Lead Teacher: Shape Joyful, College-Ready Classrooms

Kipp Inc; Lynn (MA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Signing bonus

Retention bonus

Job summary

KIPP Massachusetts seeks a talented Lead Teacher for the KIPP Academy Lynn Charter School in Lynn, MA, to empower students through rigorous instruction, equity-focused practices, and strong family partnerships.

You will lead classroom instruction, collaborate with teams, participate in professional development, and maintain accurate records while upholding our mission to prepare every student for college and career.

Qualifications

• Deep alignment with KIPP MA’s mission and values.
• Demonstrated ability to drive student growth and achievement and to create a warm, inclusive, rigorous learning environment.
• Passion for subject/content area and demonstrated commitment to professional learning.
• 2+ years of full-time teaching experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Pass Criminal Background Check

Responsibilities

• Lead or co-lead in a classroom, with responsibilities that may include leading a class independently, co-teaching, short- or long-term coverage, or stepping into a lead classroom role later in the year based on the school's needs.
• Ensure that all children are affirmed, valued, and challenged every day.
• Foster a positive and safe learning environment.
• Prepare and internalize rigorous and engaging unit and daily lessons, leveraging provided curricula/resources and intellectual preparation tools.
• When applicable, may be asked to create and internalize academically aligned lesson plans, unit plans, rubrics, and assessments.
• Set specific, ambitious growth goals with all students and identify and leverage all necessary resources to ensure they meet them.
• Innovate on best practices to execute engaging, differentiated instruction at a level rigorous for all students.
• Implement aligned school-wide or grade-level student culture systems and proactive classroom management strategies.
• Regularly analyze student work and academic data to modify lessons, refine curricula, and inform instructional practice.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date student grades/records and initiate strong lines of communication with students and their families regularly regarding students’ growth and progress.
• Participate in school-wide and individual professional development, including pre-service training over the summer and weekly during the academic year.
• Take ownership for the development of your craft seeking and implementing feedback from your coach and collaborating with teammates within and beyond school-designed structures.
• Perform assigned duties including (but not limited to) classroom coverage, bus, lunch, transition, and dismissal duties.
• Develop strong relationships with families through participation in school events and consistent phone calls, texts, and/or emails with caregivers.
• Be willing to offer support and receive constructive feedback from colleagues in order to create a professional working atmosphere that is conducive to accountability, change, and improvement.
• Collaborate with grade level and content teams to tackle common challenges and implement grade-wide systems, sharing responsibility for all students.
• Dependable attendance according to our school calendar, initiating proactive communication when attendance barriers arise.
• Embody KIPP MA’s Code of Conduct by acting with integrity, leading with humanity, centering self-awareness and critical consciousness, taking personal responsibility, and engaging productively.
• Participate and engage in regional professional development and community events as required.
• Demonstrated ability to collect and interpret data, evaluate, reason, define problems, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and make reasonable judgments and decisions in a timely manner in accordance with the needs of the school.
• Self-awareness, flexibility and emotional intelligence to navigate a setting with students who express diverse needs.
• The consistent use of interpersonal and self-management skills to effectively support behavioral and emotional needs of students to ensure a safe and inclusive environment, as well as build relationships and manage conflict with students, staff, and caregivers.
• Effective communication skills to perform assigned duties and to meaningfully exchange information with students, staff, families and others in person, through written communication, in front of groups, and on virtual platforms.
• Physical mobility to move self in various positions in order to execute duties effectively, which may include kneeling, walking, pushing/pulling, squatting, twisting, turning, bending, stooping and reaching overhead.
• Physical strength sufficient to periodically lift and/or carry 20 pounds of materials or supplies and to physically restrain a student to keep from harming themself and/or others in an emergency situation.
• Manual dexterity sufficient to perform repetitive hand/wrist/arm motions and to operate a computer and office equipment.
• KIPP MA teachers are supported in their demanding work by experienced and dedicated leadership and staff who have themselves proven successful in the teaching role.
• In addition to the responsibilities listed above, there will occasionally be other duties as assigned that teachers will engage in to help promote a positive and calm learning environment and culture.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

KIPP Massachusetts seeks a talented Lead Teacher for the KIPP Academy Lynn Charter School in Lynn, MA, to empower students through rigorous instruction, equity-focused practices, and strong family partnerships.

You will lead classroom instruction, collaborate with teams, participate in professional development, and maintain accurate records while upholding our mission to prepare every student for college and career.