Full-Time Class Teacher

Job Description Genesee Community Charter School @ RMSC (GCCS) is a public charter school in Rochester, New York educating children in kindergarten through sixth grade. The mission of GCCS is to provide a rich educational experience that values intellectual rigor, community responsibility, and respect for diversity. Our local history-based and globally connected program immerses our students in investigation and discovery, extensively using the cultural and natural resources of our community. We believe that strong student-teacher relationships are essential to student motivation, engagement, and achievement. This philosophy, in combination with authentic efforts at family involvement, and the effective teaching of a rich, rigorous, and engaging curriculum, enable our students to build a strong foundation for college and career readiness.
Classroom Teacher K-1st Grade
REPORTS TO: School Director Status: Full Time, 10-month
The classroom teacher is responsible for creating, enriching, and maintaining a dynamic classroom environment using the GCCS instructional structures that are rooted in EL practices. Grade level Learning Expeditions focused on the history of Rochester, serve as the GCCS primary curriculum. Learning expeditions are built by teachers and an interdisciplinary instructional team using the NYS Next Generation Learning Standards that employ pedagogical practices that ensure high levels of student engagement and performance. Teaching and Learning

• make skilled use of questioning and academic discussion to challenge students’ thinking and increase rigor
• Provide daily writing opportunities and instruction to develop student thinking and enhance their skill and stamina in writing
• Analyze data from assessments to ensure that instruction is focused on what students most need to learn and practice
• Collaborate with Special Education and Speech/Language, ELL, Intervention, and other teaching specialists to appropriately support students with an Individual Education Plan (IEP), 504 plan, English language services and other instructional supports
• Implement an effective Crew, take accurate attendance and supporting the social and emotional development of students
• Participate in grade level team meetings, coaching meetings and whole school meetings
• Make full use of all professional learning opportunities provided by the school implement with fidelity the instructional methods and programs adopted by the school Culture and Climate
• Implement Responsive Classroom and GCCS Crew framework
• Support and use the school culture expectations and routines established by the school

SCHOOL-WIDE COMPETENCIES:

• Relentless commitment to the school’s mission of educating GCCS’s students
• Understand the diverse community we serve and commit to closing the achievement gap

• Outstanding subject knowledge and passion for teaching
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with other adults
• Compassionate attitude and strong understanding of child development

Genesee Community Charter School is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our goal is to be a workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the community we serve. \We welcome applications from all qualified individuals