High School Science Teacher

Overview

Job Description

At KIPP New Orleans, we see the gifts in everyone who walks through the doors of our schools. Especially our teachers. Their skill. Energy. Love. Their determination. On the good days, and the hard ones, we support our teachers to make the most of those gifts in order to build academically excellent classrooms and create unlimited opportunities for all of our students.

The KIPP Difference | Together, a Future Without Limits

• Respect: For our teachers’ innate talent and desire to learn, for their professional growth and the lives they lead beyond our walls.

• Support: Our teachers always feel the KIPP Team and Family at their backs, with support to grow and opportunities to lead.

• Purpose: Together, we share an ambitious mission to create a future without limits. And we need talented teachers to realize it.

• Achievement | Teaching and Learning

• Adapt and execute a rigorous, standards-aligned curriculum

• Develop and/or modify academically rigorous lessons, unit plans, rubrics and assessments

• Use data to inform instructional decisions and reflect on how to improve impact

• Provide students with daily feedback on performance and plan for individual learning needs/accommodations

• Hope | Build a Positive Classroom Culture

• Create a positive learning environment by developing classroom rules, systems and procedures

• Communicate a deep belief that all students can learn, and belong, in the classroom

• Consistently implement the school-wide management policies

• Hold high expectations for student behavior at all times

• Community | Build a Positive School Culture

• Embody and maintain school values, policies and culture

• Develop positive relationships with students, families, teachers, staff and community members

• Establish and maintain strong communication with all families and share progress

• Actively participate in critical school events, including: staff meetings, open houses, parent teacher conferences and more

• Relentlessness | Demonstrate a Growth Mindset

• Pursue ambitious professional goals and student learning targets each year

• Give and receive positive and constructive feedback with your colleagues

• Participate in school-wide and individual professional development

• Equity | Fight for a More Just World

• Commit to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all of our students, families, teachers, staff and community members

• Intentionally uplift all stakeholders regardless of identity or diverse backgrounds

• Participate in programming that acknowledges injustices, biases and reflection on our own identities

The following are required of all KIPP New Orleans teachers:

• Bachelor’s degree

• Personal affinity to our mission and vision, as well as demonstrated commitment to our 5 core beliefs - Relentlessness, Equity, Achievement, Community, and Hope

• Offers are contingent upon successful completion of a professional reference check, proof of identity and work authorization (all KNOS employees must complete an I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification form), a state background check, and verification of teaching experience/certification/licensure (if applicable)

The following are strongly preferred for all KIPP New Orleans teachers:

• At least two years of teaching experience in urban, open enrollment schools

• State issued teaching credential

The physical demands and environmental conditions described below are representative, but not exhaustive, of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the role. All of these physical requirements should be able to be performed with clarity, coherence and connectedness of the KNOS vision, and reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Must be able to sit and work at a desk/computer for extended periods of time

• Must be able to spend the majority of the day standing or mobile throughout the classroom, as well as talk, hear, grasp, reach and lift up to 30lbs with or without accommodations

• Ability to concentrate in active and noisy environments such as cafeterias and playgrounds, to more moderate…