[2026-2027] Middle School Content Teacher

KIPP Chicago•Chicago, IL

8d•Onsite

About The Position

KIPP Chicago seeks Middle School Content Teachers for grades 5–8 across its four middle schools: KIPP Ascend Middle School, KIPP Academy Chicago, KIPP Bloom College Prep, and KIPP One Academy. Teachers are departmentalized and focus on one content area. Common classes include English/Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Literacy Centers, Math Centers, Algebra, and History. Applicants may be considered for openings at campuses that match their prior experience. Teachers are expected to believe that all students can succeed, pursue professional growth, and support KIPP Chicago’s mission and antiracist work. The role requires regular, reliable on-site attendance. Teachers use the regional curriculum, monitor student progress, adjust instruction, provide daily feedback, differentiate instruction, and foster safe, affirming, rigorous, and joyful classrooms. They communicate with students and families and contribute to school-wide culture. KIPP Chicago provides teachers with a recent-model Apple Mac laptop, a stipend to help cover mobile phone use, a daily preparation period, weekly time for student-data analysis and responsive lesson planning, school-wide social-emotional learning curriculum and practices, regular professional development, regular principal and assistant-principal presence, weekly team collaboration, and a collaborative staff community.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Meet Illinois Charter Law testing requirements: Test of Academic Proficiency 400 and the appropriate content-area test.
Pass a CPS background check before the start of employment.

Nice To Haves

Illinois Professional Educators License (strongly preferred).
At least two years of prior success teaching in urban communities (strongly preferred).

Responsibilities

Use KIPP Chicago’s aligned regional curriculum and assess students in accordance with it.
Use progress-monitoring tools to analyze student results and modify or adjust instruction.
Provide students with daily feedback on performance and plan for individual learning needs.
Use instructional best practices, including differentiation and instructional technology, to deliver engaging, rigorous instruction.
Ensure all students are affirmed, valued, and challenged every day.
Use school-wide systems and best practices to manage student behavior and create a safe, warm, demanding, and joyful classroom environment.
Establish and maintain strong communication with students and their families and share student progress.
Help develop a school-wide culture that fits the needs of students, staff, and families.
Attend work on-site regularly and reliably.
Commit to professional growth and development and to KIPP Chicago’s mission, vision, and pursuit of antiracism.

Benefits

Contributions to the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund in accordance with Illinois state law.
Competitive medical insurance rates.
Short-term disability insurance at competitive rates.
Dental insurance at no cost.
Vision insurance at no cost.
Life insurance at no cost.
Long-term disability insurance at no cost.
Competitive retirement savings benefits.
Recent-model Apple Mac laptop computer.
Stipend to support mobile phone usage.
Daily preparation period.
Weekly time for analyzing student data and planning responsive instruction.
School-wide social-emotional learning curriculum and practices.
Regular professional development rooted in antiracist practices and aligned to curriculum or role competencies.
Weekly collaboration with grade-level and content teams.
Support from principals and assistant principals who are routinely present throughout the building and day.
Collaborative team of ambitious, talented staff.