Purpose: The AVID elective teacher is a skilled educator grounded in relationships. AVID,
Advancement Via Individual Determination, is an academic acceleration program that aims to prepare students in the academic middle for four-year colleges. The AVID elective curriculum features writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, reading, notetaking, and study skills.
Position Qualifications: Education/Certification
- Bachelor’s degree in education.
- Advanced degree preferred.
- Kansas Teaching Licenses.
Experience:
- Minimum of three (3) years of successful teaching experience preferred.
Qualifications:
- Demonstrated knowledge of Kansas content standards.
- Experience in research-based instructional practices that will effectively and efficiently
- support learning.
- Deep knowledge of reading, writing, literacy and/or mathematics.
- Well-respected teacher leader who uses data to inform instruction.
- Culturally responsive practitioner who is committed to eliminating opportunity disparities.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with stakeholders (AVID students, AVID parents, counselors, the AVID
- Coordinator, administrators, and teachers) to develop an AVID program based in a
- college-going culture.
- Establish and maintain high expectations for AVID students’ achievement.
- Collect and analyze AVID student data and regularly monitor AVID students’ academic
- progress.
- Advocate for AVID students’ access to and success in rigorous courses.
- Teach and promote the use of WICOR instructional strategies across content areas.
- Other duties as assigned.
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