5-12 Culinary Arts & Nutrition Teacher

Beta Academy•Houston, TX

About The Position

The Culinary Arts & Nutrition Teacher is responsible for delivering a hands-on, inquiry-based elective program that develops scholars cooking skills, nutrition knowledge, and understanding of food systems through a Seed-to-Plate approach. This role ensures a joyful and rigorous learning environment where scholars engage in real-world applications, develop leadership skills, and build confidence and independence. The teacher will also lead the development of the Beta Garden and cultivate community partnerships to enhance scholar learning and impact.

Requirements

Bachelors degree required (education, nutrition, culinary, agriculture, or related field preferred)

Nice To Haves

Experience teaching or working with youth (grades 512 preferred)
Experience in cooking, food service, nutrition, gardening, or related field preferred

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, and deliver daily instruction for 512 Culinary Arts/Cooking electives
Facilitate hands-on cooking labs, demonstrations, and real-world projects
Integrate voice and choice into scholar learning experiences
Differentiate instruction to meet diverse scholar needs
Assess scholar progress through performance-based tasks and projects
Establish and maintain a safe, organized, and efficient kitchen and garden environment
Lead the development and upkeep of the Beta Garden, including planting, harvesting, and sustainability practices
Sponsor or support a Garden Club and provide scholar leadership opportunities
Build and maintain partnerships with community organizations to support: Scholar learning Service projects Food donation initiatives Cooking competitions Program funding
Integrate real-world applications such as: Meal planning Budgeting Food presentation Collaborative cooking challenges
Participate in professional development and school initiatives
Perform additional duties as assigned by the principal
Support scholars in achieving excellence through joyful rigor
Implement Beta Academy instructional practices including: Hands-on learning and real-world projects Cooperative learning and leadership development Soft skills coaching (communication, teamwork, responsibility)
Ensure scholars demonstrate pride, effort, and mastery in all work
Support school-wide events, showcases, and initiatives
Continuously develop professionally through learning and reflection
Build positive and supportive relationships with scholars, staff, and families
Work collaboratively with peers to create innovative programming
Inspire scholars to take ownership of their learning
Thrive in a flexible and dynamic work environment
Demonstrate professionalism by regularly attending and arriving on time to work, staff meetings, training, parent nights (one per month), and other assigned duties.
Complete required training on time.
Work cooperatively to create an atmosphere of unity among the school community and refrain from gossip, negativity, and unsupportive comments.
Demonstrate professionalism at ALL times.
Exercise wisdom by remaining calm, respectful, and non-defensive during parent meetings, disagreements, and personal attacks.
Utilize professional communication with strong grammar, syntax, usage, and/or spelling skills during phone conversations, personal conversations, emails, and social media such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. refrain from attacking others, or fighting, on social media.
Professional communication is used on and off campus.
Exhibit professionalism in appearance and follow the BA standard of dress located in the Magic Makers Handbook under the Dress Code section.
Apply this standard of dress to social media posts in regards to modesty in dress and action (ex: swimsuit, cleavage, & shirtless pictures, in addition to posts with alcohol, cigarettes, and bars etc.).
Check staff email a minimum of three times daily during normal working hours and check teacher in-box daily and commit to reading updates, notes, and employee notices in a timely manner.