Our Mission and Core Beliefs:
Founded in 2006, STRIVE Preparatory Schools (STRIVE Prep) is a Denver-based community of free, open enrollment, public charter schools committed to providing every student with an excellent, high-quality, college-preparatory education. We believe that students from all backgrounds deserve a college preparatory education regardless of race, economic circumstance or previous academic achievement. We open our doors every day to prepare students for academic success from kindergarten through college with an excellent public education of high standards, structure and accountability.
In support of our students, we are passionately committed to three Core Beliefs: every child deserves a demanding, standards-based education; accountable community develops character; and great teachers are essential for academic excellence.
Our Students and Results:
– STRIVE Prep operates nine schools within Denver Public Schools (DPS) throughout Far Northeast, Northwest and Southeast Denver
– In order to realize our vision of making a college prep education for all students in our community the norm, rather than the exception, STRIVE Prep is growing from nine schools serving 3,200 students to 17 schools serving 7,500 students by the year 2022.
– Approximately 97% of STRIVE Prep students identify as students of color, 91% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, 42% are English Language Learners and 12% receive Special Education services.
– One or more STRIVE Prep schools have consistently ranked in the top 10 high performing secondary schools within DPS since the DPS School Performance Framework was introduced.
– We welcome any scholar from kindergarten through twelfth grade who desires to STRIVE for college. Because STRIVE Prep participates in the DPS SchoolChoice process, enrollment is open to any student in the communities we serve regardless of race, economic circumstance or previous academic achievement
About STRIVE Prep-RISE:
– STRIVE Prep-RISE will open its doors to 9th grade students in the Far Northeast community of Denver in the Fall of 2016 and will join STRIVE Prep-SMART and STRIVE Prep-Excel as the third high school in the STRIVE Prep network.
– Teachers and leaders at RISE will focus on developing students to become critically thinking lifelong learners who are empowered, focused, and compassionate members of their communities. This includes required engagement in community service learning throughout the year.
– The rigorous college preparatory curriculum at RISE will include mandatory Advanced Placement coursework, graduation requirements that exceed the Colorado Department of Higher Education requirements for four-year college entry and a robust offering of extracurricular activities.
– Find out more about STRIVE Prep-RISE, the Far Northeast community, and the Principal, Elisha Roberts, on our website at www.striveprep.org
Our Aspiring Multi-Intensive Center Director:
– Is passionate about education and holds a bachelor’s degree (required).
– Is licensed and certified to teach Special Education in the State of Colorado (required).
– Has at least two years of special education teaching experience (required), preferably in an urban setting and in a multi-intensive center.
– Speaks Spanish or has experience working with bilingual students (highly preferred).
– Is committed to constant growth and reflection through regular coaching and professional development.
– Is dedicated to educational success for first generation college-bound urban students of color.
– Is fired up about social justice, eager to empower our scholars, and committed to being change-makers.
– Brings enthusiasm, professionalism, and positivity to the classroom and our adult community.
– Assumes the best in others and is willing to have courageous conversations in order to do what is best for students.
-Is hard-working and views challenges as opportunities for improvement.
– Has high expectations of themselves and others, and a willingness to hold themselves and others to those expectations.
– Is effective at building relationships with students and families through consistent partnership and communication.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Serve as the founding director of self-contained Multi-Intensive (MI) center at STRIVE Prep – RISE for high school students, drawing from our existing MI center for middle school students at STRIVE Prep –Federal. This will entail:
– Participating in a yearlong program planning phase in the 2015-2016 school year that will consist of at least 50% of time spent at a current MI center on the STRIVE Prep-Federal and STRIVE Prep-Montbello Campuses to both plan and gain experience in working in a successful center-based program. The program planning will focus on preparation for the new STRIVE Prep- RISE MI center and will include: community outreach and engagement, planning academic programming (including adaptive, social, and transition/life skills), and completing program observations.
– The remainder of the time will be spent working as a part-time Special Education teacher at our elementary school, STRIVE Prep-RISE Academy. This will include: managing an IEP case load, lesson planning, teaching integrated and direct services classes, and building school culture of acceptance.
– Implement a new MI program at STRIVE Prep-RISE Academy in the 2016-17 school year that has been created during the planning phase (see above). Implementation will include:
– Refine programming to ensure delivery of rigorous and specialized instruction in all
– Manage and lead a team of paraprofessionals in providing one-on- one instructional core content areas and behavioral support to center students, including teaching social and adaptive skills, providing small group or one-on- one academic instruction, and pushing-in and supporting students in a general education setting, as needed.
– Work closely with district support staff and managing DPS transportation service
– Collaborate with school leadership, teachers, paraprofessionals, and the special education team to ensure that instruction is always meeting the needs of all learners, including supporting student inclusion in general education classrooms and supporting the team in tracking students on their Individualized Education Plan (IEP) goals on a daily basis.prepare for their goals for future employment and independent living.
– Providing transition and life skills services that allow students to receive work experience and
– Collect and use data to track student growth, and create or modify student IEPs.
– Provide fair, accurate, and constructive feedback to students on their progress.
– Build relationships with students and families through consistent partnership; and
– Participate in Summer Training Institute as well as professional development communication. throughout the school year.
What we Offer our Center Directors:
– Competitive compensation package.
– Annual performance based raises.
– Participation on the Colorado PERA retirement program including a PERA 401k contribution option.
– Funding of 100% of individual medical benefits and a wide range of insurance plans.
– A laptop and access to classrooms equipped with Smartboards and document cameras.
– Additional stipends available for participation in athletic and extracurricular programs.