8th Grade Language Arts Teacher – Middle School

The successful Special Education Teacher will be an individual who firmly believes: all students can learn and that their learning can be directly influenced by focusing on factors over which we have control that student learning guides practice and decision-making throughout the school and system in shared accountability and responsibility through working interdependently in fostering a commitment among staff and parent communities to create the conditions for equity and excellence resulting in elimination of the achievement gap in a model that promotes professional reflection and continuous improvement has demonstrated: successful experience in facilitating high-quality professional learning and remarkable outcomes through application the ability to effectively manage and lead change, including changing practices and structures in our school system that may perpetuate inequities based on race and class outstandingskills in written and oral communication, talent management, and school operations effective facilitation and personal use of technology as a communication tool to improve student achievement and manage work personal professional learning and development through a strong understanding of literature related to education, student learning, and leadership the ability to manage dialog effectively, valuing alternative points of view in planning and decision-making that he or she is a visible instructional leader courage to do what is best for students