Lead Teacher -Elementary (NY)-SY 25-26

Excellence Community Schools; New York (NY); On-site; USD 68,000 - 144,000; Full time

Job summary

An established educational organization is seeking dedicated individuals to join their team and foster student success through innovative teaching practices. This role focuses on creating a supportive learning environment, implementing rigorous curricula, and engaging students in meaningful ways. Candidates should possess a strong commitment to education reform and collaboration, with an emphasis on data-driven decision-making. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in the lives of young scholars, preparing them for future academic success in a nurturing and challenging environment.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

403(B) - employer match

Paid Time Off

Paid Sick Leave

Parental Leave

FMLA

Short-term Disability benefits

Tuition Reimbursement

Qualifications

• NYS Teacher Certification (Birth -2nd Grade or Grades 1-6) required.
• Teaching experience at the elementary school level is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plans and teaches with the grade-level team to implement best practices.
• Builds relationships with students’ families through regular communication.

Skills

Classroom Management

Curriculum Development

Data Analysis

Communication with Families

Teaching Strategies

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master's Degree

Job description

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.

Responsibilities:

• Plans and teaches with the 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 an 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.

• NYS Teacher Certification (Birth -2nd Grade or Grades 1-6) 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 the elementary school level or experience with school-age children is preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree Required.
• Master's Degree Preferred.

Compensation:

• Salary range $68,735- $143,740. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications.
• Health Insurance, dental, vision & 403(B) - employer match
• Paid Time Off/Paid Sick Leave/Parental Leave/FMLA
• Short-term, Long-term Disability benefits & Life Insurance
• $5000 Tuition Reimbursement