Middle School Science/ STEM Teacher at THE DEPAUL SCHOOL FOR DYSLEXIA INC
Clearwater, FL 33759
About the Job
The dePaul School for Dyslexia is a specialized, independent school dedicated to the education of children in 1-8 grades with dyslexia and related language-based difficulties, with the primary goal of enabling these students to achieve academic and personal success.
The dePaul School embraces a school-wide vision and commitment to the following core values:
RESPECT the child - showing understanding and acceptance of their challenges.
TEACH the child – with, research-based proven curriculum and methodologies.
CHALLENGE the child - to meet their potential, setting appropriate expectations.
INSPIRE the child - promoting strengths, fostering creativity and building self-confidence through praise and encouragement.
The dePaul School Fast Facts:
- Founded in Clearwater in 1983
- Independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
- Full-time day school for students in 1st - 8th grades
- Signature Orton-Gillingham based remediation methodology, dePaul Structured Linguistics (DPSL)
- Appropriately leveled and paced classes and workload
- Compassionate and challenging environment
- Small class sizes (Max 12)
Job Description
Title: Middle School Science Teacher
Reports To: Principal
Do you want to work in an environment where student needs are at the forefront of all decision-making? At The dePaul School for Dyslexia, we focus on identifying the needs of our learners and filling in specific learning gaps utilizing research-based, explicit, sequential, multisensory teaching methods. We support our staff with ongoing professional development to stay current on best practices for assessing teaching students with language-based learning differences.
Day-to-day responsibilities
- Teach science and STEM to middle school students (5th-8th grade) by using multisensory, experiential methods.
- Track student progress using progress monitoring data.
- Potentially teach other subject areas as schedule requires.
- Establish and maintain standards of student behavior.
- Evaluate students’ academic and social growth, track grades, and prepare report cards.
- Communicate with parents to inform, update, and discuss students’ progress.
- Maintain professional competence through continued professional development.
- Regularly adjust to flexible scheduling and frequent student changes.
- Leverage experience and training to adjust teaching styles and curriculum to student needs.
- Supervise students in out-of-classroom activities as necessary.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university required.
- Classroom management experience required.
- Training in an Orton-Gillingham based curriculum preferred.
- Experience working with children with learning disabilities preferred.
- Passionate about science!
Benefits:
- Hours: 7:30a-3:30p
- PTO offered.
- Group Health insurance and 401k offered.
- School Holidays off.
- Salary based off of experience, skills, training, education and flexibility. Range $47,000 - $60,000.