Kindergarten Teacher

Reports to: Principal

Classification: Certificated

Job Status: Full Time/Exempt

School Year Employee

Start Date: August 2024

Location: Seattle, WA

About Rainier Valley Leadership Academy

Rainier Valley Leadership Academy is a public, tuition-free, charter school, that provides an anti-racist collaborative community and rigorous education while providing access to civic leadership and college success for all scholars in Seattle. RVLA is currently serving grades 6-12 in the Seattle Community. Starting in the Fall of 2024, we will be opening our elementary school and serving Kindergarten scholars, as well. We respect and celebrate the wealth and vitality of the ethnic and cultural traditions that thrive in our neighborhood. Our mission is to put every child on the path to success in college and career, leadership, and life.

We integrate college and career-ready and hands-on instruction to expose all scholars to a variety of authentic experiences. Our teachers use a data-driven collection to meet scholar needs and differentiation. We use common planning time and collaborative team time to analyze data to inform instruction. We provide a teacher mentor for every scholar and focus on personalized learning. RVLA boasts a highly qualified and diverse faculty and staff that not only have excellent educational credentials but also bring to the school community many years of dedication to scholar success and passion for our mission. Our small school community allows adults to know each other and every scholar by name, strength, and need. We pride ourselves on building and maintaining close relationships with

each other, our community, scholars, and families.

Opportunity

We are seeking a mission-aligned Kindergarten Teacher to join the growing team at Rainier Valley Leadership Academy to serve our kindergarten scholars. Our ideal candidate is scholar-focused and utilizes innovative, data-driven, anti-racist instructional practices to engage, connect, and build relationships with scholars and their families to foster educational success. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about having a long-term commitment to joining the RVLA community and wants to help build a community-centered school driven to dismantle systemic oppression through the unit of the school.

To learn more about what it’s like to work at RVLA, please visit: myrvla.org

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Effectively instruct elementary students as prescribed by RVLA’s academic content standards.
• Utilize direct instruction, demonstration, audio-visual aids, and other materials to supplement presentations with the overall goal of engaging student learning.
• Maintain effective supervision and discipline in the classroom.
• Set clear short-term and long-term goals to drive instruction.
• Develop and submit weekly lesson plans, unit plans, and assessments containing standards, objectives, essential questions, and assessments.
• Update gradebook regularly using common core standards.
• Attend Grade Level Team, Content, and Professional Development Meetings.
• Assign, review, and provide feedback on student homework.
• Consistently administer tests to evaluate student progress, record results, and issue meaningful reports to inform parents of progress.
• Design a teaching plan that includes activities and teaching methods to motivate and inspire scholars.
• Work with students individually to help them overcome specific learning challenges.
• Develop and enforce classroom rules to teach children proper behavior.
• Supervise scholars during mid-morning recess.
• Attend faculty and professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Attend staff meetings and serve on committees as required.
• Work as part of an interdisciplinary team and within content areas planning and aligning curricula to ensure that instruction follows curriculum guidelines or requirements of state and school.
• Create and implement student intervention plans when necessary.
• Maintain the school's student management policies and procedures (i.e., attendance records, dress code, etc.) and report to the school administrators when necessary.
• Work with other teachers and administrators to address and resolve student issues.
• Provide necessary accommodations and modifications for the growth and success of all students.
• Lead and participate in student activities such as: sponsoring student activities or organizations, coaching a sports team, working with parents and the community as part of a committee or group, providing morning or after-school supervision, and chaperoning student events.
• Abide by all state and federal mandates in reporting sexual or physical abuse and neglect.
• Special projects and duties outside of primary teaching responsibility as assigned.
• Participate in other events aimed at promoting or developing Rainier Valley Leadership.
• Academy Elementary School (i.e., student recruitment).
• Cover mid-morning recess.
  
  

This employer strives for a balanced, productive workforce, which is diverse in terms of age, gender, and cultural identity. We do not base hiring or promotional decisions on factors other than performance and professional growth potential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (required)
• Early childhood experience (required)
• Early elementary education (preferred)
• Prior founding experience
• WA Kids training experience
• Experience with data tracking software (i.e., Deanslist, etc.)
• Valid Washington State Teaching Certificate with content-area endorsement
• Experience teaching kindergarteners
• Knowledge of and experience with Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
• Experience designing curricula and assessments (highly preferred)
• Can articulate a clear, compelling vision for strong content instruction
• Excellent collaborative and organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Growth mindset and love of learning
• A strong ethical base and self-awareness
• Relentless commitment to high standards for high-quality execution
• Passionate with a strong sense of personal responsibility toward achieving ambitious goals
• Strong sense of integrity, ethics, and drive to achieve and grow
• Humility, sense of humor, and rock-solid commitment to RVLA’s mission and the Southeast Seattle community
• Commitment to building programs from beginning to end
• Ability to multi-task and function in a high-energy environment
  
  

RVLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and strives for a balanced, productive workforce, which is diverse in terms of age, gender, and cultural identity. We do not base hiring or promotional decisions on factors other than performance and professional growth potential.

Please note: we are unable to sponsor H-1B Visa applicants.

Compensation And Current Roles Available

Title: Kindergarten Teacher

Compensation Rate : $64,995-$105,486

Status: FT

FTE Equivalent: 1.0

Estimated Weekly: 40 hrs.

Benefit Eligibility: Yes

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: We will begin interviewing for this position in late January. The start date is slated for August 2024.

• Only applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted.
  
  

About Rainier Valley Leadership Academy

ABOUT RAINIER VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: Rainier Valley Leadership Academy is a public, tuition-free, charter school, providing an anti-racist collaborative community and rigorous education, while providing access to civic leadership and college success for all scholars in Seattle. RVLA serves grades 6-12 in the Seattle Community. We respect and celebrate the wealth and vitality of the ethnic and cultural traditions that thrive in our neighborhood. Our mission is to put every child on the path to success in college, career, leadership, and life. We integrate college and career-ready and hands-on instruction to expose all scholars to a variety of authentic experiences. Our teachers use data driven collection to meet scholar needs and differentiation. We use common planning time and collaborative team time to analyze data to inform instruction. We provide a teacher mentor for every scholar, and focus on personalized learning. RVLA boasts a highly-qualified and diverse faculty and staff that not only have excellent educational credentials, but also bring to the school community many years of dedication to scholar success and passion for our mission. Our small school community allows adults to know each other and every scholar by name, strength and need. We pride ourselves on building and maintaining close relationships with each other, our community, scholars and families.