Deaf and Hard of Hearing teacher @ MacArthur High School

Job description

Are you ready to join the nation’s fastest improving urban school district? We are looking for a highly motivated, skilled, and equity-minded Deaf and Hard of Hearing teacher to join our team at MacArthur High School for the 2025-2026 school year. We seek individuals who are passionate about transforming the DC school system and making a significant difference in the lives of our students.

In August 2023, DCPS opened its newest high school! MacArthur High School is a comprehensive, neighborhood high school serving the diverse interests and needs of students in Ward 3 and across the city. This new school offers rigorous academics, Career and Technical Education (CTE) pathways, arts programming, and a range of athletic and club options, shaped by community feedback and the interests of the first cohorts of students. By enrolling in MacArthur at its founding, the first cohorts of students will have access to exceptional leadership opportunities and will help to shape the character of the newest high school in DCPS!

DCPS serves approximately 51,000 students in the nation's capital through the efforts of approximately 4,200 educators in 117 schools. As part of a comprehensive reform effort to become the preeminent urban school system in America, DCPS intends to have the highest-performing, best paid, most satisfied, and most honored educator force in the nation and a distinctive central office staff whose work supports and drives instructional excellence and significant achievement gains for DCPS students.

Position Overview

Vision

Every student feels loved, challenged, and prepared to positively influence and thrive in life.

Mission

Ensure that every school guarantees students reach their full potential through rigorous and joyful learning experiences provided in a nurturing environment.

Strategic Priorities

• Promote Equity: Define, understand, and promote equity so that we can eliminate gaps and systematically interrupt institutional bias.
• Empower Our People: Recruit, develop, and retain a talented, caring, and diverse team.
• Ensure Excellent Schools: Increase the number of excellent schools throughout the city.
• Educate the Whole Child: Provide rigorous, joyful, and inclusive academic and social emotional learning experiences to ensure all students are college and career ready.

The Teacher (10-month) will report to the Principal.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The below statements are intended to describe the general nature and scope of work being performed by this position. This is not a complete listing of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provides instruction to deaf and hard of hearing students with and without additional disabilities by developing, selecting, and modifying instructional plans and materials to meet the needs of students.
• Recommends appropriate specialized evaluations and assessments.
• Implements research-based strategies and interventions.
• Develops observable and measurable IEP goals and objectives.
• Collaborates with general and special education teachers to ensure appropriate accommodations, modifications, adaptive and assistive devices; ensures supplementary aids and services are available to students when appropriate.
• Maintains service notes as well as samples of student work and data related to progress toward identified goals/objectives.
• Sets and reinforces clear expectations and routines that are aligned with the school’s overall vision.
• Develops and implements curricula and activities to meet academic standards.
• Thoughtfully plans daily lessons and implements specific strategies to meet the needs of all students, providing extra support, enrichment, or variation of work when necessary.
• Designs and implements assessments that measure progress towards academic standards and diagnoses areas of student misunderstanding.
• Uses assessment data to refine curriculum and informs instructional practices.
• Is accountable for students’ academic growth and increase each individual student’s achievement.
• Creates a positive, achievement-oriented learning environment.
• Reflects on successes and areas of growth as a teacher, seeks to improve performance, and responds to feedback.
• Participates in collaborative curriculum development, grade-level activities, and school-wide functions.
• Invests parents and families in their children’s academic success through regular communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• Fluency in American Sign Language.
• Master's degree in special education, deaf education, specialization in deaf education, or related field preferred.
• Experience working with deaf and hard of hearing children and young adults to include deaf-blindess and additional disabilities preferred.

Must meet one of the following criteria:

• Hold an OSSE-issued credential or valid teaching credential from another state
• Be currently enrolled in a teacher preparation program
• Have 1 year of full-time lead teaching experience
• Have passing scores on at least 2 of the 4 required educator credential exams
• Have earned a cumulative undergraduate degree GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Strong instructional skills and classroom management.
• Enthusiasm for and demonstrated mastery of subject matter.
• Unrelenting commitment to students, self, and school’s constant learning and development.
• Ability to self-reflect on teaching practices and be responsive to feedback.

DCPS Values

• STUDENTS FIRST: We recognize students as whole children and put their needs first in everything we do.
• COURAGE: We have the audacity to learn from our successes and failures, to try new things, and to lead the nation as a proof point of PK-12 success.
• EQUITY: We work proactively to eliminate opportunity gaps by interrupting institutional bias and investing in effective strategies to ensure every student succeeds.
• EXCELLENCE: We work with integrity and hold ourselves accountable for exemplary outcomes, service, and interactions.
• TEAMWORK: We recognize that our greatest asset is our collective vision and ability to work collaboratively and authentically.
• JOY: We enjoy our collective work and will enthusiastically celebrate our success and each other.

Apply by visiting www.joindcps.com.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $63,373.00 - $90,905.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus opportunities

Work Location: In person