2026-27 ELA Lead Teacher (5-8)
FirstLine Schools•New Orleans, LA
•Onsite
About The Position
FirstLine Schools is seeking talented, passionate teachers for its (Pre) K-8 schools. The effectiveness of teachers is paramount to student success. Teachers are expected to demonstrate effectiveness through the Vision of Teaching Excellence, which includes focusing on high expectations, maximizing instructional time, essential content, cognitive engagement, demonstration of learning, and building a community of learners. Teachers will be responsible for implementing the curriculum, ensuring student success, and collaborating with a team of teachers within the school and network community.
Requirements
- A BA or BS
- A strong background in and command of content area
- Louisiana Teacher Certification Completed or in progress (or be eligible to hold for our out-of-state applicants)
Nice To Haves
- Believe in every student’s ability to achieve in a rigorous college or career prep curriculum
- Achieve results based on agreed-upon expectations
- Take personal responsibility
- Highly detail-oriented
- Collaborate effectively with a range of stakeholders
- Share a commitment to creating great schools in New Orleans
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Model the FirstLine Commitments: We Keep Learning, We Work Together, We Are Helpful, We Are the Safekeepers of our Community, We Share Joy, We Show Results
Responsibilities
- Designs lessons that lead to standards mastery and are aligned to grade level expectations and end-of-year assessments
- Provides feedback to scholars by asking pertinent, scaffolded follow-up questions that affirm correctly understood content, clarify misunderstood content or extend scholars’ thinking
- Establishes effective classroom routines and manages students effectively without disruptions (redirect inappropriate behavior)
- Inspires and invests students in achieving their goals and in believing that goals are achieved through effort and not innate abilities
- Prepares scholars to solve complex problems with no obvious answer
- Seeks out and constructively responds to feedback from and engages in problem-solving with others
Benefits
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience
- Generous 403b plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
