One City Schools Hiring For School Safety Educator at Madison, WI, United States , United States Full Time

Job Description

School Safety Educator
One City Preparatory Academy School Safety Educator
One City Schools – Madison, WI
SUMMARY
Location | Madison, WI
Post Date | August 18, 2022
Application Deadline | Open until filled
Start Date | September 1, 2022
Reports To | Secondary School Principal
One City Preparatory Academy (OCPA) seeks thoughtful, visionary, and relentless Teachers and Staff to serve as founding members of OCPA’s first sixth, ninth, and tenth grades for the 2022-2023 school year.
Specifically, we seek educators passionate about their fields of study and committed to advancing equity through rigorous curricula made accessible to students with varied academic preparation. The successful applicant must be committed to teaching/supporting classes at both the middle and high school levels. In addition, candidates will be expected to participate fully in the life of the school, including student advising, club advising, and committee service.
This is full-time position offering competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.
GENERAL OVERVIEW
One City Preparatory Academy (OCPA) is a unique 6th-12th grade school that combines the features of an EL Education Network School and an Early College and Career Model. OCPA will offer the highly regarded Expeditionary Learning curriculum in sixth through eighth grades and a blended high school, college, and career experience in high school. It is also a unique, two-generation public school, authorized by the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents, that provides a tuition-free education to children, and works directly with families to ensure children are inspired, learning, growing, and achieving to their full potential. OCPA begins its first year of operation in September of 2022 with sixth grade, ninth grade, and tenth grade while One City Elementary School (Grades 4K-5) will enter its fifth year with the addition of fifth grade. One City Schools is the only public school in Wisconsin that offers both a longer school day (8:15 am to 4:45 pm for the middle school) and longer school year (219 days vs 180 days in traditional public schools).
In Fall of 2021, we moved into our permanent home, a $12 million facility located at 1707 W. Broadway in Monona, Wisconsin, a small city located on the South Side of our capital city. This 13.5 acre campus includes a 157,000 school facility that will serve 888 K-12 scholars by 2024. The campus is situated just 5 blocks from Lake Monona, just north of Lake Waubesa, and 10 minutes from downtown Madison.
ABOUT THE SCHOOL
One City Preparatory Academy is rounding out its founding teachers and staff for the 2022-23 school year. Beginning with grades 6, 9, and 10, the school will grow in 2023-24 to grades 6-7 and 9-11, then in 2024-25 to 6-12. The middle school program at One City Preparatory Academy is an interdisciplinary, student-centered, project-based learning experience in a school organized around the principles of community and equity. In high school, the program is focused on preparation for college or career through a blended high school, college, and career program. Emphasis for both middle and high school is placed not just on academic skill development, but also on individual and community character skills such as empathy, flexibility, curiosity, and grit. Our scholars are taught how to be lifelong learners and thinkers, equipped to approach unpredictable challenges ahead.
The Pleasant T. Rowland Leadership Campus, our new home at 1707 W Broadway, borders Madison and Monona and includes large outdoor space that will be developed into usable exploration space. Inside the building we are developing innovative spaces including everything from a beauty/barber salon, to a student-run DJ booth, coffee shop, school store, and Summit Credit Union branch, to teacher training suites where new teachers can learn from seasoned professionals through one-way glass.
Our middle school curriculum is framed in Expeditions, eight-week interdisciplinary instructional periods, followed by one week immersive workshop experiences.
Workshops provide exposure to career paths, opportunities to engage in design thinking cycles through project based work, and specific content knowledge critical to ensuring success in life and career (e.g., financial literacy, life skills, career readiness). Beginning in 6th grade, students will be exposed to technical and very practical workshops that will help them make informed decisions about their future, while providing them with a rich variety of job prospects. Furthermore, these workshops will lead to summer apprenticeship opportunities and internships on campus and locally, therefore increasing graduation and employment rates specifically among traditionally underrepresented communities.
Our high school program is semester-based. OCPA seeks to improve the transition from high school to college and increase access and success in higher education. We do this by offering high school-age students, particularly those from low-income and historically underrepresented communities, tuition-free college programs of study. The bridge between high school and college is weakest for the young people for whom the gap between the two is also the widest. OCPA will provide high-school level support (physical, emotional, social, and academic) to scholars pursuing college level coursework. OCPA seeks to demonstrate that an academically rigorous liberal arts and sciences program can intellectually engage a diverse group of high school students and effectively prepare them for success in college, careers, and civic life.
In our longer school day and longer school year model, we have the ability to be flexible and innovative with schedule and program. We are seeking educators eager to build a school and a program designed to meet the needs of historically underrepresented communities.
MISSION, VISION, VALUES, AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES
MISSION
Our mission is to seed a new model of public education that ensures young children are on track to succeed in a college or career preparatory program from birth through high school graduation.
One City Schools achieves its mission by:

• Attracting dedicated families committed to the mission of the school
• Sustaining a diverse, inclusive, and multicultural community that affirms and values each individual
• Focusing on wellness, including providing healthy prepared breakfast, lunch, and snack on a daily basis
• Providing a longer school day and longer school year, ensuring our scholars and their families are continually supported
• Ensuring transparency and accountability, including a 20-year longitudinal study in partnership with University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Providing financial, physical, and educational support for scholars from age 2 through HS graduation
• Focusing on professional development and support
• Cultivating resilience, agency, compassion, and community-mindedness
• Embracing the whole child, from athletics to social-emotional development to content knowledge
• Embedding a community-minded approach t o education, including a focus on collaboration amongst teachers, parents, and scholars

VISION
Our short-term vision is of a Greater Madison where all children are prepared to contribute and succeed as adults.
Our long-term vision is of a Wisconsin and United States of America where all children are prepared to achieve the same. Solving the achievement gap crisis won’t matter if a gap still exists between children in the USA and children in other developed countries around the world.
VALUES
Habits of Character

• We are honest, fair, and fulfill the commitments we make, building a culture of respect and mutual trust.
• We give our best effort, take intellectual risks and learn to persevere.
• We reflect and live with purpose, working toward goals that embody our genuine interests.
• We are a school that values educational excellence, community, and integrity. We are dedicated to lifelong learning.
• We have high expectations for all scholars, staff, and families.

Community

• We embrace the village concept – that it truly takes an entire village to raise a child.
• We support and celebrate one another and take responsibility for our words and actions, acknowledging that we shape the lives of others in our community.
• We work hand-in-hand with parents and the broader community to ensure our students have the fundamental capacity to succeed in school and life.
• We utilize a robust network of community partnerships, routinely evaluate our success, and stay current on the latest research to ensure we are doing our very best to cultivate happy, healthy, and successful children.

Equity

• We embrace and celebrate diversity within our school, knowing that it deepens our learning and enhances our empathy.
• We recognize that each person has different circumstances and we allocate the necessary resources and opportunities needed to provide an equal playing field for our scholars and their families.

Wellness

• We promote the health and wellbeing of our students and employees.
• We provide two nutritious meals and a snack for our scholars and staff on a daily basis.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES
One City Scholars will graduate from our school but always be a part of our community. They will emerge from our program as thinkers, learners, and problem-solvers, ready to tackle life’s challenges and provide effective leadership in our state and globally.
Our graduates will be prepared to lead in the local and global community and serve as role models, mentors and problem solvers. They will understand the importance of reflection, perseverance, compassion and risk-taking. One City scholars, to put it simply, will make the world a better place.
STATEMENT ON DIVERSITY
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are more than just words for One City Schools. We strive to create a team that reflects the scholars and families we serve, and empowers all to bring their full, authentic selves to school each day. Currently, 60% of our staff and 87% of our scholars identify as Black, Brown, Asian, Hispanic, Latino, and/or multi-racial. One City Schools is designed to prepare ALL students for success in school, career, and life, particularly the Black, Brown, Hispanic, Latino, and low-income scholars in the Madison community and beyond, who have been historically underserved in traditional school environments.
PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE
In September of 2022, One City Preparatory Academy will welcome as many as 72 scholars in Grade 6 and 96 in each of Grades 9 and 10, while One City Elementary School will expand through Grade 5 with 48 scholars/grade. In the following two years (School Years ‘23-24 and ‘24-25), expansion will continue until One City Schools serves children from as young a s age 2 (One City Preschool) through high school graduation. The first graduating class will be in June of ‘25.
Our new facility at 1707 W Broadway is currently under renovation while we simultaneously use it for instruction for Grades K-4. Renovations will be complete by September of ‘22, at which time construction on the Athletics Center will begin. Programs will expand as OCPA grows and will always center on our mission and vision.
SPECIFIC DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: SCHOOL SAFETY EDUCATOR

• Establishes and builds relationships with scholars, teachers, and families
• Assists in ensuring the school community and facility are safe, orderly, and secure, and that One City is engaging in the best practices in school safety and security
• Works with community partners, including local law enforcement, to ensure One City is following best safety practices
• Reports and documents safety incidents as directed by School Principal
• Provides First Aid when needed
• Intervenes in altercations between students, staff, or public. The successful candidate will be adept at de-escalating situations and capable of intervening when de-escalation measures fail
• Participates in, and, if asked, leads emergency drills
• Provides daily incident reports and records to school administration and uses such data to improve our community’s safety
• Provides supervision at school events as needed
• Works with local law enforcement to control the presence of trespassers and unauthorized visitors to One City property

QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor’s Degree or higher (preferred)
Experience: 2 years experience (preferred)
Certifications/Licenses: Training and experience related to crisis intervention and emergency medical procedures
CPR/AED certification required
Experience working with middle and high school age youth
Other Requirements:

• Strong commitment to the mission, vision, goals and objectives of One City
• Minimum of two (2) years experience working in a school setting preferred but not required; urban teaching (or student-teaching) experience and teaching children from racial, ethnic, and linguistically diverse backgrounds also preferred
• Flexibility
• Comfort with discomfort
• Enthusiasm to build a school together
• Compassion
• Community-focused
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
One City offers salaries and wages that are competitive within our local market and area public schools, as well as comprehensive benefits to all full-time employees. Benefits include:

• Salaries: $38,000 – $42,000, depending on education, experience, and demonstrated impact on student growth and achievement
• 11-month contract with dedicated planning time each week. Standard school year breaks apply (e.g., Thanksgiving break, winter break, spring break, national holidays).
• Healthy prepared breakfast, lunch, and snack provided while at work
• Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental and vision)
• Investment in comprehensive professional development
• 401K with employer match of 5.9%
• Voluntary Benefits (Supplemental Life, Accident, Short Term Disability, etc.)
• Your age-eligible children automatically admitted to One City Elementary School
• Life Insurance and Long-term Disability
• Employee Assistance Plan

Compensation will be consistent with One City’s approved compensation plan as stipulated by the Board of Directors.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $38,000 – $42,000 per year
COVID-19 considerations:
Presently, 100% of our students are learning in-person. We have very effective COVID-19 health protocols to protect our students, employees and volunteers, including onsite testing, masking and daily screening if needed.
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