Elementary School Teacher

3 months ago

Aurora, United States High Point Academy Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

High Point Academy is seeking educators inspired to reach, empower, and achieve greatness. At HPA...

  • We REACH each child every single day.
  • We EMPOWER students and staff to maximize their learning and growth.
  • To ACHIEVE more than thought possible.

At High Point Academy, we understand that powerful learning only happens with strong relationships between students, staff, and families. Our mission is to provide a strong foundation of academic excellence in partnership with family and community in which each individual is challenged to achieve his/her highest potential academically, socially, and personally. High Point Academy is a charter school serving students from preschool through 8th grade. Located in Aurora, CO, just north of Green Valley Ranch (10 minutes from Denver International Airport), HPA serves an ethnically diverse student population which includes 26% linguistically diverse students and 54% of students that qualify for Free or Reduced Lunch. HPA is an award-winning wellness school whose curriculum and classes promote healthy lifestyle choices.


General Description

Effective HPA staff members:

  • maintain a positive and collaborative attitude with students, parents, co-workers & staff.
  • put the needs of our scholars first and serve as models of resiliency in the face of instructional and professional challenges.
  • are willing to focus on continual learning and professional growth.
  • effective teachers at HPA have the knowledge, skills, and commitment needed to provide equitable, rigorous learning opportunities & growth for all students.
  • build learning environments that include mastery of content and skill, character development, whole child wellness, and high-quality work.
  • communicate high expectations to students and their families. They hold themselves and their colleagues accountable for those same expectations.
  • work collaboratively, continuously self-reflect, and remain committed to school-wide goals and ongoing learning/leadership within this profession.

Core Competencies for HPA Teachers:

  • Teaching and Learning: Teachers demonstrate mastery of and pedagogical expertise in the content they teach. The elementary teacher is an expert in literacy and mathematics and is knowledgeable in all other content that he or she teaches (e.g., science, social studies, arts, physical education, or world languages).
  • Meeting Needs of Diverse Learners: Teachers plan and deliver effective instruction and create an environment that facilitates learning for their students.
  • Climate and Culture: Teachers plan and deliver effective instruction and create an environment that facilitates learning for their students.
  • Professionalism: Teachers demonstrate professionalism through ethical conduct, reflection, and leadership.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or listen. The employee is regularly required to stand. The employee is regularly required to walk. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, noise levels do increase with student and parent traffic at peak times of the day.

MENTAL FUNCTIONS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to analyze, communicate verbally, and in writing, coordinate, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, instruct, and compute. The employee is frequently required to compare, copy, compile, and negotiate. The employee frequently disseminates information to various stakeholders, making decisions for the organization, employees, and students.

Other duties: As a community school, we regularly plan opportunities to engage with our community outside of school hours. As an employee of HPA, you are expected to participate in these opportunities once a month. All community celebrations will be on the school calendar for all of you to plan accordingly. Other duties may be assigned.

Required Qualifications:

  • Minimum bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, master's degree preferred.
  • Colorado Teaching License or eligible for one
  • Commitment to equitable and culturally responsive practices
  • Demonstrating professional practices in all situations
  • Strong commitment to, belief in, and alignment with the purpose and vision of the school

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 3-5 years of experience teaching with the appropriate age range
  • Demonstrated success in building partnerships with families that lead to positive student outcomes for all students.
  • Demonstrated academic growth in reading/math on benchmark assessment

Days/Hours:

  • 188 Day position
  • 7:30 am-4:15 pm, daily
  • Monthly school-wide community events (ex. Back to school night, awards assemblies, etc)



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