Working Here

MOT Charter School provides a challenging curriculum in a safe and nurturing environment where all children learn and flourish.  By utilizing diverse teaching strategies and exposing students to a wide variety of educational experiences, we ensure that each child participates in, understands, and enjoys learning.    

At MOT Charter…

• A strong school community enables every child to reach his or her academic potential.  

• Character development and personal responsibility form the basis for learning.  

• Students are empowered and expected to be accountable for their own learning.   

• Parents are invited and expected to be actively engaged in their children’s education.

MOT Charter School is an independently operated public school.  

• We are governed by a charter which includes a Performance Agreement with the state.

• Our curriculum is aligned to the state standards.

• Our charter must be renewed every 5-10 years before the State Board of Education.

• Charter Schools are underfunded public schools in that we receive no funding for facilities.  

• Charter Schools have more freedom with their budgets.

We are confident that as a result of the mutual selection process undertaken, your employment will prove to be beneficial to MOT Charter School as well as yourself and we look forward to having you join us.  We carefully select our employees through applications, personal interviews and reference checks.  After all available information was considered and evaluated; you were selected to become a member of our team!  This process helps MOT Charter School find people who are genuinely concerned with the success of our students, willing to put forth their best efforts, and willing to work cooperatively with coworkers and administration.

1. Everything we do starts with trusting relationships with our students and families.

• Contribute to a caring and nurturing school environment. 

• Stay positive and proactively work to resolve conflicts and differences.

• Extend and model kindness and respect to colleagues, students, and parents.

• Celebrate diversity and differences in our community.

2.  Focus on our primary goal of helping each and every child learn and grow.  

• Make instructional decisions based upon data.

• Set high, and even higher, expectations for students.

3. Ensure that good character and citizenship are part of daily life at MOT.

• Constantly model and incorporate lessons of kindness, respect & responsibility into your teaching.

• Expect and reinforce school wide expectations around kindness, respect & responsibility.

4. Engage students in their own learning.

• Clearly communicate learning targets to students.

• Help students learn about themselves and to understand their strengths and weaknesses.

• Teach students to set goals and make plans for achieving them.

5. Provide a wide variety of learning experiences and use diverse instructional strategies.

• Balance skill development with problem-solving experiences.

• Provide authentic learning opportunities.

• Differentiate to reach all ability levels. 

6. Never stop learning.

• Be reflective and look for ways to improve.

• Take risks and try new things.

7. Collaborate about instruction and learning.

• Collaborate with peers, administration & other staff members to maximize student growth.

• Collaborate with parents and other community members.

8. Involve parents and families.

• Communicate positively, proactively and consistently with parents and families.

• Welcome parents into the school and your classroom and find ways for them to contribute.

9. Live the growth mindset!

• Believe that each and every child can learn and grow.

• See effort and feedback as the path to mastery.

• Embrace challenges and persist in the face of setbacks.

10. Model the behavior we desire to see in our students

1.   Students do the heavy lifting

2.   Stakeholders are all valued equally and relationships nurtured

3.   Learners engage in productive struggle

4.   Students have ownership and accountability in all aspects of their learning

5.   Teachers develop thought-provoking experiences for higher-level thinking

6.   Learners are engaged in true collaboration

7.   Teachers equally value content knowledge and process of learning in the curriculum

8.   Learners have varied opportunities for ongoing feedback

9.   Students are empowered and encouraged to self-advocate concerning both academic and personal needs