Summary

Avalon School, a small secondary charter school located in St. Paul,is hiring a licensed Industrial Arts teacher 15 hours per week/school year position. Come join an innovative learning community with a project-based curriculum and teacher ownership. See link for details http://www.avalonschool.org/about-us/employmentAvalon School 700 Glendale StreetSt. Paul, MN 55114

Description

Industrial Arts Instructor

  • Be a self-starter and be resourceful.

  • Be an owner of the Avalon coop; actively participate in and support cooperative decisions.

  • Apply a dedicated work ethic, willing to help and take on additional duties as needed

  • Support mission of the school.

  • Write and follow a professional development plan.

 

Responsibilities with Students

  • Plan lessons for shop safety 

  • Develop process for shop procedures that ensure safe equipment use.

  • Plan lessons assignments and assessments for Experiential Learning/Technical Skills classes and facilitate experiential/building/hands-on independent project opportunities.

  • Maintain paperwork/grades and provide feedback for students in each class and projects.

  • Manage a classroom to create a healthy group learning environment.

  • Keep advisors, Special Education teachers, students and parents informed about problems/issues facing students in class.

  • Fully introduce new material and give the students opportunities to practice new skills.

  • Give students who are not intuitively inclined to such experiences extra help to improve their skills.

  • Work with advisor to help reinforce appropriate advisee behavior and effort and to foster advisee success.

  • Supervise and finalize projects with students who are working independently on some aspects of project.

  • Encourage appropriate behavior, communication and conflict resolution.

  • Asses homework, projects, and homework assignments.

  • Meet deadlines.

 

Responsibilities with Parents

  • Communicate with parents about students performance in class and on projects

 

Responsibilities with Community  

  • Present yourself in a positive manner, speaking positively about Avalon school.

 

Administrative Responsibility

  • Attend all staff meetings, facilitate and take notes on a rotating basis

  • Support other advisors

  • Be present each scheduled day for the entirety of your contracted time.

  • Communicate workload to colleagues in order to balance administrative, teaching and special education.

Content Responsibilities

  • Plan, organize and teach one double period class per block.

  • Run open shop, mentor independent projects (propose/finalize), two class periods per day.

  • Maintain paperwork for each class, including attendance, grades, and behavior.

  • Communicate with other staff and parents regarding the content of each class.

  • Order materials and find resources.

  • Act as a content support specialist and resource to advisors and students in specific area of expertise.