High School Science Teacher
Jefferson Rise Charter School
- Harvey, LA
- $40,000-60,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- High-Quality Academic Program: With a longer school day and school, one-on-one tutoring, intervention, one-to-one devices, and a rigorous curriculum, our academics prepare our students for college.
- Social-Emotional Learning: Everything we do supports students to develop and live our values of Character, Respect, Integrity, Self-Discipline, and Excellence.
- Student Life and Career Readiness: Beyond our core academic program, we provide enrichment opportunities and electives, skill blocks, and community circles to support students in developing their passions and life-long happiness.
- Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
- Utilize curriculum resources to create standards-aligned scope and sequence, annual plan, unit plans, and lesson plans; develop interim, midterm, and final assessments as needed
- Develop and implement ambitious, standards-aligned lesson plans with an end goal of student performance at or above grade level expectations
- Provide engaging, motivating, and rigorous instruction in whole-class, small-group, and individual settings
- Provide academic support and tutoring to small groups or individual students as needed/scheduled, including after-school tutoring
- Work to continuously improve effectiveness in all instructional practices, using the school’s teacher performance rubric as a guide
- Use feedback to make productive changes in performance
- Administrative
- Analyze student achievement data in collaboration with team members
- Implement data tracking system and use data to inform instructional development and delivery
- Enter in student performance data in a timely manner
- Complete all administrative requirements before given deadlines
- School and Community Culture
- Embody and teach the mission, vision, and strategic direction of the school
- Design and implement programs that promote positive student behavior, and that motivate students to exhibit the leadership values of the school
- Build classroom community by investing families in students’ academic success and development of strong character and leadership traits
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Degree in content area (preferred)
- Content area certification (preferred)
- Technological proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint as well as other web-based applications
- Excellent communication skills
- High level of personal organization and planning
- Proven track record of student achievement and/or growth
- Commitment to the mission and organizational success of Jefferson RISE
- Ambition and desire to grow as a leader
- Openness to feedback and a willingness to take personal responsibility for the affairs of the school
- Entrepreneurial spirit
- Personal and professional integrity
- Team player (flexible, willing to jump in)
- What do you do to improve? Give an example of a time when you received difficult feedback from a peer, student, teacher, or supervisor. How did you respond in the moment? How did it affect your thinking? Your actions? *
- Describe a time when you saw some problem and took the initiative to correct it rather than waiting for someone else to do it. *
- Do you have a bachelor's degree? *
- Are you certified to teach in the state of Louisiana? *
- Are there specific courses or grade levels within your subject area you are interested in teaching? *
- How did you learn about this position? *
- Indeed.com
- ZipRecruiter
- Google Jobs
- BetterTeacher
- WorkNOLA
- A Jefferson RISE team member (please specify)
- A Jefferson RISE parent or community member
- An email from Jefferson RISE Careers
- Somewhere else (please specify)
- If you learned about this role from a Jefferson RISE staff member or somewhere that wasn't listed in the previous question, please tell us who or where.
- Is there anything else you'd like us to know in considering your application?