Middle School Teacher Apprentice

Tulsa Honor Academy • Tulsa, OK

4d • $33,000 - $37,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Teacher Apprentice serves as an in-house substitute teacher, gaining valuable experience across diverse subjects and grade levels while participating fully in instructional professional development and coaching. This role is ideal for candidates who are highly committed to urban education and the mission of Tulsa Honor Academy but have limited to no teaching experience. Through consistent and targeted development, this person will be a very strong candidate for future teaching positions; thus, this role is also ideal for candidates who want to teach at THA but want to gain greater experience before jumping into a teaching role.

Requirements

• Candidates must be within 1-2 years of earning a bachelor's degree and actively pursuing their degree.
• Firm believer that all scholars can go to and graduate from college
• Demonstrate determination and know that the work is hard, but worth it
• Display humility through consistent self-reflection, problem solving and implementation of feedback
• Believe in team first and know that success is not defined by individuals, but by the team itself
• Demonstrate a commitment to structure knowing that school-wide systems are critical elements of our scholars’ success
• Proactive communicator who does so clearly and concisely with scholars, families and staff
• Nerdy about ensuring scholars have access to rigorous academic instruction, including deep and complex content
• Desire to be in the trenches with us and our kids and can engage and motivate diverse stakeholders
• Goal-oriented and set meaningful, ambitious goals and achieve success despite potential obstacles or setbacks
• Always hungry for more and have a deep desire to be an expert in your field
• Display grit when the work is hard and utilize ingenuity, resourcefulness and tenacity to tackle complex problems in order to achieve our mission

Nice To Haves

• Prior teaching experience in a school serving a similar population to THA’s is preferred.
• Charter school experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Classroom Culture: A Teacher ensures scholars are full participants in a structured, productive and safe learning environment. Teachers do this through participation, internalization of class/school culture systems, consistent routines, engaging in meaningful work, celebration of character values and a belief that one can be both warm and strict.
• Ambitious Content: A Teacher ensures that scholars work with content that will best develop their understanding of ideas and skills essential to the course. Teachers do this by backwards planning, clearly communicating objectives, executing rigorous course materials, assisting scholars in making meaningful connections and frequently utilizing formal and informal data to ensure mastery.
• Ownership and Engagement: A Teacher must ensure scholars are deeply engaged in the work. THA knows scholars are deeply engaged when they synthesize diverse information/perspectives/view points, consistently complete the cognitive work during the lesson, build upon peers’ thinking, receive feedback from teacher and peers, take academic risks and provide meaningful oral or written evidence to support their thinking.
• Demonstration of Learning: A Teacher ensures that scholars are able to demonstrate their learning, including the mastery of rigorous course goals. To do this, teachers must know the status of each scholars’ progress towards an objective, scholars must display deep understanding through use of formal and informal assessments, scholars must monitor their own progress, and teachers must ensure scholars are on track to achieve or surpass rigorous course learning goals.
• Commitment to Excellence: A Teacher at THA must display a commitment to their team and improving their craft. Teachers do this through collaborative relationships, remaining engaged, demonstrating ownership for shared culture, remaining solutions-oriented and embodying THA’s commitment to continual improvement. Teachers receive regular observations and coaching from an Assistant Principal of Instruction or Principal.
• Support schoolwide operational needs throughout the school year and particularly during school breaks.

Benefits

• Salary is $37,000 for candidates within 1 year of earning a bachelor's degree (and actively making progress towards earning) with a desire to become a teacher.
• Salary is $33,000 for candidates who are within 1-2 years of earning a bachelor's degree (and actively making progress towards earning) with a desire to become a teacher.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree