NYS Certified Spanish Teacher

$59,535 - $81,380/Yr

Williamsburg Charter High School - Brooklyn, NY

Full-time - Entry Level

Brooklyn, NY

Educational Services

About the position

WCHS's powerful educational program enables every student to graduate well-prepared for college and the world beyond it. Most importantly, all WCHS students mature intellectually, socially, and morally as a result of being active members of a school community that endorses high expectations that challenge each student to achieve his/her full potential. To fulfill its mission, WCHS is looking for exceptional teachers. Our teachers play very critical roles in realizing the core mission, philosophy, and unique youth-centered approach of the school's educational design. WCHS teachers are not just classroom teachers, but school teachers-educators that are committed to facilitating the entire learning and instructional process and coaching young people to become independent learners, thinkers, and researchers.

Responsibilities

• Take complete ownership of the academic, behavioral, and overall success of a group of 12-15 students.
• Ensure advisees are in attendance, punctual, excelling in all their classes, and seeking out appropriate support.
• Create an advisory period that acts as a 'home base' for each student.
• Be the academic expert on each advisee.
• Act as the liaison between the student, the family, and the school teams.
• Teach the advisory curriculum that has been created for their advisees' grade.
• Accompany advisees on educational field trips as determined by the School Leader.
• Contact their advisee's families, a minimum of seven times a year and respond within 24 hours to all communications from their advisee's families.
• Develop and oversee Individual Student Support Plan plans twice a year for each of their advisees.
• Facilitate discipline-related required meetings on behalf of their advisees.
• Prepare rigorous, student-centered lesson plans that will engage and motivate students to learn.
• Plan standards-based units of study with clear, intended outcomes and goals in mind.
• Provide meaningful feedback on student work to determine student progress and to make suggestions for improvement.
• Proactively and relentlessly seek new ways to promote student learning.
• Create thoughtful, standards-based assessments.
• Work closely with school leaders and colleagues, using data to drive instruction and by extension, consistently raising student achievement and intervening with improvement plans and support for struggling students.
• Design opportunities for students to use the world around them as a classroom through field trips and/or inviting guests into the classroom as appropriate.
• Hold students to high behavioral and academic expectations and support students to succeed.
• Model professional and collegial behavior for students.
• Engage in the process of collaborative evaluation with school leaders.
• Ensure that students are well-prepared for all New York State exams and WCHS interim assessments.
• Participate in all assemblies, meetings, school-sponsored events, and professional development activities offered during or after work hours.
• Participate in focus groups, evaluations, and committees as requested to assist with the constant improvement of the school as a whole.
• Participate and support WCHS's open-door classroom policy, allowing parents and teachers, and other stakeholders to informally observe your work and actively seeking to observe the work of your colleagues for professional development.
• Arrive at school no later than 7:55 AM and leave no earlier than 3:10 PM.
• Teach four class periods per school day.
• Serve two periods of School Service per week as determined by his/her supervisor.
• Cover at least five periods per semester for absent teachers.
• Proactively involve the student's family in their learning through regular communications.
• Share expertise and curriculum with colleagues.
• Respond to all school-related communications within 24 hours.
• Attend and participate in school-related activities and events outside of normal school hours.
• Adhere to the WCHS Student Handbook, Teacher Handbook, Personnel Policies, and Instructional Manual.

Requirements

• Two years of experience working in an urban high school setting (preferred).
• New York State Certification to teach grades 7-12.
• New York State Fingerprint clearance.
• Bachelor's degree.
• 2+ years of lead classroom teacher experience (excludes student teaching and serving as a teaching assistant).

Benefits

• $59,535.00 to $81,380.00 salary range.
• 403(b) matching up to 8%.
• Dental insurance.
• Health insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Flexible spending account.
• Commuter benefits.
• Paid time off.