2025-26 Middle School English and Language Arts Teacher

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Job summary

An established educational institution seeks a passionate Middle School English and Language Arts Teacher dedicated to fostering a love for learning in students. This role involves creating a structured and welcoming classroom culture, implementing innovative teaching practices, and developing meaningful relationships with students and families. With a commitment to academic excellence and character education, you will play a vital role in inspiring scholars to achieve their full potential. If you are enthusiastic about education and ready to make a difference in the lives of students, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive Professional Development

Community and Culture events

Flexible Health Coverage

Competitive Compensation

Retirement Plans

Work-Life Balance

Qualifications

• Commitment to the educational mission of Brilla Schools Network.
• Experience in relevant educational settings with demonstrated student results.

Responsibilities

• Foster literary environments and mindsets for student growth.
• Collaborate with families to nurture home-to-school connections.

Skills

Excellent spoken and written communication skills

Ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks

Data analysis practices

Building relationships with students and families

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or higher

Special Education credential

Job description

2025-26 Middle School English and Language Arts Teacher

Bronx, NY

About Us

Brilla Schools, a growing K-8 network in the Bronx, serves over 2,000 students with plans to expand to educate 3,000 across four elementary and four middle schools. Managed by Seton Education Partners, Brilla Schools are dedicated to forming students of strong wisdom and virtue. Our classically inspired approach to education combines a content-rich curriculum, inquiry-driven learning, and a focus on virtues, while providing individualized support to meet each child’s unique needs.

Position Overview

All Brilla teachers share a relentless belief and focus that scholars can and will achieve excellent academic outcomes and a robust character education. The key responsibilities and drivers to achieving outcomes for students include:

• Understanding, planning, and executing key elements of innovative pedagogy, co-teaching practices, and data-based decision-making through a deep love of learning.
• Establishing and maintaining a highly structured and welcoming classroom culture where scholars are supported in developing their own internalization and mastery of virtue.
• Providing a model of courage, justice, wisdom, and self-control, while championing a positive, flexible attitude and solution-based approach to challenges.
• A desire to accept, implement, and seek feedback, and a proven ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks and responsibilities while inspiring outstanding achievement in Scholars.
• Developing meaningful relationships with students, families, and colleagues that inspire Scholars to love learning and achieve exceptional academic success.

Core Competencies & Responsibilities

Brilla’s Middle School English Language Arts teachers are content experts who foster literary environments and mindsets where all scholars have access to grade-level standards and demonstrate high levels of growth and achievement. The habits and practices that allow teachers to drive outcomes include, but are not limited to:

• Participating in ongoing professional development, including formal and informal observation and coaching cycles.
• Implementing looking at student work protocols, and data analysis practices and urgently responding to student data.
• Establishing and communicating standards and content-based objectives and regularly evaluating student progress toward mastery.
• Internalizing the provided curriculum (Wit and Wisdom), and teaching rigorous, classically-inspired lessons that adhere with Brilla’s ambitious student growth targets.
• Collaborating vertically with content teachers, and laterally with grade-level teachers.
• Partnering with families to nurture a home to school connection that fosters shared accountability for scholars’ outcomes.

Qualifications

• An unwavering, confident, and enthusiastic commitment to the educational mission of the Brilla Schools Network.
• A relentless dedication to providing all students with an academically robust, inspiring, and joyful learning experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher from an accredited institution.
• Possession of current teaching certification as a Middle School and/or ELA teacher (strongly preferred).
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
• Relevant educational setting experience with demonstrated student results (preferred).
• Special Education credential and experience (strongly preferred).

Benefits

• Comprehensive Professional Development: More than 225 hours annually, featuring two weeks of onboarding, coaching, and targeted training sessions.
• Community and Culture: An intentionally joyful workplace with over 30 bonding events each year.
• Flexible Health Coverage: A full suite of medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Competitive Compensation: A salary range of $70,000-$105,000, with pay varying based on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
• Retirement Plans: A 403(b) plan and 401(k) retirement options with matching contributions.
• Work-Life Balance: Generous paid time off and wellness resources to support personal renewal.

At Brilla, your dedication fuels our mission, and we’re here to invest in your growth, well-being, and success!