Lower Elementary School Teacher

Overview

Lower Elementary School Teacher — Brooklyn, NY

2026 - 2027 School Year

Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter School
, Brooklyn, New York

What is the Role? Join us in welcoming our youngest scholars and their families into education and carve out their pathway to success in Kindergarten through second grade and beyond. As an educator of early learners you’re passionate about providing consistency, and building the youngest minds' investment in math and literacy skills. You’re a school teacher as opposed to a classroom teacher and together with your team, you hold the bar for success for all scholars.

• Internalize standards-aligned curriculum and content and on a daily basis, teach academically rigorous and culturally relevant lesson plans, materials, and assessments, and differentiate as needed
• Provide a safe, welcoming, and joyful learning environment for our youngest learners
• Communicate effectively with all scholars, their families, and staff
• Commit to a culture of consistently implementing school-wide systems, structures, and procedures
• Eradicate the effects of racism, poverty and other forms of oppression in our school community by making resources, opportunities, support systems, and classrooms equitable and accessible for all our stakeholders
• Analyze instructional and culture data to action plan and improve teaching practice and strengthen student outcomes
• Be proactive in creating a positive, structured, results-oriented, and fun learning environment that supports the needs of students with various abilities and experiences
• Lead and participate in community-building experiences that celebrate students and staff, while supporting the broader school community through responsibilities such as bus duty, home visits, enrollment events, IEP meetings, lunch duty, arrival, dismissal and hallway duties, daily homeroom, weekly advisory groups, weekly content team meetings, whole-staff professional development, lesson internalization and practice, and weekly grade team meetings
• Model consistent Tier 1 systems across classrooms and throughout the school to create a safe, predictable, and nurturing environment, using weekly behavior and suspension data to inform culture-building decisions
• Coach and support students through restorative practices that foster empathy, belonging, and strong, positive relationships

• Passion for education and a dedication to Coney Island Prep’s mission, beliefs, and values and its commitment to anti-racism
• Steadfast belief that all students can achieve at the highest academic levels and deserve an opportunity to succeed in the college and career of their choice
• Bachelor's degree and NYS teaching certification required, Master’s degree strongly preferred; we offer $2,000 towards the completion of a Master’s degree and NY State certification within two years of employment
• Cultural competencies and a willingness to examine your beliefs and biases across lines of difference
• Culturally responsive and age appropriate conflict resolution skills
• Proven organizational, oral, and written communication skills; punctuality; accuracy; and consistent and regular communication; and ability to meet deadlines for deliverables
• Content knowledge of literacy practices
• Self-reflective and open to feedback, with the ambition to implement learnings in order to drive your development
• A positive, solution-oriented attitude
• Eagerness to work collaboratively with your coach and grade teams
• A strong track record of building positive relationships with families, students and staff, while demonstrating value towards diversity and inclusivity

Coney Island Prep Lower Elementary School blends joy, rigor, and high expectations to ensure our 320 scholars in K-2 are ready to succeed. With two teachers in every classroom, smaller teacher to student ratios help accelerate learning and allow for tailored instruction for each scholar. We leverage a research-backed approach to teach the science of reading and focus heavily on phonics instruction, word recognition, vocabulary, background knowledge and comprehension skills, to cultivate our young learners’ strong reading…