AACL is no longer accepting applications for employment for the 2010/2011 school year.
Employment at Academy for Advanced and Creative Learning
The selection of highly qualified, caring, and professional personnel who are committed to supporting the unique vision and mission of AACL is the single most important factor in our success. AACL seeks individuals from among the most qualified, who want to make a difference in educating all children, and who want to specialize in the education of gifted and twice-exceptional learners. Our application, screening and selection process allows our personnel to fairly consider all applicants and select those individuals who have the greatest potential for reaching our goals for students’ success and achievement.
Job descriptions and open positions will be posted periodically on the AACL website. Applicants should monitor this page and submit a new application if they are interested in a new posted position.
For the 2010-2011 school year, applications are now available for the positions listed below. Priority for the hiring process will follow the actual enrollment numbers, with a round one and round two hiring process so that at each division has a least one teacher assigned before round two applicants are considered for a second class in each division as needed.
Priority for Encore/Specials teachers will be in the following order: Art, Spanish, Music, and Physical Education. The addition of music classes the first year will depend on enrollment numbers, and physical education classes will formally start the following year, based on enrollment (although all students will have a daily physical fitness time with health standards integrated from the very beginning of year one).
Locating a highly qualified special education teacher is a high priority as we implement support for learners who enroll with twice-exceptional needs; interested applicants are welcome to call us at 719-434-6566, but please read the job descriptions (below) first, as they contain the answers to many common questions.
AACL is no longer accepting applications for employment for the 2010/2011 school year.
Additional positions the first year, supported by stipends, include Gifted/Talented Coordinator, English Language Learner Coordinator, and Lead Teacher. Positions such as paraprofessional will be filled according to demonstrated need from the student body and as the enrollment and subsequent budget numbers allow, and therapists for occupational, physical, speech and other such needs will be met on a contractual basis with licensed professionals in the area.
Applicants whose paperwork passes initial screening will be invited to a personal interview, or phone interview if currently out-of-state. Applicants should indicate at the time of interview the point at which they might prefer that their current employer is contacted for a reference check. Following a successful interview, teaching applicants may be asked to schedule a time to teach a fifteen-minute demonstration lesson, and second interviews may be asked of any candidate as well. Job offers will be contingent upon a successful application and interview process as well as a successful reference check process.
Upon offer of employment, required documentation will include but may not be limited to the following original documents:
Suggested reading for teaching applicants:
Required reading at AACL for teachers will include:
Other helpful reading:
Request the AACL Professional Employment Application.
Applicants whose paperwork passes initial screening will be invited to a personal interview, or phone interview if currently out-of-state. Applicants should indicate at the time of interview the point at which they might prefer that their current employer is contacted for a reference check. Following a successful interview, teaching applicants may be asked to schedule a time to teach a fifteen-minute demonstration lesson, and second interviews may be asked of any candidate as well. Job offers will be contingent upon a successful application and interview process as well as a successful reference check process.
Upon offer of employment, required documentation will include but may not be limited to the following original documents:
- A tax form W-4
- A health certificate signed by a physician on a form provided by AACL, verifying that the applicant is able to fulfill the physical requirements of the job description
- A Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) membership application form
- Authorization and application for any other form of payroll deduction
- Police background check (local and national if applicable). YOU are responsible for requesting the background check from your local law enforcement agency, and submitting it or having them submit it to us.
- Birth certificate
- Proof of U.S. citizenship: A US Department of Justice (Immigration and Naturalization Service) Employment Eligibility Verification form I-9
- Social Security card
- Valid Picture I.D.
- Proof of full-time teaching experience
Suggested reading for teaching applicants:
- Familiarity with AACL’s website and in particular, its vision, mission, and approach to curriculum
- Teaching With Love and Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom (Paperback, 1995)~ Jim Fay (Author), David Funk, available through the Pikes Peak Library District
Required reading at AACL for teachers will include:
- How the Gifted Brain Learns by David A. Sousa (Paperback - Jul 30, 2009)
- Best Practices in Gifted Education: An Evidence-Based Guide by Ann Robinson, Bruce M. Shore, Donna L. Enersen, and Ph.D. (Paperback - Oct 15, 2006)
Other helpful reading:
- Best Practice, Today's Standards for Teaching and Learning in America's Schools by Steven Zemelman, Harvey Daniels, and Arthur Hyde (Paperback - April 27, 2005)
- Growing Up Gifted: Developing the Potential of Children at Home and at School (7th Edition) by Barbara Clark (Hardcover - April 23, 2007) (new and older editions available through the Pikes Peak Library District)
- Misdiagnosis And Dual Diagnoses Of Gifted Children And Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger's, Depression, And Other Disorders (Paperback) by James T. Webb, et al, 2005 (available through the Pikes Peak Library District)
Request the AACL Professional Employment Application.
AACL is no longer accepting applications for employment for the 2010/2011 school year.
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