| 2011-12 Immediate Opening: Middle School Special Education Teacher
Location: US-CT-Hartford
Category: Middle (5th - 8th) - SPED/Counseling
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Overview: Middle School Special Education Teacher
Start Date:Immediately Location:Hartford, CT Achievement First is a charter school management organization started in July 2003 by the leaders of Amistad Academy, a high performing charter school in New Haven, CT. A non-profit, 501 (c)(3) organization, Achievement First is creating a network of achievement-gap closing charter schools in Connecticut and New York to bring to scale the dramatic, life changing student achievement results produced at Amistad Academy. Achievement First currently operates 20 schools in both NY and CT. Over the next decade, Achievement First will grow to support 30 schools serving over 11,500 students. For more information about the Achievement First mission, model, our schools and team, please visit our website atachievementfirst. Teaching at Achievement First:
We believe that every child has the ability to succeed and attend college. Our students work extremely hard and are held to very high expectations regarding both their academic achievement and character development. Students are expected to operate in accordance with our REACH Values (Respect, Enthusiasm, Achievement, Citizenship, and Hard Work) both in and outside of school. Achieving these high standards primarily depends on placing great teachers in the classroom, thus we invest a great deal into our educators. Each teacher attends New Staff Training and two bi-annual professional development days where the entire network convenes with other leaders in the educational field. Each teacher is paired with a one-on-one coach and the school week is structured so that teachers devote half of every Friday to professional development with their grade-level and/or subject teams. The Achievement First community is a Team & Family and teachers, school leaders and support staff work together closely to ensure the academic success and character development of not only the students in their classroom, but all students in their school. We invest in each of our teachers with the understanding that they alone have the power to achieve our mission of providing all students with the academic and character skills necessary to succeed in a competitive world. Responsibilities of Achievement First School Teachers: * Student Achievement & Character Development
* Set and hold students to extremely high academic and behavioral standards
* Relentlessly demonstrate and embody the REACH values (Respect, Enthusiasm, Achievement, Citizenship, Hard Work) and ensure that students exhibit the same values
* Deliver measurable student academic growth and increase each i | 
