About this role
Position: Advisor (High School Teacher) (9th grade Peace St)
Campus: Providence Campus
Reports to: Building Principal
Employment Status: Full Time, permanent, academic year
Salary Range: Step Salary Schedule, starting at $50,000 (step 1) - $66,000 (step 5) (will be prorated based on start date)
Start Date: Immediately
Position Overview
An advisor at a Big Picture Learning school plays a complex role. An advisor is responsible for navigating and guiding the learning process with 17-20 students for 2-4 years. The advisor is a part of each student’s Learning Plan team, along with the student, parent, and mentor. The advisor guides this team to support and coach the student’s learning process. The advisor is a generalist who can support student work around each Learning Goal. An advisor is not only a teacher. They take on aspects of administration, guidance, management, recruitment, public engagement, and more. As a result, advising can be a very rewarding and intense experience.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Implement, by instruction and action, the BPL philosophy of education
- Facilitate trimester learning plan meetings with each student and his or her family
- Forecast the educational needs of each student based on their interests and abilities
- Identify learning opportunities and internships for students
- Facilitate internship searches through phone calls, shadow days, and informational interviews to ensure that each student has an internship
- Monitor and conduct student internships site visits at least once every 5 weeks. Advisors should also be in contact, via text, phone, or email at least once every two weeks.
- Report on each student’s educational and social progress in detail through trimester narratives, phone calls to parents, and weekly student meetings
- Run at least two sessions with advisory per day on non-internship days
- Attend weekly staff meetings, monthly Professional Development days, and yearly training sessions
- Facilitate additional educational and health services for each advisee as needed
- Create a positive culture of learning
- Maintain complete and factual records (transcripts) on each student as required by school and law
- Work with staff on strategies for grade levels, school, and network
- Make provisions to be available to students and parents for education-related reasons outside of the school day when necessary
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Appropriate State or Rhode Island Teaching Certificate(s)-Secondary Level
- Basic knowledge of all teaching subjects and a specialty in a specific area
- Basic knowledge of pedagogical theories, perspectives, and developments within education
- Basic classroom management skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Access to reliable transportation with a clean driving record
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Excellent problem-solving skills, multi-tasking abilities
- Ability to demonstrate competency in other content areas beyond certification content, particularly in Math, Science, and Literacy
- Resiliency, ability to improvise and work through uncertainties
- A sense of humor
All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.