Middle School Family and Consumer Science Teacher (26-27 SY)

Challenge Preparatory Charter School•Queens, NY

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Challenge Preparatory Charter School (Challenge Prep) is seeking a Middle School Family and Consumer Science Teacher for the 2026-2027 school year. Since its founding in 2010, Challenge Prep has served over 1200 students from Kindergarten to 12th grade across three sites in Far Rockaway, Queens. The school's mission is to prepare students for academic excellence, mastery of NY State Learning Standards, and career aspirations, while fostering intellectual, aesthetic, social, emotional, and ethical development. Challenge offers a rigorous instructional program within a supportive, technology-infused environment, including social-emotional learning, field experiences, career counseling, and college coursework. The Middle School Family and Consumer Science Teacher will deliver exceptional instruction, assess student growth, and provide academic and cultural support. This role requires dedication to continuous learning and collaboration with colleagues, students, and families.

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.
Exceptional level of patience and focus to overcome challenges and achieve results.
Strong classroom management skills: ability to set high expectations and keep scholars engaged.
Effective classroom presence: clear and precise when sharing new content and able to 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 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

Generous salary, highly competitive and set through a lens of equity, based on individual skills and experiences.
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
403(b) retirement benefit package with match
Paid Family Leave
Flexible spending accounts for health, dependent care, and transit.
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.