Teacher Position

Contributes to student learning, growth, and advancement.

Demonstrates academic competence in subject area(s), and displays an inclination for developing integrated and interdisciplinary work across the curriculum.

Maintains a growth mindset toward student learning, teaching practice, and personal/collective professional development.

Demonstrates a high degree of self-efficacy (agency); holds themselves accountable for learner outcomes and advocates for their students; works efficiently; and believes in their ability, the capability of their students, and themselves to succeed and excel.

Facilitates problem-solving, with a curious mind and critical thinking skills, showing a high degree of creative application in the implementation of data-driven curriculum and practice.

Serves as a role model and an innovative and creative learner with an insatiable thirst for knowledge, personal growth, and being on the cutting edge of instructional practice and pedagogy.

Collaborates effectively with a variety of stakeholder groups within the organization and with external partners to increase student performance and contribute to advancing the teaching and learning craft.

Look beyond the walls of the classroom and demonstrate global competence and how their work will expand the impact of students’ work to their families and local and global communities.

Invests in the learners’ well-being, health, and safety, physically, socially, and emotionally.

Recognizes the relationship between social-emotional learning and academic performance, and aspires toward developing and teaching the whole child.

Designs and facilitates differentiated and personalized learning goals and activities that follow a coherent sequence, are aligned to instructional goals, and engage students in high-level cognitive activity.