first.
• Instructs assigned classes during the assigned days and times.
• Develops and implements curriculum for instruction that meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of their students, as well as state and other regulations.
• Creates a classroom environment that is consistently conducive to learning and appropriate to the needs of the students while encouraging open thinking generating new ideas and challenge rigid thinking.
• Uses classroom technology to meet the needs/capabilities of the students in the classroom.
• Strives to meet the unique needs of the classroom through instruction and action.
• Assess the accomplishments of students on a regular basis, offers feedback to students and provides progress reports to the Envision Academy Administrator.
• Recognizes and differentiates the methods of instruction on a regular basis to meet the unique needs of their classroom and individual students.
• Develops classroom expectations that are congruent with already established campus rules in which the expected classroom behaviors are managed in a fair and just manner.
• Makes provisions to be available to students, staff, and administration for education-related purposes before/after the school day when requested to do so.
• Attends staff meetings, gives feedback week for Weekly Program Reviews, and responds to appropriate emails.
• Listens to and communicates skillfully with students, staff, and leadership.
• Supports the purpose of the school through/with other staff members and maintains a high expectation of students, oneself, and other professionals.
• Encourages and supports learning by displaying a reinforcing personality including empathy, humor, and consistency.
• Promotes cooperation and team effort through shared successes.