SY2024-25 Middle School FT Substitute

Who We Are

• A tuition-free, open enrollment, K-12 charter school in the southeast community of Colorado Springs
• Preparing and empowering all of our students for success on their post-graduate paths through educational excellence, character development, and community engagement
• Dedicated to student proficiency through academic rigor and robust family support through the Atlas family scholarship
• Dedicated to our staff through offering a competitive total rewards package and providing meaningful professional development

Who We Serve

• 92% Socioeconomically Disadvantaged
• 86% Hispanic, 6% African American, 7% White, and 1% Asian
• 56% English Language Learners

What You'll Do

• Embody the characteristics that the school wishes the students to uphold, especially respect, excellence, authenticity, curiosity, hard work, and professionalism
• Deliver prepared lessons in response to a teachers’ absence
• Manage and care for a class of assigned advises
• Provide engaging, motivating, and rigorous instruction in whole-class, small-group, and individual settings
• Assist in student arrival and departure, transitions between class periods, and lunch periods
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students
• Teach, support, and enhance school-wide systems and expectations at all times with all children
• Guide the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and objectives as indicated in the lesson plans for the lessons, units, or projects assigned
• Maintain a neat and orderly classroom via straightening chairs, tables, clearing whiteboard, etc.
• Ensure that the students are never left unattended in the classroom
• Maintain awareness and knowledge of emergency evacuation routes for the classrooms assigned, procedures for referring students with disciplinary problems, and all school procedures and regulations
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Compensation & Schedule:

• Annual Salary: $35,000
• Signing Bonus: $1,000
• Schedule: Monday – Friday; Occasional evenings as needed

Benefits:

• Approximately 10 weeks of paid school breaks
• 32 hours of annual flex time and 48 hours of annual sick time
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits
• Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account
• Participation in the Colorado PERA retirement program (required in lieu of social security as a public employee)
• 100% Employer paid short and long-term disability benefit
• 100% Employer-paid life insurance benefit of $25,000 (option to purchase more)
• Access to a comprehnsive Employee Assistance Program
• Access to thousands of employee discounts

Annual Calendar and Start Date

• 212 working days
  • Please note this includes 3 days of orientation for new staff. Following years will consist of only 209 work days.
• Start Date: July 10, 2024

Who You Are

• Ability to successfully pass all required background screening
• Committed to creating a rigorous, nurturing, and joyful education experience
• Dedicated to educational equity and promoting related/procedure-aligned practices
• Demonstrate effective and consistent professionalism throughout all communication
• Ability to demonstrate evidence of self-motivation and willingness to be a team player
• Possess a growth mindset and experience using feedback as a way to improve practice

Desired Qualifications

• One or more years of substitute experience, especially within an urban classroom utilizing structure, incentives, and high expectations to drive student success
• Bilingual; Spanish and English

Essential Job Functions

• Prolonged periods of standing and sitting
• Must be able to reach, stoop, kneel, push, and pull
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times
• Must be able to access and navigate all areas of the school and other facilities as needed
• Must be able to successfully abide by all policies and procedures of Atlas Preparatory School

Position Closes: When filled