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Applying for Position:
Dual Immersion TK-6 Elementary Teacher

This opening calls for specific teaching qualifications set by the school.

CalWest's client school in Los Angeles area seeks a Dual Immersion TK-6 Elementary Teacher to begin August 2024.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • California Multiple Subject Teaching Credential with BASP/BCLAD Authorization
  • Spanish Language Fluency Required

Responsibilities

  • Familiarity with innovative instructional strategies.
  • Prepared to serve and support students in an urban setting.
  • Commitment to continuous professional development.
  • High behavioral expectations and strong classroom management skills.
  • The desire to work as part of a team.
  • Experience teaching in an urban setting with proven academic results (highly preferred).
  • Participating in a collaborative curriculum development process.
  • Implementing curricula and activities to meet academic standards.
  • Collaboratively designing and implementing assessments that measure progress towards academic standards.
  • Using assessment data to refine curricula and inform instructional practices.
  • Producing weekly lesson plans to share with administrators and parents.
  • Communicating frequently with parents, including 9-Week progress reports, parent/teacher conferences and student-led conferences.
  • Participating actively in grade-level meetings, faculty meetings, PLC meetings, and other meetings.
  • Participating in staff development, including one week of curriculum institute to take place one week prior to the start of the school year.
  • Meeting with co-teachers on a daily/weekly basis to reflect upon teaching, share best practices, analyze data and improve instructional practices.

CalWest and our partner schools are unable to respond to all applicants.

Candidates may be submitted to multiple positions during their time with CalWest. Also, candidates may not be chosen to move forward in the search they initially expressed interest in pursuing.

Our client schools make the final decisions.

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