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About the position
At YES Prep, work for a mission that impacts the life trajectory of students and their families. YES Prep creates pathways to extraordinary opportunity through best-in-class development, competitive compensation and benefits, and recognition for your impact. Grow as an authentic leader and be part of a high-performing, team-oriented culture. As a Teacher, some of the work and responsibilities will include developing rigorous lessons in your specific content area, in 1:1 blended learning environments, in order to reignite your students for college and beyond while bridging gaps for marginalized communities. You will set ambitious goals with your students and monitor their progress while encouraging them through frequent and persistent feedback. You will track student growth and use data and feedback from coaches to create student growth plans when needed for student achievement concerns. Building transformable relationships with students and families by providing regular, and consistent, communication with parents via phone or video conference, email, or district-approved website is also a key responsibility. You will create a physical or virtual classroom environment conducive to learning and appropriate for the physical, social, and emotional development of students, and collaborate with co-planner to work through daily lesson plans and add resources when needed to fit students' needs.
Responsibilities
- Developing rigorous lessons in your specific content area, in 1:1 blended learning environments.
- Setting ambitious goals with your students and monitoring their progress.
- Tracking student growth and using data and feedback from coaches to create student growth plans.
- Building transformable relationships with students and families through regular communication.
- Creating a physical or virtual classroom environment conducive to learning.
- Collaborating with co-planner to work through daily lesson plans.
- Meeting regular deadlines for daily lesson plans, submitting grades, and work samples.
- Working on a team of teachers and leaders to provide consistency, support, and accountability.
- Conducting weekly tutorials outside of regular class day to provide additional instruction.
- Completing supervision duties on campus that support student safety.
- Growing professionally in your craft of teaching by receiving and giving feedback.
- Persisting in the face of challenges and setting a strong example of character.
- Being available by phone, email, or video conferencing to confer with campus leaders, collaborators, students, and/or parents.
- Additional duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university recognized by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB).
- Texas Educator Certification, or willing to join ACP to get certified.
- Strong ability to navigate web-related applications and technology.
- Ability to instruct students using a variety of technology applications and platforms.
- Belief in and commitment to the mission and core value of YES Prep Public Schools.
- Openness to giving and receiving frequent feedback.
- Ability to maintain emotional control under stress.
- Ability to work urgently in a fast-paced and results-oriented environment.
- Ability to juggle multiple tasks and initiatives at once.
- A dedication to learn, grow, and develop as a professional.
Nice-to-haves
- Desire to disrupt systemic status quos in education.
- Willingness to go above and beyond to disrupt said status quos.
- Passion to develop resiliency through a relentless pursuit of jaw-dropping results.
- Conviction that high expectations + high accountability = high performance and high growth.
Benefits
- Starting salary of $62,000 annually.
- A $0 monthly medical option that includes $600 towards a Health Savings Account.
- Variety of supplemental benefits including Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, etc.
- Participation in Teacher Retirement System of Texas and a 457b Retirement Plan.
- 10 days of Paid Time Off in addition to system closures during the Academic Calendar.
- Paid leave for medical needs including maternity and paternity leave.
- Teachers can earn up to $3,000 in bonuses for top performance.
- TIA designated teachers can earn between $3,000 to $32,000 for their performance.
- Award-winning culture recognized as Houston's Best Place to work in 2018, 2019, and 2021.
