Middle School: Math Lead Teacher - Greater Boston (2026-2027)

KIPP•Lynn, MA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

KIPP Academy Lynn Charter School is seeking talented, committed, and culturally competent lead teachers to amplify student potential by creating a school experience that affirms, values, and challenges students daily. This role aims to foster a professional and authentic environment of joy, excellence, care, and community, enabling educators to achieve long-term transformative outcomes for students. The position 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.
Demonstrated ability to create a warm, inclusive, rigorous learning environment.
Passion for subject/content area.
Demonstrated commitment to professional learning.
2+ years of full-time teaching experience.
Bachelor’s Degree required.
Pass Criminal Background Check.

Nice To Haves

Experience in creating a warm, inclusive, rigorous learning environment.

Responsibilities

Serve as a lead or co-lead in a classroom, which may include leading independently, co-teaching, coverage, 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, utilizing provided curricula/resources and intellectual preparation tools.
Create and internalize academically aligned lesson plans, unit plans, rubrics, and assessments (when applicable).
Set specific, ambitious growth goals with all students and leverage necessary resources to ensure they are met.
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 with financial support from KIPP MA within the first year of employment, including free study support.
Participate in school-wide and individual professional development, including summer pre-service training and weekly sessions during the academic year.
Take ownership of professional craft development by seeking and implementing feedback from coaches and collaborating with teammates.
Perform assigned duties such as classroom coverage, bus, lunch, transition, and dismissal duties.
Develop strong relationships with families through participation in school events and consistent communication.
Offer support and receive constructive feedback from colleagues to foster a professional working atmosphere.
Collaborate with grade level and content teams to address 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 and engage in regional professional development and community events.
Demonstrate ability to collect and interpret data, evaluate, reason, define problems, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and make timely judgments.
Utilize self-awareness, flexibility, and emotional intelligence to navigate diverse student needs.
Apply interpersonal and self-management skills to support student behavior and emotional needs, ensuring a safe and inclusive environment, and building relationships and managing conflict.
Utilize effective communication skills for assigned duties and meaningful exchange of information with students, staff, families, and others.
Exhibit 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.
Demonstrate manual dexterity for repetitive hand/wrist/arm motions and operating computer and office equipment.
Engage in other assigned duties to promote a positive and calm learning environment and culture.