High School ELA Teacher (26-27 SY)
About The Position
Challenge Preparatory Charter School (Challenge Prep) has provided students and families with a successful academic program in Far Rockaway, Queens since 2010. Serving over 1200 scholars from Kindergarten to 12th grade across 3 sites, our mission is to prepare students from the greater Far Rockaway community to excel academically, master NY State Learning Standards, and achieve their career aspirations. Challenge cultivates and supports the intellectual, aesthetic, social, emotional, and ethical development of its students, preparing them to be responsible 21st-century citizens. We offer a rigorous instructional program in a safe, supportive, technology-infused, data-enriched environment with a social-emotional learning sequence, authentic field experiences, career counseling, and college coursework. Collaboration across all sites is expected to support all scholars. Every member of the Instructional Team plays a critical role in ensuring students have the skills and confidence to pursue their chosen paths. Educators are passionate advocates for students and families, ensuring access to opportunities. We are committed to attracting and developing individuals who share the life experiences of our students, believing our best work is grounded in the realities and experiences of our families and students. As the High School ELA Teacher, you will deliver exceptional instruction and assess student growth. You are dedicated to constant learning and proactively provide academic and cultural support to your school and team.
Requirements
- Dedicated to working in communities that have historically been underserved and under-resourced
- Committed to thoughtfully engaging in identity work necessary to take a culturally responsive approach to pedagogy and relationship-building with students and colleagues
- Possess an exceptional level of patience and focus to overcome challenges and achieve results
- Strong classroom management skills: you can set high expectations in the classroom and keep scholars engaged
- Classroom presence: you are clear and precise when sharing new content with students and can effectively lead students through inquiry-based class discussions
- Detail-oriented, and highly organized
- Bachelor’s degree required
- New York State Teaching Certification required
Nice To Haves
- Master’s Degree in Education, preferred
Responsibilities
- Assume a high level of personal responsibility for the progress of all students
- Create academically rigorous and culturally relevant lesson plans, materials, and assessments, and differentiate as needed
- Execute specially designed lesson plans that are guided by clear objectives, focus on conceptual understanding, and are assessed routinely for student mastery
- Teach engaging, rigorous, and relevant lessons daily
- Communicate effectively with all stakeholders, including scholars, families, and staff
- Commit to a school culture of consistency by implementing school-wide systems, structures, and procedures while reflecting on one's own implicit biases
- Reflect on various data sources to improve your practice
- Take on a proactive role in creating a positive, structured, results-oriented, and fun school that supports the needs of students of various abilities and experiences
- Collaborate with colleagues to create, implement, and refine schoolwide and classroom-based systems, routines, and procedures
- Ensure that classroom time is utilized through sound management practices and by developing strong and trusting relationships with students
- Develop, implement, and/or manage individualized behavioral intervention plans to support students in meeting established academic and non-academic goals
- Actively participate in opportunities to strengthen their own pedagogical skills as well as contribute to the learning of colleagues
- Contribute to the school’s smooth and efficient operation by fulfilling required administrative duties and responsibilities and maintaining open and proactive communication with colleagues
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life insurance
- 403(b) retirement benefit package with match
- Paid Family Leave
- flexible spending accounts for health
- dependent care
- transit
- flexible and reflective leadership
- Opportunities to sit on various committees and participate in initiatives central to key organizational decisions and strategic planning
- Professional development: weekly PD, year-round training, and ongoing coaching by professionals
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
