Title I TEACHER
Position Description:
Prairie City School District #4 is accepting applicants for a full-time Title I Teacher at Prairie City School in Prairie City, Oregon for the upcoming 2023-24 school year. Candidate must provide supplemental instruction to students in core content/skill areas of identified school need to overcome learning barriers that will contribute to their development as mature, able, and responsible men and women. Candidate must also possess or be able to obtain full Oregon licensure with grade level endorsement and must be Highly Qualified. Prairie City is a K-12 school with 265 students.
About the Area and Community:
The city of Prairie City is located in the upper end of the John Day Valley in beautiful Grant County, Oregon. The community consists of a population around 900 people and is bordered to the south by the scenic Strawberry Mountains and adjacent to the John Day River. Prairie City’s community is dotted with cattle ranches and is in the middle of some of the greatest hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation areas in Eastern Oregon.
Qualifications:
• Positive, motivated and love kids
• Integration of technology in the classroom
• Demonstrable use of data to inform instruction
• Knowledge of Response to Intervention (RTI)
• Holds a current First Aid/CPR Card or willing to obtain by hire date
• Assist in the planning and development of the Title I Reading and Math programs or other targeted areas of need the school is addressing.
• Assists staff in interpreting students’ needs and progress in reading, math and/or other targeted areas.
• Assists staff with plans and implements reading, math and other targeted programs as necessary.
• Assists staff with coordination and makes research-based strategy recommendations in the regular program of reading, math or other targeted instructional areas.
• Recommends use of varied instructional materials, reference works, kits, trade books, audiovisual aids, etc.
• Regularly observes reading, math instruction and other targeted areas of need and helps staff improve student performance through the use of research-based strategies.
• Confers with parents concerning individual students having academic difficulties and with any Title I parents requesting such a conference.
• Interprets, as appropriate, test results and statistical data concerning Title I reading, math and other targeted areas to the administration, staff and public at large.
• Collaborates with the classroom teacher to assist with instruction, researched based strategies and record keeping.
• Assists with the development of special instructional programs for Title I students
• Devises and maintains such records and reports as are necessary to the successful execution of the job and submits all required records to the Principal.
