Purpose of Job:

To provide supplemental instructional support in the development of each student's Social Studies skills as the foundation for success in high school courses while collaborating with the educational staff contributing to successful student achievement.

Essential Duties/Major Accountabilities:

Show Up: Be ACCOUNTABLE for our students, ourselves, and our team.

Connect: Develop and maintain TRANSPARENT and HONEST relationships with our students and team.

Succeed: Become a STRONG unified team providing students an INNOVATIVE environment to become productive members of society.

Student Engagement

Classroom Engagement

Maintain clear classroom attendance expectations for students. Maintain expected student communication and document attendance utilizing identified GOAL systems. Academic Intervention

Utilize daily and weekly student engagement and participation data to provide interventions to students who are not actively engaged in class. Provide appropriate and timely academic intervention to meet individual student needs, and document appropriately in GOAL's MTSS system. Attend professional development opportunities and instructional coaching that promote improved instructional strategies and support researched-based resource material needed to successfully maintain professional growth. Active Student and Parent Communication

Communicate regularly with students (daily) and parents (monthly) to keep the student progressing toward academic success, including, but not limited to, providing progress reports, class expectations, student participation rates and when needed, arrange/support student/parent teacher con Establish and maintain a cooperative working relationship with students and families based on trust, understanding and respect for the communities in which they identify. Teaching / Tutoring

Quality Courses and Instruction

Utilize GOAL established guidelines for quality course structure and instructional practices. Provide high-quality virtual (live and recorded) instruction to individual students and small groups. Create an online classroom environment and adhere to the research-based program of study that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students. Plan and use appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, and equipment that reflect understanding of the learning styles and needs of students. Apply instructional strategies to meet the needs of individual students through differentiation to appropriately serve their learning plans, including, but not limited to, IEPs, ELPs, ALPs, and 504s. Support the implementation of school platforms, assessment tools, and data management systems. Maintain strong organizational skills. RTI - Response to Intervention

Utilize data to provide intervention instruction to students and to bring their skills to grade-level. Utilize identified research-based interventions focused specifically on individual student needs. Maintain data-based documentation of continuous monitoring of student performance and progress. Grading and Gradebooks

Maintain complete and accurate grading and gradebooks in the GOAL LMS (Schoology). Ensure weekly gradebook updates by the close of business each Friday. Gladiator POD

Advocacy

Facilitate and support your POD team to lead to a positive working environment for fellow staff and student groups. Collaborate with your assigned POD to identify the needs of your students. Set and maintain learning goals and targets to develop best practices for continuous academic growth of students. Communication

Build connections with staff, students, and parents to keep the student progressing toward academic success, working as a united team to set goals, provide support and overcome barriers to academic progress. This will include, but is not limited to, attending family support meetings, c nnecting through group messaging and meetings, and providing updates on student academic performance. Extra-Curricular

Possess and share a general knowledge of GOAL Academy's extra-curricular activities and student opportunities. Teamwork

Participate in daily POD huddles to establish clear lines of communication and