General Description: The Covenant Academies Foundation operates year-round, public charter high schools offering a traditional high school diploma to dropout and at-risk students ages 15-22. Covenant Academies is seeking a secondary certified World Language teacher. This position requires the delivery of teacher-led instruction in a blended learning environment for the purposes of supplementing and supplanting enrichment, core curriculum and credit recovery to meet a range of educational needs for at-risk and dropout youth.

Covenant Academies is open to discussions regarding flexible scheduling (hours, days, etc).

Primary Teaching Responsibilities 

• Understands, accepts, and abides by the Covenant Academies Foundation philosophy and mission statement in all his/her school activities
• Demonstrates a belief in all students ability to succeed and meet high expectations
• Demonstrates effective instructional strategies and techniques to actively engage ALL students 
• Commitment to personalizing learning for all students by differentiating instruction based on data-driven student level of mastery 
• Keeps accurate records on each student by maintaining a grade book, lesson plans, attendance records, and behavior records
• Establishes standards for student behavior that are designed to ensure academic integrity and maintains the classroom environment in an orderly fashion that is conducive to effective teaching and learning
• School activities — Teachers are required to attend and participate in such other activities as directed by the School Leader such as: staff meetings (before or after school hours), assessment windows, open houses, graduations (2 per year), etc. 
• Uses computers and other technology provided to assist students
• Acts in accordance with the professional duties and directives and administrative and mission expectations as set forth by the School Leader 
• Has read and agreed to abide by the policies, directives, and guidelines as stated in all Covenant Academies Foundation manuals pertinent to the position

Essential Skills and Abilities 

• Must possess servant leadership qualities and demonstrate excellent customer service skills, both in verbal and written formats, to all stakeholders
• Ability to understand the needs of dropout, homeless and youth with extreme barriers that the academy serves with sensitivity and compassion
• Ability to work collaboratively with other teachers to interpret and produce numeric representations of student data, and use it to drive instructional decisions
• Receptive to professional learning on a regular basis 
• Ability to embrace change and adapt to ensure excellent student outcomes and growth
• Ability to impact student achievement through mentoring, motivation, and monitoring practices

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Michigan Teaching Certification in Secondary Education 
• FA/FS Certification in Spanish preferred (open to other languages as well)
• Consideration of other languages may occur according to State of Michigan
• Excellent oral/written communication skills
• Proficient in technology
• Must be able to pass a background check
• Passion for working with at-risk youth in a blended learning setting

*Covenant Academies offers a generous benefit package including health insurance with employer contributed HSA, matching 401K, generous PTO with additional PTO hours during the summer months.  During the summer, there is no school on Friday and no school during the last week of June and first two weeks of July.  The school follows the common calendar of the local ISD.

This job description is a summary of the responsibilities, duties, knowledge, skills, experience, abilities and qualifications associated with this position. It is not an exhaustive list and may be changed at any time.

Covenant Academies Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment with respect to hire, tenure, terms, conditions or privileges of employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, marital status, disabilities or other legally protected status.