Middle School EL Teacher

Overview

Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Employment Type: Full-time, in-person lead teaching position for the current school year.

Salary: starting at $56,000 for certified teachers based on years of K-12 teaching experience; $44,520 to begin for pre-licensure candidates without an active TN license.

Why Choose Valor? Valor Collegiate Academies is a top-performing public charter school network in Nashville, Tennessee, serving 1,900 students in grades 5-12. Our mission is to empower our diverse community to live inspired and purposeful lives. This mission is supported by an innovative school model that blends rigorous academics and whole-child education within an intentionally diverse school environment. Our results include:

• A-Rated Charter Network in Tennessee:
  Scored as an A-rated charter network by the Tennessee Department of Education, earning perfect scores in Academic Achievement, Academic Growth, Growth of Highest Need Students, and College & Career Readiness.
• Top 1% for Student Growth:
  Our middle schools consistently rank in the 99th percentile in student growth statewide, based on TVAAS data from the past 5 years.
• National Leader in SEL:
  Over 50 partner schools nationwide have adopted and implemented Valor’s Compass model for social-emotional learning.

At Valor, you'll join an academically excellent and supportive community that is dedicated to your growth as an educator. With personalized coaching and high-quality professional development, we invest in your development so you can make the greatest impact for students.

• Planning & EL Co-teaching:
  Prepare, internalize, and plan daily lessons and activities that are built on Valor’s EL framework to meet the needs of EL students in grades 5-8, with the aim to make academic content more accessible for multilingual learners; develop strategies and implement scaffolds to ensure academic growth and achievement with EL students; partner and collaborate with EL teachers and Special Education teachers to ensure all students are receiving appropriately accommodated grade-level academic support;
  
  prepare, modify, and scaffold materials for class activities, do nows, exit tickets, and homework; implement assessments that measure progress towards academic standards and identify gaps in learning; collect, enter, and analyze academic data to provide targeted instruction and interventions; engage in weekly 1:1 coaching meetings; submit lesson plans weekly for feedback; engage in weekly collaborative curriculum meetings (Intellectual Preparation) with a planning partner and instructional leader;
  
  update scholar gradebook and proactively communicate academic progress with families and stakeholders.

• ILP Case Management:
  Collect and track data on individual student skills to determine the effectiveness of programming and measure progress toward learning goals; ensure compliance with federal, state, and district EL regulations; administer and implement accommodations for relevant assessments (e.g., WIDA ACCESS, TNReady, benchmarks); collaborate and co-teach with general education teachers to ensure successful implementation of established curriculum and students' Individualized Learning Plans.

• Student Mentorship & Family Engagement:
  Facilitate student Circles once a week to guide a group of students’ academic, behavioral, and social-emotional success; implement daily SEL activities during structured Mentor time and provide academic coaching; respond to students' behavior using school-wide intervention systems; track and input student behavior feedback and data through Kickboard; maintain a 4:1 positivity ratio; serve as main point-of-contact for families to communicate information.

• School-Based Responsibilities & Faculty Engagement:
  Enforce and uphold school values and policies; uphold Valor’s organizational commitments; own arrival/recess/lunch/transition/dismissal duties; participate in and prepare for events outside normal hours (e.g., conferences, trips, ILP meetings, orientations); engage in ongoing professional development including orientation, faculty training, and weekly PD; participate in faculty Circle weekly and complete badge work.