• Teaching Partner, K-4

    Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES (Buffalo, NY)


    Teaching Partner, K-4

     

    Tapestry Charter School

     

    65 Great Arrow

     

    Buffalo , NY 14216

     

    Certified - Teaching - Teaching Assistant {TA}

     

    Job Number 3300049799

     

    Start Date

     

    Open Date 03/25/2025

     

    Closing Date

     

    POSITION: Teaching Partner, K-4

    SCHOOL YEAR: 2024-25

    REPORTS TO: Lower School Building Principal and Assistant Principal

     

    WAGE/HOUR STATUS: Exempt/10 month

     

    Mission: 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 clickinghere (https://wnyric.atenterprise.powerschool.com/ats/app\_login?COMPANY\_ID=00005387) for this job posting.

     

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    Itinerant Location 111 Great Arrow Ave. Buffalo, NY 14216

     

    Salary: From 28000.00

     

    Salary: To 34000.00

     

    Salary Competitive Y

     

    Appointment Status Permanent

     

    Position Status Full time

     

    Contact Person's Name Phillip Cunningham

     

    Contact Person's Title Head of HR

     

    Contact Person's Email [email protected]