2nd Grade Teacher, 5th Grade Teacher

A teacher at Positive Tomorrows is the primary educational service provider of the organization and therefore must maintain a visionary, progressive, and evidence-based approach to educating students.  The teacher is responsible for providing an educational atmosphere where students experiencing homelessness have the opportunity for intellectual, emotional, physical, and psychological growth. The teacher is responsible for organizing and implementing an instructional program that employs an arts-integrated approach and will result in accelerated academic growth in each student.

Teachers at Positive Tomorrows are responsible for focusing on the teaching of Math, Reading & Writing, Social Studies, Science, Handwriting, and Spelling to students at a variety of academic levels and social abilities. The simple view of reading is the model Positive Tomorrows utilizes which incorporates the components of the science of reading (phonological awareness, phonics and word recognition, fluency, vocabulary and oral language comprehension, and text comprehension). Study skills and appropriate behavior are also taught in the classroom.