Third grade ELA

Compass Community Schools; Memphis, Northern (TN, KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Robust benefits

Job summary

Compass Community Schools in Memphis seeks a third-grade ELA teacher for the current school year. The successful candidate will teach with passion, uphold our three-pillar focus, and partner with families to support student learning.

Minimum Tennessee teaching license (endorsement #120) is required; bilingual candidates are encouraged. The teacher will collaborate with PLCs and mission-driven colleagues to foster a joyful, rigorous classroom culture.

Qualifications

• REQUIRED: Valid Tennessee teaching license (with endorsement #120)
• ENCOURAGED: Bilingual candidates encouraged to apply
• Affinity with Compass Community Schools' vision
• Strong content knowledge in all content areas
• Driving commitment to advance student learning
• Ability to lead students toward a joyful and productive learning environment
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with ability to build productive relationships with students and colleagues
• Desire to work hard in a balanced, extended school calendar
• Utmost personal and professional integrity

Responsibilities

• Imparting a love of learning in our youngest students
• Support and contribute to a school-wide focus on three pillars: academic excellence, values-based character education, and service learning in the community.
• Claim ownership of the privilege and responsibility to ensure high levels of student learning
• Establish a supportive, joyful, and hopeful classroom culture with high expectations for students’ individual and collective success
• Instruct students with purpose, clarity, and urgency
• Monitor student progress to ensure that student needs are being met
• Communicate regularly with families as partners in their children’s education
• Welcome opportunities to develop professionally

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Bilingual

Education

Tennessee teaching license (Endorsement #120)

Job description

In July 2019, Compass Community Schools opened six high-quality charter schools (five elementary and one middle/high) in the Memphis communities of Binghampton, Berclair, Frayser, Hickory Hill, Midtown, and Orange Mound. We focus intently on three pillars – academic excellence, values-based character education, and service learning in the community – as we prepare our students for college and life-long success.

Our vision is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ideal of education: “Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” This true education – provided within a supportive, joyful, and hopeful school culture – will prepare our students to be positive agents of change in our communities.

Position Overview

We are looking for a third-grade ELA teacher for the current school year. Our teachers know their content backward and forward and are passionate about educating students in the Memphis community.

Primary Responsibilities

• Imparting a love of learning in our youngest students
• Support and contribute to a school-wide focus on three pillars: academic excellence, values-based character education, and service learning in the community.
• Claim ownership of the privilege and responsibility to ensure high levels of student learning.
• Establish a supportive, joyful, and hopeful classroom culture with high expectations for students’ individual and collective success.
• Instruct students with purpose, clarity, and urgency.
• Monitor student progress to ensure that student needs are being met.
• Communicate regularly with families as partners in their children’s education.
• Welcome opportunities to develop professionally

Qualifications

• REQUIRED: Valid Tennessee teaching license (generally, with endorsement #120)
• ENCOURAGED: Bilingual candidates encouraged to apply
• Affinity with, and passion for, the compelling vision of Compass Community Schools
• Strong content knowledge in all content areas
• Driving commitment to advance student learning
• Ability to lead students toward a joyful and productive learning environment
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with ability to build productive relationships with students and colleagues
• Desire to work hard in a balanced, extended school calendar
• Utmost personal and professional integrity

What We Offer

• Intentionally small school settings – K-8 sites have only about 225 students in total, and one classroom per grade level
• Collaborative professional development (PLCs) supported by a network-level Director of English Language Arts and network-level Director of Math
• 2.5 hours of planning each day
• Robust medical, dental, and vision plan with significant employer contributions to premiums
• 100% employer-funded short-term disability, life, and accidental death insurance
• Contributions in the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (AAA-rated pension plan)