Staff Substitute Teacher

BelovED Community & Empowerment Academy Charter Schools•Jersey City, NJ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Empowerment Academy Charter School is hiring a Staff Substitute Teacher for our Middle School to begin in the 2026/2027 School Year and beyond! This is a permanent position, not per diem. You would be a full-time member of our dynamic and fantastic staff and have access to benefits. Empowerment Academy is a highly successful charter school that truly supports its teachers. We serve a student mix that is among the most diverse in America while enjoying the cultural vibrance of Jersey City, Hoboken and New York City. We have achieved academic success without burning out our teachers by meshing an effective education program with effective teacher supports and professional development. We truly value our faculty and work hard to control other costs so we can focus our resources on supporting them. In fact, throughout our history, we have annually increased faculty salaries by more than at other public schools and now, among those with similar experience, OUR FACULTY MEMBERS ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST PAID IN NEW JERSEY. New Jersey charter schools ARE public schools. Our teachers are part of the Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund (TPAF), just like teachers at other public schools, and teachers are able to transfer their pension credits from a traditional public school to a charter school and vice versa.

Requirements

Hold a substitute teaching certificate issued from the NJ Department of Education.
Experience working with children.
Strong classroom management skills.

Nice To Haves

Teaching certification or working towards it.

Responsibilities

Commit themselves to the school’s values and mission, holding high expectations for each student and committing themselves to helping every student achieve their full potential.
Take ownership for students' achievements and learning progress that meets or exceeds the school's high standards. Actively develop solutions to problems, reaching out for peer and leader support, and are able to take advantage of all school provided resources.
Plan and deliver vibrant and engaging lessons – each with a measurable goal – within the framework of the school’s carefully sequenced, standards-aligned education program. Administer school-provided formative assessments on a regular basis so instruction can be targeted to their students' needs.
Communicate and model behaviors which befit the high expectations culture and the caring school climate. Apply school and classroom rules consistently and effectively; make use of preventive discipline; and effectively supervise students both in their classroom and elsewhere on school grounds.
See themselves as members of a team and commit themselves to their own and to their peers’ on-going professional development. Attend professional development sessions, participate actively in planning meetings, and become part of a professional learning community where they can lend assistance to, and gain assistance from, their grade-level peers.
Work collaboratively with the school’s special education and ELL staff to implement the school’s special education and ELL programs and to comply with all state and federal regulations.