Lead Teacher -Elementary (NY)- SY 24-25
Lead Teacher -Elementary (NY)- SY 24-25
Excellence Community Schools
Bronx, NY
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Who We Are
Excellence Community Schools (ECS) is a Charter Management Organization (CMO) supporting schools in the Bronx, NY and Stamford, CT. Our programs are based on a proven, nationally recognized model, which originated in our flagship school, the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, a National Blue Ribbon School.
Our Mission and Vision
Our schools prepare young scholars to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private, and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, emotional, and ethical development. We accomplish this by offering a challenging and rigorous academic curriculum, which at the earliest of grades has an eye towards college preparation. To achieve this, our schools create a supportive and caring environment that at all times has high expectations of all students. We offer a differentiated, project-based learning environment that seeks to develop high-level analytic and critical thinking skills in all of our students. Our engaging and rigorous approach to educating our scholars is implemented by a collaborative team of teachers.
Who We Need:
We are seeking individuals who are dedicated, ambitious, and committed to student success and education reform. Qualified candidates must demonstrate records of achievement, high degrees of personal responsibility, and the drive to do whatever it takes to ensure that every child achieves academic success. This individual must be committed to excellence, lead by example, and see collaboration as a key component of success.
Qualifications:
NYS Teacher Certification or reciprocity from another state in the equivalent area required.
We also consider:
Responsibilities:
Compensation:
Excellence Community Schools (ECS) is a Charter Management Organization (CMO) supporting schools in the Bronx, NY and Stamford, CT. Our programs are based on a proven, nationally recognized model, which originated in our flagship school, the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, a National Blue Ribbon School.
Our Mission and Vision
Our schools prepare young scholars to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private, and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, emotional, and ethical development. We accomplish this by offering a challenging and rigorous academic curriculum, which at the earliest of grades has an eye towards college preparation. To achieve this, our schools create a supportive and caring environment that at all times has high expectations of all students. We offer a differentiated, project-based learning environment that seeks to develop high-level analytic and critical thinking skills in all of our students. Our engaging and rigorous approach to educating our scholars is implemented by a collaborative team of teachers.
Who We Need:
We are seeking individuals who are dedicated, ambitious, and committed to student success and education reform. Qualified candidates must demonstrate records of achievement, high degrees of personal responsibility, and the drive to do whatever it takes to ensure that every child achieves academic success. This individual must be committed to excellence, lead by example, and see collaboration as a key component of success.
Qualifications:
NYS Teacher Certification or reciprocity from another state in the equivalent area required.
We also consider:
- Candidates with three years of elementary, middle or secondary classroom lead teaching experience; tenured or tenure track college faculty; or an individual with two (2) years of satisfactory experience through the Teach for America program
- Also considered: individuals who possess exceptional and verifiable business, professional, artistic, athletic or military experience
- All candidates must complete NYS workshop requirements
- Teaching experience at elementary school level or experience with school age children preferred
- Bachelor's Degree Required
- Master's Degree Preferred
- Note: Candidates who do not meet the above requirements will not be considered
Responsibilities:
- Plans and teaches with grade level team to implement best practices for the success of all learners within the classroom
- Plans purposefully in order to provide students with opportunities for constructing meaning and developing understanding of new concepts
- Utilizes developmentally appropriate and rigorous curricula and instructional materials that are tightly aligned to benchmarks and the Common Core standards
- Presents students with new ideas and concepts through a variety of strategies, and inspires and guides them to explore, express and uncover new ideas of their own
- Administers, collects, and analyzes both qualitative and quantitative data gathered from a variety of assessments on each student
- Builds relationships with his or her students' families through regular communication about students' progress and provides ways in which families can support their children's learning
- Participates in school-wide student assessments in order to diagnose students' needs
- Supervises lunch and/ or recess
- Provides coverage for classroom teachers
- Provides other support as needed by the school community
Compensation:
- Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications. Salary range- ($66,733 - $154,961)
- Health Insurance, dental, vision & 403b Retirement Plan
- Paid Time Off/Paid Sick Leave/Parental Leave/FMLA
- Short-term, Long-term Disability benefits and Life Insurance
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Seniority level
Mid-Senior level -
Employment type
Full-time -
Job function
Education -
Industries
Primary and Secondary Education and Non-profit Organizations
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