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Job Description: Bright Star Schools’ High School Teacher

Job Description

Job Description:

High School Teacher Reporting to:
School Principal Status:
Full Time, Exempt

Who we are: Bright Star Schools is a free, publicly funded and open enrollment non‑profit organization with nine public charters in urban Los Angeles. Across all of our Bright Star sites, over 90% of our students are eligible for free and reduced lunch. Our mission is to provide holistic, inclusive support for all students to achieve academic excellence and grow their unique talents so that they find joy in higher education, career, and life.

Bright Star students will become leaders who act with integrity and champion equity to enrich our communities and the world. The framework to our success is our core operating principles, which are Integridad, Ubuntu, Kohyang (고향), and Growth. Our educators join a family that is passionate and committed to developing all students to become well‑rounded citizens. We offer small class sizes, comprehensive coordinator support, and numerous collaboration opportunities across the organization and within school sites.

We strongly believe in listening to all stakeholders’ voices, and we work to increase teaching practice and effectiveness through our data‑driven and feedback‑derived professional development.

We provide a culture of learning and growth for educators, with an emphasis on job‑embedded, differentiated professional development, which includes:

• Organization‑wide content specific professional development sessions throughout the year
• An instructional coaching program
• A no‑cost induction program for new teachers with a preliminary credential (Our two‑year induction program allows teachers with preliminary credentials to earn their CA clear credential at no cost to the teacher.)
• Paid professional development (pupil‑free) days
• Professional learning communities at the school site and by grade level or content area.

Overall, our educators receive 200+ hours of job‑embedded professional development opportunities to support teacher growth and advancing student achievement over the course of each year.

Bright Star Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, pregnancy, or veteran status.

Basic Components of the Job Description for the High School Teacher position include (but are not limited to):

Whole School Responsibilities

• Uphold Bright Star Schools’ mission and values
• Demonstrate genuine care for all students
• Build relationships with all students
• Embrace existing school‑wide management systems and promote high standards of behavior
• Uphold restorative practices and create safe, positive learning environments for all students
• Collaborate with school leaders, providing input to improve Bright Star programs
• Actively participate in professional development sessions
• Communicate professionally with peers, supervisors, parents, and students
• Commit to a longer school day and calendar year
• Adhere to Bright Star’s professional attire guidelines
• Supervise bathroom breaks, as needed
• Uphold attendance procedures each period using school information system, Aeries
• Participates in school‑wide culture events (i.e. Culture days, Songfest, Assemblies, and Field Day)
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Implement and execute the adopted Bright Star curriculum maps and guidelines, as well as instructional best practices (educators should be prepared to conduct classes virtually or in‑person depending on COVID‑19 health guidelines)
• Create and submit weekly lesson plans/overviews to administrator/coach
• Use California State and/or California Common Core standards to plan rigorous lessons
• Differentiate lesson plans for a variety of learners (kinesthetic, gifted students, English Language Learners, and/or students with IEPs, etc.)
• Employ strategies to get to know and understand students and prioritize culturally responsive teaching
• Participate fully in weekly instructional coaching activities (including analysis of student learning,…