Biology and Chemistry Teacher
Intrinsic Schools
- Chicago, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Level 1+ or 1 rating from CPS every year since opening (Belmont Campus).
- Consistently rated “Well-Organized” by UChicago Impact’s 5Essentials System.
- Our mobility rate is very low – only 3% leave for other schools, compared to 11% district-wide.
- Almost one third of incoming students are siblings – families choose us multiple times.
- Our family engagement rates in the 99th percentile as we partner with families via an active Parent Advisory Council, Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee, Visioning & Design Sessions, Town Hall Meetings, and facility use and volunteer opportunities.
- Once at full enrollment, our schools are funded entirely by public dollars – i.e., with the standard per-pupil allotment, without any private fundraising.
- Rated ‘Advanced’ by Promise54 in their staff experience survey on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
- 85% of Belmont Middle School students choose to stay for high school. They choose Intrinsic instead of 100s of other options including selective enrollment, magnet and private high schools.
- Implement daily lesson plans for 9th grade Biology and 10th grade Chemistry
- Demonstrate 100% commitment to preparing every student for post-secondary success
- Uphold Intrinsic student culture
- Collaborate to design and deliver on and offline instruction
- Lead an advisory that meets daily
- Review student level data to inform instruction and student groupings (SAT aligned interim assessments, data from online programs and teacher-created content assessments)
- Seek to improve practice through data analysis, observation, feedback and video
- Support student learning outside the classroom (facilitate clubs, after-school tutoring, office hours, etc)
- Contribute to the overall Intrinsic Team by supporting colleagues, participating in school-wide events and seeking ways to improve the school
- Certified to teach in Illinois or currently enrolled in an alternative certification program
- Track record driving student outcomes or a history of achievement with students of a similar population
- Experienced using technology in the classroom or early adopter of technology in personal life or other areas