26-27 Middle School ELA Teacher (Next Year Opening)

KIPP • New Orleans, LA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

KIPP New Orleans Schools (KNOS) is seeking passionate and dedicated Middle School ELA Teachers for the upcoming academic year. KNOS is a network of 13 public charter schools serving approximately 5,000 students, committed to academic excellence and creating unlimited opportunities for all students. We offer teachers the freedom to innovate and the support to grow within a national network focused on preparing students from underserved communities for college and beyond. Our teachers are central to our mission, and we support their skill, energy, and determination to build academically excellent classrooms.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Personal affinity to our mission and vision
• Demonstrated commitment to our 5 core beliefs - Relentlessness, Elevation, Achievement, Community, and Hope
• Successful completion of a professional reference check
• Proof of identity and work authorization (all KNOS employees must complete an I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification form)
• State background check
• Verification of teaching experience
• Ability to communicate information and ideas effectively so others will understand.
• Ability to exchange accurate information in various environments, including noisy ones.
• Ability to observe details at close range.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret data and maintain visual attention and concentration for significant periods.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of classroom teaching (standing, circulating, occasional lifting/moving of classroom materials).
• Able to sit and work at a desk/computer for extended periods of time.
• Ability to safely lift and move up to 30 lbs independently.
• Duties may require traveling to other school facilities using employee's personal transportation.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer.

Nice To Haves

• At least two years of teaching experience in urban, open enrollment schools
• Demonstrated success raising student achievement outcomes
• State issued teaching credential

Responsibilities

• Deliver rigorous, standards-aligned instruction using HQIM, communicating daily objectives and success criteria, and checking for understanding throughout the lesson.
• Plan and adapt units and lessons that build conceptual understanding and fluency, scripting questions, models, exemplars, and anticipated misconceptions, and aligning tasks and rubrics to the depth of standards.
• Use data to drive instruction by analyzing daily work, interims, and state assessments, and reteaching, spiraling, and extending content.
• Differentiate and scaffold instruction using diverse strategies, providing accommodations/modifications for students with IEP/504 plans, and coordinating with DSS/ESL staff.
• Structure purposeful practice, including independent work, small groups, centers, and peer discourse, that requires evidence, academic language, and grade-level thinking.
• Provide timely, actionable feedback tied to rubrics and maintain accurate, transparent grades and make-up work systems.
• Design and implement common assessments, ensuring item alignment and reliability, and using exemplars/anchors for calibration.
• Establish safe, joyful routines that maximize time-on-task and protect learning time bell-to-bell.
• Affirm high expectations and growth mindset, selecting culturally sustaining texts, problems, and examples.
• Apply school-wide behavior systems consistently and restoratively, using pre-corrections, de-escalation, and restorative conversations.
• Integrate SEL skills, mood checks, and goal setting to build belonging, resilience, and self-management.
• Model school values and professionalism, meet deadlines, and uphold duty coverage.
• Build strong relationships with students and families through frequent, strengths-based communication and co-create goals and action plans.
• Communicate progress (grades, attendance, behavior, reading levels) through scheduled updates and family conferences.
• Participate in key school events, support recruitment and retention activities.
• Set ambitious goals for student mastery and classroom culture, track progress, and celebrate growth.
• Welcome coaching and feedback, implementing it by the next lesson/cycle and reflecting on impact using student work.
• Engage in professional development and PLCs, contributing artifacts that show PD-to-practice transfer.
• Collaborate to design/refine common assessments and participate in data meetings that produce concrete reteach plans.
• Plan and teach for access and rigor for every learner, including multilingual learners, students with disabilities, advanced learners, and newcomers/SLIFE.
• Examine outcomes and discipline data to reduce disproportionality and adjust instruction, grading, and routines accordingly.
• Create structures for student and family voice and act on insights.
• Uphold equitable grading and policies, ensuring materials and displays reflect all students.
• Meet school attendance and punctuality standards, submitting PTO/leave per policy, and maintaining reliable coverage plans.
• Follow IEP/504 requirements, secure test materials, deliver accommodations, and complete documentation accurately and on time.
• Submit lesson plans, assessments, and grades by network deadlines and keep current make-up/retake logs.
• Use approved platforms for technology and data privacy, safeguarding student data (FERPA), and maintaining device/inventory accountability.
• Follow health/safety procedures, complete mandatory reporting, and participate in crisis drills and supervision routines.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation commensurate with experience
• 403(b) retirement plan with 100% match up to the first 5% of salary and bonuses
• Health and wellbeing benefits starting the first of the month following Date of Hire
• Comprehensive, customizable health coverage, including disability, life insurance, hospital indemnity, FSAs for health and dependent care
• Free dental and vision for employees
• Approximately 30 paid holidays
• Additional paid time off
• Opportunities for on-going professional development

What This Job Offers

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