Teaching Partner, K

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  • Buffalo, NY
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Certified - Teaching - Teaching Assistant {TA}Job Number 3300049799Start DateOpen Date 06/16/2025Closing DatePOSITION: Teaching Partner, K-4SCHOOL YEAR: 2025-26REPORTS TO: Lower School Building Principal and Assistant PrincipalWAGE/HOUR STATUS: Exempt/10 monthMission: Educating and inspiring a diverse community of K-12 learners by engaging them in rigorous real-world learning experiences which prioritize intellectual, social and emotional growth.Vision: Tapestry is a vibrant, sustainable school that empowers learners and leaders to make a positive impact in our communities and beyond.Values: Perseverance, Integrity, Respect & Responsibility (PIRR).POSITION SUMMARY: This position will assist and collaborate with classroom teachers in planning and implementing learning experiences that advance the emotional, social, intellectual, and physical development of children within a safe, healthy learning environment.TEACHING PARTNER vs TEACHER AIDE:At Tapestry Charter School we hire Teaching Partners. This gives you a title that is recognized by NYS Office of Certification and your years spent as a Teaching Partner are credited towards your permanent certification. Tapestry Charter School looks for our Teaching Partners to become Classroom Lead Teachers and advertises internally. When a Lead Classroom Teacher is out of the building, you assume the role of that Lead Teacher and are compensated accordingly.JOB DESCRIPTION:
  • Shows evidence of successfully engaging families in the educational progress of their children.
  • Integrates community connections into his/her current practice.
  • Shows evidence of being an active participant in an integrated curriculum project and can successfully describe a conceptual approach that addresses instructional goals, instructional activities, and assessment.
  • Shows achievement in integrating reading and math into social studies and science lessons.
  • Shows success in teaching through the Arts by offering students the opportunity to develop a sense of aesthetic, and to value craftsmanship and presentation.
  • Demonstrates a working knowledge of assessment FOR learning and assessment OF learning by showing the successful use of assessment techniques to inform instruction.
  • Demonstrates a willingness to regularly participate in professional development, both on and off site, and to actively integrate this learning into his/her practice and share with colleagues.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Be a partner, working collaboratively with the lead classroom teacher.
  • Participates as a member of a collaborative team by successfully using communication strategies and structures to overcome collaboration barriers such as time and communication styles.
  • Demonstrates an awareness of personal strengths and challenges in terms of collaboration and can demonstrate flexibility in his/her personal style to serve multiple roles in collaborative relationships/teams.
  • Exhibits initiative in meeting the professional challenge of meeting diverse student needs in an urban classroom setting.
  • Demonstrates awareness of and respect toward students, families and colleagues with diverse backgrounds using Tapestry's Core Values of: perseverance, Integrity, Respect & responsibility.
  • Demonstrates a working knowledge of differentiation, based on data that is designed to help all students achieve higher-order thinking and learning.
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:
  • Knowledge of Expeditionary Learning is a plus.
  • Classroom experience is a plus.
  • Must be working towards certification.
  • NYS Certification preferred.
*Salary based on a Teacher Partner Payscale- Bachelors, Masters, Bachelors + Certification, Masters + Certification, plus years of experience.Please make sure to complete an application by clicking for this job posting.Job AttachmentItinerant Location 111 Great Arrow Ave. Buffalo, NY 14216Salary: From 28000.00Salary: To 34000.00Salary Competitive YAppointment Status PermanentPosition Status Full timeContact Person's Name Phillip CunninghamContact Person's Title Head of HRContact Person's Email hr@tapestryschool.org

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