This posting is for the 2024-2025 School Year

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university; Master's preferred
• Texas Certified Secondary Teacher or in an Alternative Certification Program and eligible to be hired.

• Demonstrated competency in the core academic subject area assigned

 

Special Knowledge/Skills:

• Knowledge of AVID methodologies
• Knowledge of core academic subject assigned
• General knowledge of curriculum and instruction
• Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Experience working with diverse populations
• Flexibility, patience, and perseverance
• Willingness and ability to progress with a cohort and teach the same subject area at subsequent grade levels.

 

 

Competencies:

• Fosters collaborative problem-solving among students and colleagues
• Demonstrates effective classroom management and organizational skills
• Serves as a student advocate and a proponent of equitable access to rigorous curriculum and

programs

• Provides social and academic support for students
• Commits to personal and professional growth
• Spends extra time outside the classroom setting to ensure the success of the AVID system

schoolwide

• Has or is willing to develop leadership roles on campus.
• Mentors AVID students.
• Promotes the AVID strategies and methodologies across grade levels, content areas and

schoolwide

 

AVID elective teacher responsibilities include:

• Implementation of the AVID curriculum
• On-going monitoring of AVID students' progress
• Training, coaching, and debriefing the tutorial process with tutors and students
• Collecting and analyzing AVID data and documentation of the AVID system
• Participation in all AVID elective teacher and Site Team meetings
• Assistance with and participation in AVID functions (e.g. parent meetings, AVID field trips, tutor

recruitment, student recruitment/selection, and staff development)

• Encouraging parent attendance at family workshops
• Involving students in planning and presenting at family workshops
• Dissemination of college field trip information to students and parents
• Participation in college field trips.
• Contacting and organizing guest speakers
• Attending AVID professional development, including Summer Institutes

 

Experience:

At least one year of student teaching or an approved internship

At least one year of AVID experience preferred