Elementary School: Lead Teacher - Boston (2026-2027)

KIPP • Boston, MA

2d • $63,000 - $102,500 • Onsite

About The Position

KIPP Academy Boston Charter School is seeking talented, committed, and culturally competent lead teachers to amplify students' potential by creating a school experience that affirms, values, and challenges them daily. The goal is to foster a professional and authentic environment of joy, excellence, care, and community where educators can achieve long-term transformative outcomes for students. This role requires consistent demonstration of essential job functions and key responsibilities in classroom, school, and professional settings.

Requirements

• Deep alignment with KIPP MA’s mission and values, including an unwavering belief in the high potential of all students.
• Demonstrated ability to drive student growth and achievement and to create a warm, inclusive, rigorous learning environment.
• Passion for subject/content area and demonstrated commitment to professional learning.
• Computer literacy and baseline familiarity with Google Suite.
• 2+ years of full-time teaching experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Pass Criminal Background Check.

Nice To Haves

• Culturally competent

Responsibilities

• Serve as a lead or co-lead in a classroom, which may include leading independently, co-teaching, covering classes, or stepping into a lead role later in the year.
• Ensure all children are affirmed, valued, and challenged every day.
• Foster a positive and safe learning environment.
• Prepare and internalize rigorous and engaging unit and daily lessons, leveraging provided curricula/resources and intellectual preparation tools.
• When applicable, create and internalize academically aligned lesson plans, unit plans, rubrics, and assessments.
• Set specific, ambitious growth goals with all students and leverage necessary resources to ensure they meet them.
• Innovate on best practices to execute engaging, differentiated instruction at a rigorous level for all students.
• Implement aligned school-wide or grade-level student culture systems and proactive classroom management strategies.
• Regularly analyze student work and academic data to modify lessons, refine curricula, and inform instructional practice.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date student grades/records and initiate strong communication with students and families regarding progress.
• Obtain required MTEL and SEI endorsements within the first year of employment with financial and study support from KIPP MA.
• Participate in school-wide and individual professional development, including pre-service training and weekly sessions during the academic year.
• Take ownership of professional development by seeking and implementing feedback from coaches and collaborating with teammates.
• Perform assigned duties including classroom coverage, bus, lunch, transition, and dismissal duties.
• Develop strong relationships with families through school events and consistent communication.
• Offer support and receive constructive feedback from colleagues to create a professional working atmosphere.
• Collaborate with grade level and content teams to tackle common challenges and implement grade-wide systems, sharing responsibility for all students.
• Maintain dependable attendance according to the school calendar and communicate proactively about attendance barriers.
• Embody KIPP MA’s Code of Conduct (integrity, humanity, self-awareness, personal responsibility, productive engagement).
• Participate in regional professional development and community events.
• Collect and interpret data, evaluate, reason, define problems, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and make timely judgments and decisions.
• Utilize self-awareness, flexibility, and emotional intelligence to navigate diverse student needs.
• Consistently use interpersonal and self-management skills to support behavioral and emotional needs, build relationships, and manage conflict.
• Communicate effectively in person, in writing, in front of groups, and on virtual platforms.
• Demonstrate physical mobility for executing duties, which may include kneeling, walking, pushing/pulling, squatting, twisting, turning, bending, stooping, and reaching overhead.
• Possess physical strength sufficient to periodically lift and/or carry 20 pounds of materials or supplies and to physically restrain a student in an emergency.
• Exhibit manual dexterity for repetitive hand/wrist/arm motions and operating computer and office equipment.
• Engage in other duties as assigned to promote a positive and calm learning environment and culture.

Benefits

• Minimum base salary of $63,000 to $102,500 (per 1.0 FTE/45 hours per week), depending upon years of relevant experience after Bachelor's degree and any advanced degrees (+$3,000 for 1st advanced degree and +$1,500 for 2nd advanced degree).
• $1,000 signing bonus.
• Annual $2,000 retention bonus in subsequent years.
• Other bonuses, when eligible.
• Financial support for required MTEL and SEI endorsements.
• Free study support for MTEL and SEI endorsements.
• School Year calendar.

What This Job Offers

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