High School US History + AP US History Teacher

Tulsa Honor Academy; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 44,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking educational institution dedicated to transforming lives through rigorous academic instruction and character development. As a teacher, you will play a pivotal role in fostering a positive and inclusive classroom culture, ensuring that all scholars are engaged and supported in their learning journey. This innovative academy is committed to excellence, diversity, and continuous improvement, providing a nurturing environment where educators can thrive and make a significant impact. If you are passionate about education and determined to help every student succeed, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Professional Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; state certification preferred.
• Prior teaching experience in a similar school population preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a structured, productive, and safe learning environment.
• Engage scholars deeply in rigorous content and monitor their learning.

Skills

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving

Teamwork

Determination

Adaptability

Commitment to Diversity and Equity

Goal-Oriented

Education

Bachelor's Degree

State Certification

Job description

2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR ROLE

WHO WE ARE

At Tulsa Honor Academy (THA), we are on a mission to equip all scholars with the academic skills, content knowledge, and ethical character required for college graduation and life success.

We believe ALL scholars, regardless of race, background, income or ability, can achieve at high levels. We work relentlessly to ensure 100% of scholars are on a path to go to and graduate from a college of their choice, beginning in the fifth grade.

Opening our doors in 2015 with 92 fifth grade scholars, THA will grow to serve over 1,400 scholars in grades 5-12 across our two campuses in the 2025-2026 academic year.

When you join the THA Familia, you are joining a team with an unwavering commitment to ensuring scholars in our community have access to a high-quality, college preparatory education. One that is focused on developing successful college graduates who will become well-rounded, engaged individuals who will transform their communities.

Candidates must share our unshakeable belief that all scholars can achieve when given the opportunity. Sound like you?

WHO YOU ARE

• You are a firm believer that all scholars can go to and graduate from college.
• You demonstrate determination and know that the work is hard, but worth it.
• You display humility through consistent self-reflection, problem-solving, and implementation of feedback.
• You believe in team first and know that success is not defined by individuals, but by the team itself.
• You demonstrate a commitment to structure knowing that school-wide systems are critical elements of our scholars’ success.
• You are a proactive communicator who does so clearly and concisely with scholars, families, and staff.
• You are nerdy about ensuring scholars have access to rigorous academic instruction, including deep and complex content.
• You desire to be in the trenches with us and our kids and can engage and motivate diverse stakeholders.
• You are goal-oriented and set meaningful, ambitious goals and achieve success despite potential obstacles or setbacks.
• You are always hungry for more and have a deep desire to be an expert in your field.
• You display grit when the work is hard and utilize ingenuity, resourcefulness, and tenacity to tackle complex problems in order to achieve our mission.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Teachers are entrusted with advancing the mission of Tulsa Honor Academy through the execution of a standards-aligned curriculum and continuous improvement of their instructional practices based on feedback and support.

Core Commitments

• Develop a palpably positive classroom and school climate with frequent and authentic instances of shared smiling, laughter, and enthusiasm where joy is deeply rooted in achievement, the content, and team/individual successes.
• Believe that scholar actions and mindsets stem from teacher actions and mindsets.

-Back-to-basics, liberal arts school

• Develop a strong skill foundation.
• Ensure all scholars complete the cognitive work during the lesson, such as reading, writing, discussion, analysis, meaning-making, computation, and problem-solving.
• Display that you value risk-taking, especially when the work is challenging. Expect all scholars to attempt all work, take academic risks, and learn from their mistakes.

-Structure driven school

• Sweat the small stuff.
• Believe that scholars want and need to be held to a higher standard and that scholars are capable of making good choices.
• Teach and enforce school-wide systems, rules and consequences, disciplinary codes, and rewards at all times.
• Know that warm and strict are not opposites.

-Team, team, team

• Value parents as our partners.
• Model what we expect because we know adults drive culture.
• Believe in an all hands on deck mentality.

-Constant Improvement

• Gain energy from the feedback cycle, not lose it.
• Use feedback to make productive changes in performance.

-Diversity and Equity

• Ensure our community is an inclusive and safe place.
• Deeply believe in and participate in our work as an anti-racist organization.

-People, paper, college

• Execute rigorous instructional materials.
• Support teammates, families, and scholars.
• Do whatever it takes to ensure our scholars go to and graduate from college.

Core Responsibilities

• Classroom Culture: A Teacher ensures scholars are full participants in a structured, productive and safe learning environment.
• Ambitious Content: A Teacher ensures that scholars work with content that will best develop their understanding of ideas and skills essential to the course.
• Ownership and Engagement: A Teacher must ensure scholars are deeply engaged in the work.
• Demonstration of Learning: A Teacher ensures that scholars are able to demonstrate their learning, including the mastery of rigorous course goals.
• Commitment to Excellence: A Teacher at THA must display a commitment to their team and improving their craft.

THE DETAILS

Qualifications/Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• State certification preferred.

Experience

• Prior teaching experience in a school serving a similar population to THA’s is preferred.
• Charter school experience is preferred.

Compensation and Benefits

• THA's teacher salary schedule starts at $44,000. For standard certified teachers, THA's teacher salary schedules starts at $47,000. Salary is commensurate with full-time, K-12 teaching experience in accredited schools. THA’s compensation includes a comprehensive benefits package.

The Role

• Reports to and is held accountable by the school’s Principal.
• Follows THA’s Academic Calendar.
• Full-time, exempt.