Founding Elementary Teacher Fellow: PreK–1

Elementary #7; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Santa Fe South Charter Schools seeks a Early Childhood Teaching Fellow to begin immediately. This paid pathway into teaching offers mentorship, coaching, and professional growth as fellows prepare to found a PreK–1st grade program at a new elementary school in Oklahoma City.

Compensation starts on the SFS salary scale and grows with the role. Fellows work with an experienced mentor, engage in daily practice, coaching, and development, and transition into founding teaching roles with ongoing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution by start of employment.
• Willingness to participate in mentorship, coaching, and professional development.
• Commitment to founding a new elementary school and serving PreK–1st grade.

Responsibilities

• Support and co‑teach developmentally appropriate, standards‑aligned lessons with a mentor teacher.
• Gradually assume greater responsibility for planning, instruction, assessment, and routines based on readiness and feedback.
• Build foundational teaching skills in early literacy, language development, numeracy, and social‑emotional learning.
• Balance explicit instruction with purposeful play, hands‑on exploration, and engaging learning centers.
• Lead small groups and provide targeted support using observations, assessments, and student work to guide instruction.
• Collaborate with the mentor teacher and support staff to respond to students’ academic, language, and developmental needs.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Santa Fe South Charter Schools seeks a Early Childhood Teaching Fellow to begin immediately. This paid pathway into teaching offers mentorship, coaching, and professional growth as fellows prepare to found a PreK–1st grade program at a new elementary school in Oklahoma City.

Compensation starts on the SFS salary scale and grows with the role. Fellows work with an experienced mentor, engage in daily practice, coaching, and development, and transition into founding teaching roles with ongoing