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Teacher/ Advisor
Organization: The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center, the first Big Picture School
Type of Organization: CES Affiliate School
Type of Job: Teacher
Grades: High School
Subjects: All Subjects
Application Deadline: 05/02/2008
Job Description:
Advisors are teachers who stay with their small group of 15 students for their entire high school career. Advisors play a tremendous role in their students’ lives; they are their friends, coaches and heroes. Advisors nurture their students to become life-long learners. They challenge them to explore their interests, take risks and expand their knowledge through what they are passionate about. Responsibilities: * Facilitate quarterly learning plan meetings with each student and their family * Implement, by instruction and action, the Big Picture philosophy of education * Forecast the educational needs of each student based on their interests and abilities * Identify learning opportunities and internships for students * Facilitate internship searches through phone calls, shadow days and informational interviews to ensure that each student has an internship * Monitor student internships through site-visits (bi-weekly), phone calls (weekly) and mentor meetings (monthly) * Report on each student’s educational and social progress in detail through quarterly narratives, phone calls to parents and weekly student meetings * Run at least two sessions with advisory per day on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays * Attend weekly staff meetings, monthly retreats and yearly training sessions * Facilitate additional educational and health services for each advisee as needed * Mediate student conflict * Maintain complete and factual records (transcripts) on each student as required by school and law * Work with staff on strategies for grade levels, school and network * Make provisions to be available to students and parents for education-related reasons outside of the school day when necessary
Qualifications:
Required Skills & Experience: * Basic knowledge of all teaching subjects and a specialty in a specific area * Basic knowledge of pedagogical theories, perspectives and developments within education * Basic classroom management skills * Oral and verbal communication skills Desired Skills & Experience: * Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree preferred * Appropriate State or Rhode Island Teaching Certificate(s) * Excellent problem-solving skills * Organizational skills, multi-tasking abilities * Resiliency, ability to improvise and work through uncertainties * A sense of humor
Salary & Benefits:
Based upon a Teacher Step Scale
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Contact Information:
Patricia Holliday
The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center, the first Big Picture School
325 Public Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02905
work: 401-752-2627
fax: 401-752-3448
pholliday@metcenter.org
www.metcenter.org
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How to Apply:
To apply for a position with The Met, the first Big Picture School: Please mail or e-mail a resume with a cover letter stating the position for which you are applying for, two to three letters of reference, and a valid copy of teaching certification in a content area at the secondary level (if obtained) or original transcripts to the address below. The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center Patricia S. Holliday, Director of Recruitment/HR Staff Recruitment 325 Public Street Providence, RI 02905 (t) 401-752-2627 (f) 401-752-2632 Email: recruitment@metcenter.org |
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