Honors English I Teacher

Warren Easton Charter High School • New Orleans, LA

12h • Onsite

About The Position

The Teacher of Honors English I delivers the first honors-level literacy experience an Easton scholar receives. Serving inside the 9th Grade Academy, the role owns rigorous, relevant, and standards-aligned English instruction for 9th grade honors students, carrying the school's founding charge: to provide rigorous and relevant instruction for all students at all academic levels to ensure each has the opportunity to achieve their maximum potential. The role holds direct accountability for student growth and performance on the LEAP 2025 English I assessment and launches the honors pipeline that leads to Advanced Placement coursework, dual enrollment, and post-secondary readiness.

This is a hands-on, classroom-based instructional role. The position reports to the Assistant Principal of the 9th Grade Academy, who leads the freshman experience, curriculum fidelity, assessment, and professional learning. The role supervises no staff; it directs instructional processes, and it plans and supervises purposeful tasks for paraprofessionals and volunteers when assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Holds, or is eligible for, teacher certification by the Louisiana Department of Education in secondary English Language Arts.
• Experience in the specified content area.
• Command of rigorous text selection, writing instruction, and academic discourse appropriate to an honors classroom.
• Demonstrated ability to use student data to drive instruction and intervention.
• Satisfactory completion of a criminal background check and all clearances required by Louisiana law.

Nice To Haves

• 5-years or more prior teaching experience, especially with honors, gifted, pre-AP, or accelerated learners.
• In-depth understanding of Louisiana's ELA tier 1 curriculum, standards, and the LEAP 2025 English I assessment.
• Advanced Placement, pre-AP, or dual enrollment training or teaching experience.
• Advanced degree in English, education, or a related field.
• Experience supporting ninth grade transition programs or freshman academies.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement rigorous units and engaging lesson plans that incorporate all components of the Warren Easton Instructional Model and reflect honors-level depth, pacing, and text complexity.
• Deliver instruction aligned to the Louisiana ELA student standards and the school's adopted curriculum, elevating rather than replacing its rigor for honors scholars.
• Meet the standards of effective teaching as defined in Louisiana's educator rubric and it's effectiveness framework.
• Build reading, writing, speaking, and analytical habits that prepare students for Advanced Placement English, dual enrollment, and the ACT.
• Submit lesson plans on schedule and teach grade-level aligned curriculum according to the scope and sequence, closing any gap between the written and the taught curriculum.
• Administer interim, benchmark, and formative assessments with fidelity and analyze results promptly.
• Use student data to drive instruction, re-teaching, small-group work, and classroom interventions, with particular attention to students whose growth trails their potential.
• Prepare every honors scholar for success on the LEAP 2025 English I assessment, pursuing Mastery and Advanced performance rather than proficiency alone.
• Maintain accurate, current grades and progress records, and communicate progress to students and families early enough for the communication to change outcomes.
• Participate in data meetings with the 9th Grade Academy and the English department, arriving with analysis rather than impressions.
• Create a structured, achievement-oriented learning environment and develop a positive rapport with students, holding warmth and high expectations as one standard rather than a trade-off.
• Proactively manage student behavior and adhere to school policies for infractions and incentives, teaching the habits of scholarship alongside the content.
• Establish the study habits, organization, and academic self-concept that carry a freshman honors student through four years of advanced coursework.
• Partner with the 9th Grade Academy team and families to identify and steady students who wobble in the transition, protecting honors retention.
• Model The Easton Way in every interaction: Tradition, Excellence, Family, and Pride.
• Teach students to write, research, and think critically with and about the tools of their century, including responsible and discerning use of AI, so they command the tools rather than merely consume them.
• Design tasks in which students build, argue, publish, and create value with language rather than only receive it.
• Select and frame texts so students read across cultures, contexts, and continents, because Easton students belong everywhere.
• Use literature as the training ground for empathy, ethical reasoning, and human discernment, the capacities no algorithm replaces.
• Attend and enthusiastically participate in professional development scheduled by the school with the mindset of a continuous learner.
• Participate in capacity-building initiatives including tuning protocols, integrated and cross-curricular study groups, department focus groups, and committee memberships.
• Achieve the objectives and activities in the Professional Growth Plan developed jointly with the Assistant Principal.
• Consult regularly with administrators, colleagues, students, and parents, including attendance at all open house and report card conferences.
• Adhere to school rules and expectations for dress, punctuality, attendance, and submissions, and perform other duties as assigned.
• Maintain strict confidentiality at all times, accesses and discusses such information only on a need-to-know basis, and safeguards it consistent with FERPA and applicable federal and Louisiana privacy and records obligations.

Benefits

• Retirement: the school contributes 21.3% of the offered salary into the Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL) on the employee’s behalf.
• Health coverage: medical, vision, and dental insurance, with the employee paying a share of premiums based on selected plan.
• Leave: 10 days of combined sick and paid time off per year, plus all scheduled school holidays.
• Income protection: life insurance and disability insurance.

What This Job Offers

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