12th Grade AP English Literature and Composition Teacher - IDEA Spears College Prep (Immediate Opening)
$6,000–$48,000 year
On-siteHouston, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Implement state learning standards and IDEA curricula to meet ambitious academic expectations while delivering grade-level content and texts. Submit weekly lesson plans two weeks in advance and implement assessments to track individual student progress, adjusting plans and updating gradebooks accordingly. Communicate student progress weekly with families, host tutoring sessions, and enforce a consistent behavior management system to foster a productive learning environment. Participate in weekly manager check-ins, grade-level meetings, and before or after-school duties, maintaining a minimum of 40 hours per week. Engage in year-long district and school learning and development while embodying our values as an agent of change in this high-growth, entrepreneurial school network.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year educational institution
- Minimum of 40+ hours spent at school per week
Desired Qualifications
- High level of content-area proficiency as evidenced by teaching certification, field of study, or work-experience
- Experience in a K-12 classroom setting
- State certification
- Aligned or relevant coursework that indicates experience or exposure to subject-matter content
- Knowledge of core academic subject assigned and ability to pass a grade level aligned IDEA content assessment
- Basic knowledge of curricula and instructional practices or implementation
- Ability to instruct students and manage student behavior
- Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environment
- Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college
- Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them
- Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly
- Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes
- Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
- Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization
- Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes
- We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students
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