Job Description

** Position starts on August 1 and is on a 10-month academic calendar.

Aspen Academy, a PK-8 independent school in Greenwood Village, has an amazing opportunity for a talented, experienced business teacher who has demonstrated success in program management, is passionate about the domain of leadership and possesses entrepreneurial experience and financial acumen. This on-campus, academic-year position primarily functions outside of the traditional classroom setting, working with students, teachers, and our community. This position carries the primary responsibility for the implementation and development of Aspen Academy’s LiFE (Leadership, Finance and Entrepreneurship) curriculum and success of its students. This role will lead and manage Aspen’s LiFE Program, the nation’s only sequenced curriculum to directly teach Leadership, Finance and Entrepreneurship to students and effective life habits as well as a compilation of a myriad of authentic leadership opportunities for each one of our students. This role is responsible for the successful engagement, growth, performance and satisfaction of students, families, and team members as well as the growth and performance of the LiFE program and the school overall. With your leadership and management, these and other programs will flourish and create an ever-evolving national model program that will influence and inspire schools around the country. Interested? Please read on!

If not for life, then what are we learning for? At Aspen Academy, we look at learning as a way to ignite the personal passions and interests of each and every student. Our academics, partnered with a focused leadership development sequence, prepare students for life. Students thrive as they build lasting relationships with peers and teachers through small class sizes and a community focus.

We live and model the community’s values in thought, word and deed to students, colleagues and parents and the larger community. We are palpably committed to, supportive and co-leaders in the achievement of Aspen Academy’s vision and mission.

• Our values: Be Kind. Do Good. Work Hard. Make the World Better.
• Our mission: We edify and inspire students and educators to grow, learn and lead.
• Our vision: We are a national leader in innovative and transformative education.

Does this describe you?

• You cultivate students’ curiosity, engagement, growth and performance in academic, intellectual, social and emotional domains.
• You are a competent, compassionate, creative, dedicated and enthusiastic professional. You are committed to growth and improvement.
• You possess strong instructional pedagogy, a habit and practice of continual personal and professional growth, and both curiosity and expertise in the content to be taught.
• Beyond a passion and excitement for leadership development, finance and entrepreneurship, you have depth of learning, experience and application in the principles of these domains.
• Others describe you as a strategic, innovative, collaborative, charismatic and highly likeable leader.
• You are an excellent communicator, both written and verbal.
• You are known for building and developing close, positive relationships with students, faculty and parents. The result of these relationships: others are inspired to initiate or adopt leadership practices, roles, and responsibilities, and each team member is lifted from where they are at, inspiring them to reach towards their full potential in these categories in their own life.
• Your strengths include time, organization and project management; and you demonstrate strong social and emotional intelligence, and cultural competency.

If so, please apply to join our team!

Diversity and inclusion are core to Aspen Academy. We are passionate about building and sustaining a diverse and inclusive working and learning environment. Every member on our team enriches our community by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world. We don’t just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and thrive because of it. Aspen Academy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and promotes affirmative action. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and military and veteran status.

Essential Functions Summary

Teaching

• Exhibit mastery and enthusiasm for the LiFE curriculum matter and classes.
• Teach assigned middle school classes.
• To plan and implement an appropriately focused and balanced curriculum for each student which adhere to the school’s curriculum and standards.
• To prepare and develop activities, materials and lessons to meet the learning objectives (skills and content) of the curriculum and standards.
• To develop and maintain a well-managed classroom where 100% of the students are engaged, consistently challenged, and supported. Classroom policies should be consistent with school policies. Exemplifies and promotes Aspen Academy’s Values, Mission, and Vision.

Program Management

• Effectively manage LiFE program vision, growth and performance and its impact on students, teachers, parents, the community.
• Works to ensure the successful engagement, growth, performance and satisfaction of students, families, and team members as well as the growth and performance of the LiFE program and the school overall.
• Continued development, innovation, research and promotion of curriculum and programs to teach and develop the LiFE Program. This includes social emotional learning, intra and interpersonal relationships, civic engagement and leadership, community service, personal finance, organizational leadership, entrepreneurial mindset and execution to K-8^th grade students, parents, colleagues and strategic community partners.
• Develop and implement Student and Faculty growth and performance assessments and program impact measurement.
• Develop and deliver Faculty and Parent learning / training opportunities on LiFE topics, focused on understanding and application.
• Work with and partner with Faculty to deliver leadership retreats, daily LiFE block, and the integration of the domain’s concepts into the core and essential curriculum; observe and coach Faculty in the instruction and personal integration of these domains, enabling them to be excellent LiFE Facilitators; and provide continuous feedback on how students are grasping and applying the content.
• Lead, manage and provide accountability measures on all ancillary and co-curricular leadership programs: Service Learning, Civic Leadership, Student Government, Mentor-Mentee Programs, 8^th Grade Mentorship and Shark Tank, Bear’s Student Enterprises, Post Grad Student Internships and other programs that fall under the LiFE umbrella.
• Collaborate with the Head of School, Director of Programs and Faculty to develop, track, and achieve the program’s annual goals, quarterly objectives and KPI’s.
• Budget management and fundraising.
• Coordinate activities across Aspen Academy to build key partnerships and relationships in the youth leadership and entrepreneurial development community.

Education, Experience, and Qualifications:

• Required: four-year degree from an accredited college or university.
• Preferred: postgraduate degree, teaching credential or license.
• 3-5 years middle school classroom experience.
• K-8^th grade education or youth organization experience.
• Evidence of content mastery, such as completed degree or course of study in a field (e.g. MBA), related to the domain of business.
• Demonstrated success in program or organizational leadership and management.
• Strong financial acumen and entrepreneurial experience is a plus.
• Grant permission for a criminal background check upon hire.
• Meet physical demands to perform essential functions of the role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions: Ability to work full-time, including some evenings and weekends; work in person/in the school building; speak for long periods of time. Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, or crouch. Frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds; occasionally life up to 50 pounds.

For the coming school year, we are not able to consider candidates that require a Visa. 

Compensation Package:

Aspen Academy offers an excellent compensation package including health, dental, 403(b) with matching and more; wide-ranging opportunities for professional development; and a talented and dedicated staff of teaching professionals and supportive administrators.

Salary Range: Starting annual salary $46,758-$77,528, commensurate with education and experience step and ladder

Applicants are also invited to visit the Aspen Academy’s website (www.aspenacademy.org) to learn more about the school and its program.

 

Aspen Academy’s LiFE Story

Upon its founding, Aspen Academy prioritized the development of leadership, financial acumen and an entrepreneurial mindset and capacity in its Pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade students. It developed the nation’s only sequenced curriculum to directly teach these concepts and effective life habits that is taught as the first block of the day in every classroom. In addition to the development that occurs because of this curriculum, but also a compilation of a myriad of authentic leadership opportunities for each one of our students. From mentoring to civic engagement to managing any of our student owned and operated ancillary businesses to major service-learning projects to starting up to 10 businesses by the time a student graduates —- this is real world development of hair-on-fire kiddos who are going to make the world better. Our program has served as a beacon for schools and organizations around the country. It has served as the base for Future Holders, a leadership, finance and entrepreneurial development platform for K-12^th graders, as well as app-based game.

How to Apply

To apply: Complete your application today at https://www.aspenacademy.org/about/careers or here.

Bureaus: Colorado. Job Categories: Full-Time. Job Types: Teacher. Salaries: 60,000 - 80,000.