3rd Grade Social Studies Teacher

KIPP New Orleans Schools • New Orleans, LA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

KIPP New Orleans Schools is seeking a full-time, on-site 3rd Grade Social Studies Teacher to provide rigorous, standards-aligned instruction and create a safe, joyful, and inclusive classroom. The teacher plans and adapts lessons, uses student work and assessment data to guide instruction, differentiates for diverse learners, and provides timely feedback. The role includes building positive relationships with students and families, supporting school culture and student safety, collaborating with colleagues, and participating in professional development and data meetings.

The teacher is expected to uphold KIPP New Orleans Schools’ values and policies, including requirements for attendance, planning, grading, testing, student-data privacy, and family communication. School-based work requires active student supervision, in-person engagement throughout the school day, and participation in emergency response procedures and required safety training. This is a 100% on-site position. Regular hours are Monday through Friday and will be established with the supervisor; occasional evening and weekend work may be required.

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. Benefits include a 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching, health and wellbeing coverage, approximately 30 paid holidays, additional paid time off, and ongoing professional development. Offers are contingent on reference checks, identity and work-authorization verification, a state background check, and verification of teaching experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Personal affinity for KIPP New Orleans Schools’ mission and vision and demonstrated commitment to its core beliefs: Relentlessness, Elevation, Achievement, Community, and Hope.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer.
• Successful completion of a professional reference check, proof of identity and work authorization, a state background check, and verification of teaching experience.
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the role, with or without reasonable accommodation, including communicating effectively, observing details at close range, reading and interpreting data, and maintaining visual attention and mental concentration for significant periods.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of classroom teaching, move throughout school facilities, and safely lift and move up to 30 pounds independently.
• Must be physically present and engaged at assigned work locations during the scheduled workday and participate in student supervision and emergency response duties.

Nice To Haves

• At least two years of teaching experience in urban, open-enrollment schools.
• Demonstrated success raising student achievement outcomes.
• State-issued teaching credential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver rigorous, standards-aligned instruction using high-quality instructional materials; communicate objectives and success criteria and check for understanding.
• Plan and adapt units and lessons to build conceptual understanding and fluency; prepare questions, models, exemplars, and anticipated misconceptions, and align tasks and rubrics to standards.
• Analyze student work, interim assessments, and state assessments to plan reteaching, spiraling, extension, and small-group instruction.
• Differentiate and scaffold instruction for diverse learners; provide required IEP/504 accommodations and modifications and coordinate with DSS and ESL staff.
• Structure purposeful independent practice, small groups, centers, and peer discourse that promote evidence-based reasoning, academic language, and grade-level thinking.
• Provide timely, actionable feedback; maintain accurate grades and make-up work systems; design and implement aligned common assessments and support calibration.
• Establish safe, joyful classroom routines and high expectations; use culturally sustaining materials and integrate social-emotional learning.
• Apply school-wide behavior systems consistently and restoratively; use pre-corrections, de-escalation, and restorative conversations, and document incidents as required.
• Build relationships with students and families through regular, strengths-based communication, progress updates, and conferences; use interpretation as needed.
• Model school values and professionalism, meet deadlines, and fulfill assigned arrival, transition, lunch/recess, dismissal, and testing duties.
• Participate in school events, IEP/504 and English learner meetings, data nights, testing, community celebrations, and recruitment and retention activities.
• Set and monitor goals for student mastery and classroom culture; celebrate growth, engage with coaching and feedback, and reflect on student work.
• Participate in professional development and professional learning communities, contribute instructional artifacts, and collaborate on assessments and data-driven reteach plans.
• Plan for access and rigor across learner groups, examine outcome and discipline data for disproportionality, and adjust instruction, grading, and routines accordingly.
• Create opportunities for student and family voice and uphold equitable, transparent grading and classroom policies.
• Meet attendance and punctuality standards; submit leave requests and maintain coverage plans.
• Follow IEP/504 and testing requirements, secure test materials, deliver accommodations, and complete documentation accurately and on time.
• Submit lesson plans, assessments, and grades by deadlines; maintain make-up and retake logs; use approved technology platforms and safeguard student data.
• Maintain active student supervision, respond appropriately to emergencies, communicate safety concerns, and participate in safety and crisis-response training.
• Perform classroom teaching duties involving standing, circulating, occasional lifting or moving of classroom materials, and movement around campus; travel to other school facilities using personal transportation may be required.

Benefits

• 403(b) retirement plan with a 100% employer match on employee contributions up to the first 5% of salary and bonuses; immediate vesting.
• Health and wellbeing benefits beginning the first day of the month following the date of hire.
• Customizable health coverage, including disability insurance, life insurance, hospital indemnity, and health and dependent-care flexible spending accounts.
• Free dental and vision coverage for employees.
• Approximately 30 paid holidays and additional paid time off.
• Ongoing professional development opportunities.
• Competitive compensation commensurate with experience.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level