Substitute Teacher

Crean Lutheran High School; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Crean Lutheran High School invites applications for a Faculty Member in Irvine, CA. The role focuses on delivering courses, integrating instructional technology, and adhering to the school’s Christian mission while maintaining high instructional standards.

Responsibilities include planning lessons aligned with state standards, using the school’s course management systems, and following the Professional Learning and Development Plan to support student achievement and spiritual growth.

Qualifications

• Know content material well and, in teaching, integrate Christianity and minister effectively to students, faculty, parents, alumni, and all Crean Lutheran High family.
• Model a Gospel-centered approach in day-to-day relationships with students, faculty, and parents.
• Clearly articulate the school's Christ-centered mission to its constituencies.
• Foster unity among Christian denominations while reflecting Lutheran beliefs and core church principles.

Responsibilities

• Teach assigned courses.
• Incorporate, understand, and utilize technology and course management systems.
• Follow the implemented Professional Learning and Development Plan.
• Plan and prepare lessons aligned with CLHS goals and state standards.
• Embed essential questions, assessments, and objectives into lessons to promote real-world application.
• Map curriculum according to CLHS adopted plan.
• Manage classroom behavior and uphold high expectations for student learning.
• Collaborate with peers and maintain professional conduct and environment.

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Crean Lutheran High School - Irvine, CA 92618

Salary Range: $25.00 - $26.00 Hourly

Role and Function: Faculty Member

Responsibilities

1. Faculty members will teach assigned courses.
2. Faculty members will incorporate, understand, and utilize technology.
   • Faculty members will implement instructional technology.
   • Faculty members will use our implemented course management and student information systems.
   • Faculty members will proactively seek opportunities to better understand and use technology as a tool to enhance student learning.
3. Faculty members will follow the implemented Professional Learning and Development Plan.
4. Faculty members will appropriately plan and prepare for learning:
   • Faculty members will serve as champions for their areas of expertise:
     • Faculty members will research best practices and research related to their area(s) of teaching.
     • Faculty members will actively seek continually improvement in their knowledge of subject matter.
     • Faculty members will investigate and advocate for new courses that will benefit students and student learning.
   • Faculty members will align lesson, unit, and other plans with appropriate school and state goals and standards.
   • Faculty members will embed essential questions, assessments, and objectives into relevant lessons and units, and promote learning through real-world application.
   • Faculty members will appropriately and adequately map their curriculum according to CLHS’ adopted plan.
5. Faculty members will perform at an acceptable level in the area of “Classroom Management”:
   • Faculty members will be Christ-centered in their interactions with students.
   • Faculty members will promote positive and Christ-centered interactions student and student-teacher interactions in the classroom.
   • Faculty members will communicate and enforce high standards for student behavior and promote self-discipline on the part of students.
6. Faculty members will perform at an acceptable level in the area of “Delivery of Instruction”:
   • Faculty members will present material from a Christian worldview.
   • Faculty members will exude high expectations and promote confidence and mastery of the material.
   • Faculty members shall share goals and rubrics with students while hooking student interest and making connections to prior knowledge.
   • Faculty members will orchestrate effective strategies, materials, and groupings to involve, engage, and motivate all students while encouraging them to be active learners and problem solvers.
7. Faculty members will monitor, assess, and follow-up with students:
   • Faculty members will use a variety of formative, interim, and summative assessments to track student learning during the lesson, throughout the course of a unit, and throughout each semester.
   • Faculty members will positively recognize student accomplishments and follow-up with struggling students in an effort to assist them in reaching proficiency.
8. Faculty members will communicate effectively with students, families, and the community:
   • Faculty members will communicate with parents, students, and fellow staff members on a timely basis:
     • Responses to student and parent emails and phone calls must occur within twenty-four hours of having received them.
     • Responses to fellow staff members must occur within twenty-four hours unless it is agreed that an alternate timetable is appropriate.
     • Office hours are required for all full-time faculty members.
9. Faculty members will effectively and appropriately collaborate with peers:
   • Faculty members will conduct themselves appropriately in collaborative team meetings and in other peer interactions.
   • Faculty members will adhere to appropriate team norms.
10. Faculty members will model professionalism:
    • Faculty members will keep grade books accurate and updated:
      • Grades for all assignments, excluding assignments determined by administration to be in need of extensions (e.g. major projects and formal research papers), are to be updated in the school’s digital grade books before Monday each week.
    • Faculty members will mode professionalism in their attire.
    • Faculty members will attend meetings as assigned and be on time.
    • Faculty members will conduct themselves and their behavior as professionals.
    • Faculty members will provide and promote a safe and clean environment.
11. Faculty members are expected to use their experience and education to create lessons, units, annual plans, assessments, worksheets, skits, etc. within the scope of their employment and work hours. Any work created outside of CLHS must be identified in the confidentiality agreement.

QualificationsLeadership Abilities

1. Know content material well and in role as teaching faculty integrate Christianity and minister effectively to students, faculty, parents, alumni, and all other member of the Crean Lutheran High family.
2. Model a Gospel-centered approach in day to day relationships with students, faculty, and parents "and foster such an approach among everyone” on campus.
3. Clearly and persuasively articulate the school's Christ-centered mission to its various constituencies.
4. Be a force of Christian unity, encouraging celebration of a variety of different Christian denominations’ gifts to the multi-faceted saving grace of God in Christ, while at the same time graciously articulating, in non-judgmental fashion, and always based on Scripture, our Lutheran Church’s understanding of key Christian beliefs and practices.
5. Model C.S. Lewis’ famous admonition, “My friend, we must always stay within the enormous common ground of Christianity” when confronting or facing a potentially divisive situation.

Essential Functions of a Faculty Member

1. Faculty members will manage student behavior and take precautions to protect students as an essential function of the teaching position.
2. Faculty members will have good classroom management as part of an essential function.
3. Faculty members will monitor students in real time to address student behavior, assess potential threats, and ensure adherence with academic honesty policies while managing their classroom.
4. Faculty members will supervise the hallways during classroom changes and help enforce the dress code.
5. Faculty members must be able to perform all aspects of teaching their subject matter as an essential function.