Elementary School Science Teacher

Elementary School Science Teacher

Thanks for your interest in Success Academy! We are a large, fast‑growing, high‑performing network of public charter schools. Running a network of this size requires a collaborative village—families, children, teachers, staff, faculty, advocates, and supporters alike. We would love to welcome you to our community and work to ensure that every child, regardless of zip code or economic status, has access to a fun, rigorous, whole‑child education.

When you join SA, you help give every student who walks through our doors a fair shot at reaching their full potential.

We are actively hiring for the 2025‑26 school year! If you are passionate, driven, and looking for an intellectually charged environment that allows you to make a lasting impact, this role may be for you. As a science teacher in New York City’s top‑performing network of K‑12 charter schools, you will serve a team of professionals committed to preparing children from low‑income neighborhoods to become self‑assured thinkers and leaders, capable of exploring sophisticated ideas, debating them, and preparing for college and beyond.

At Success Academy, our science program ignites a passion for scientific thinking and curiosity. We develop scholars as citizens of science, empowering them to engage creatively, critically, and meaningfully with the world around them in ways that are endlessly fascinating, complex, and philosophical. Scholars engage flexibly with different scientific disciplines, encouraging them to see engineering, physics, mathematics, chemistry, and biology as interdependent.

We also emphasize scientific literacy, with special attention to reading, writing, and data literacy.

A background in education is not required. We provide extensive training and a proven curriculum so you can focus on working with your students instead of building lesson plans.

• Sharpen your communication skills and develop strong, meaningful relationships with students, their families, and your peers and mentors. This is inclusive of writing letters of recommendation at the middle school and high school level.
• Become a highly skilled problem solver able to tackle challenges in and out of the classroom.
• Learn to assess and analyze data to chart your students’ growth and achievement, and tailor your own teaching methods accordingly.
• Engage in professional development opportunities with school leaders to benefit from targeted, in‑the‑moment feedback and coaching to improve your performance.
• Have the opportunity to grow as a leader and ultimately a leader of the entire grade team. There are also opportunities to enter our school leadership track as an assistant principal as well as to transition to our network office.

• A bachelor’s degree before your first day of work with Success Academy.
• A rigorous and relevant academic major (i.e., biology, chemistry, physics, engineering).
• Ability to work in person in New York City ($2,500 stipend for qualified relocations).
• Supervise a classroom of 20+ students.

• Drive for Excellence:
  You set ambitious goals for yourself and have never been afraid of putting in the hard work it takes to achieve them.
• Confidence and Presence:
  You enjoy taking the lead and inspiring others with your passion and commitment.
• Passion for Content:
  You relish literature, science, history, and/or math and independently seek to deepen your knowledge of subjects that interest you.
• Planning and Organizational
  
  Skills:
  
  You have experience juggling multiple responsibilities and are able to plan around competing priorities.
• Emotional Intelligence:
  You have strong instincts for building trusting relationships with people from a wide range of backgrounds.
• Learner:
  You are intellectually curious and are motivated to master new skills. You welcome feedback and coaching that will help you achieve your goals.
• Grit and Determination:
  You are not frustrated by setbacks — you see them as an opportunity for growth.

Starting from: $55,000 – $65,000 USD per year.

Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.

Success Academy Charter Schools is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Success Academy Charter Schools does not offer employment-based immigration sponsorship.