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About Us:
21st Century Charter School at Gary is a free K-12+ public charter school. We are building a team of excellence. We are the top performing charter school in Gary, Indiana. We are one of the few Indiana schools offering an early college program, which allows our qualifying high school students to take real college courses for real college credit, free of charge to our students and their families. Our curriculum and our teaching methods are designed using Core Knowledge in K-8, Project Lead the Way beginning in middle school, and a blended learning model in middle school through high school. We are a TAP school! Please join us if you are committed to excellence, mission driven, and ready to take 21st Century Charter School @ Gary to uncommonly high levels of achievement! Our teachers cultivate in our students the critical thinking skills they will need to understand how the world around them works and to become leaders and agents of positive change in the world.

REPORTS TO/TERM:

Principal and Administrative Team

This is a full time 10-month position.

ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS:

• Creates and designs lesson plans, instruction, and assessments aligned to Indiana Academic Standards
• Knowledge of Adobe programs (i.e. Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design)
• Uses content material appropriate to students, content area, and academic standards
• Uses resource materials, procedures, and models related to the lesson
• Plans instruction and activities that address identified objectives
• Relates and or integrates materials to other disciplines
• Provides opportunities for students to practice concept skills
• Utilizes a variety of techniques and methods to provide instruction at higher levels of thinking
• Adheres to Indiana Department of Education and District policies, rules, and regulations
• The teacher must have a valid Indiana teaching certificate or Workplace Specialist License
• Strong writing, literacy, and communication skills; use effective communication strategies to interact with a variety of audiences
• Must be proficient with technology (i.e. email, Google Suites, grading software, instructional platforms, etc.)
• Prepares instructional materials aligned with curriculum standards, maintains equipment, supplies, and other resources and maintains inventory records in accordance with district policies and procedures
• Works with community employers to promote and advance technical skills
• Maintains complete and accurate student academic, attendance, and disciplinary records
• Demonstrate techniques to students as a group and one – on one, helping them to complete lessons, assignments, projects, activities, and assessments.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

A bachelor’s degree or higher or at least 24 credit hours in content area

Valid Indiana Teaching License for Grades 9-12 or Workplace Specialist License

Minimum of 2 years' teaching experience.