Job Description

Title:
Teacher Resident
Division:
Middle and Upper School
Location:
Making Waves Academy Richmond
Reports to:
Director of Teacher Residency Program for Master Coursework with Alder, and

MWA Designated Supervisor for site-based duty and timesheet reporting responsibilities
Status:
Full-time, Non-Exempt (During the Academic Year)

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Position Summary*
The role of the Teacher Residency Program is to prepare recent college graduates and career changers for a classroom teaching career within the Making Waves Academy (MWA) community, eventually becoming fully certificated teachers. During the residency year, Teacher Residents will commit to a rigorous and supportive program that develops highly-effective teachers. The year-long teacher residency is designed to help residents step into the classroom as certificated teachers ready to make an impact on student achievement.

Key areas of focus of the program is to cultivate individuals in becoming effective teachers in service of students and families from historically high-need communities. Residents will continuously develop in the following areas of teaching competencies such as standards-aligned instructions, best-practice teaching strategies, classroom management, student engagement, and strategies to build authentic relationships with students and parents. Fueled by the desire to establish themselves as a long-term teacher, candidates will also learn MWA’s foundational elements of educating for change, specifically the tenets of cultural competency, social-emotional learning, and growth mindset.

The program uses a gradual release model that allows Teacher Residents to observe instruction in and out of their content area and co-teaching within their assignment before beginning their 16-week student teaching assignment. Teacher Residents will also perform supervision duties as well as attend some selective school activities. No previous teaching experience is needed.

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Primary Responsibilities*

Instructional Development
Collaborate with the mentor’s teacher throughout the year to:

• Develop lesson plans, unit plans, and scope and sequence plans that are aligned with SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, & Timely) framework and content standards
• Implement various technology tools and deliver partial or whole lessons to students.
• Learn, implement and innovate dynamic sets of formative and summative assessment tools to create high impact data-driven instruction within content and across grade levels.
• Learn and apply key elements of the standard-aligned, rigorous and culturally relevant curriculum.
• Develop and practice classroom management in collaboration with student support and academic departments.
• Practice using various technology tools to help generate useful formative assessments in the classroom in real-time.

Communication and Frameworks

• Communicate proactively and professionally with the Director of Richmond-Cohort Teacher Residency and MWA designated supervisor as well as stakeholders within the MWA (i.e. mentor, administrators and students) and Alder Graduate School of Education (i.e. student service, credentialing specialist, etc.).
• Learn key elements of MWA’s framework to support students holistically and engage in school-wide and community-based initiatives towards equitable practices in service for all students.

Master Program Coursework and Credential Criteria

• Complete Alder’s Masters courses (4-5 classes/ semester with two of those being Site-specific seminar and fieldwork).
• Maintain good standing for all assignments in all the courses
• Reach milestones of gradual release sequence throughout the academic year (AY)
• Maintain good standing in credentialing tests and credentialing earning coursework to earn clear preliminary teaching certificate at the end of AY

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Additional Responsibilities and Expectations*

Mission Alignment

• Demonstrate knowledge of, and support, Making Waves Academy’s mission, core values, standards, competencies, and code of conduct outlined in the Employee Handbook.
• Participate in the school community – attending school competitions, performances, assemblies, and extracurricular activities.

Other

• Attend weekly Teacher Resident seminars.
• Take direction from the Director of Teacher Residency and MWA assigned supervisor
• Assist with campus supervision duties as assigned.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

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Work Environment*
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers, photocopiers and smartphones.

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Physical Demands*
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary, and sit for long periods of time.

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Travel*
None

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Qualifications*

Experience

• Experience working with students and families from historically underserved communities
• Dedication, commitment and resilience to succeed in an urban public school

Skills

• Capacity to collaborate and be a positive team player with colleagues, parents and community members to affect the best outcomes for students
• Ability to effectively communicate and build relationships with students and their families in the culturally and linguistically diverse MWA community
• Ability to learn and maintain fidelity to MWA instructional practices, norms, and protocols
• Ability to adapt and align on school-related initiatives
• Highly organized, goal-oriented, and focused on outcomes
• Ability to uphold and reinforce school policies and procedures when addressing students and families
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently
• Ability to work effectively in fast-paced environments with limited supervision
• Demonstrate an understanding of technology and literacy learning platforms (Microsoft Office Suite, PowerSchool, Canvas, Blackboard, Google Drive and Calendar, if applicable)
• Professional orientation – appearance, communication, organization, and attitude

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree by June, before the new school year
• Passing score on CBEST by August of the new school year
• Passing scores on all CSET subtests by December of the new school year

Preferred

• Preferred GPA of 3.0 or higher in the last 60 hours of university coursework
• Spanish language proficiency preferred but not required

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Equal Employment Opportunity Is Our Policy*
The School is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the School to afford equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to their perceived or identified: race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and hairstyle, including but not limited to braids, locks, and twists); color; gender, (including gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity, whether or not the employee is transitioning or has transitioned); sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and medical conditions related to such); religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices); marital/registered domestic partner status; age (forty (40) and over); national origin or ancestry (including native language spoken and possession of a driver’s license issued to persons unable to prove their presence in the U.S. is authorized by federal law); physical or mental disability (including HIV and AIDS); medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics); taking of a leave of absence pursuant to the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), Pregnancy Disability Leave (“PDL”) law, Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), California Family Rights Act (“CFRA”), the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”), or laws related to domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking laws; genetic information; sexual orientation; military and veteran status; or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy extends to all job applicants and employees and to all aspects of the employment relationship, including the hiring of new employees and the training, transfer, promotion, discipline, termination, compensation and benefits of existing employees. For a full copy of our non-discrimination policy, visit: https://bit.ly/mwapublicnotices

Job Type: Full-time

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