Teaching Fellow - Middle School; 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th Grade

Join a team of teachers at The Equity Project (TEP) Charter School, featured in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and on 60 minutes for its revolutionary teacher salaries and its outstanding results. TEP aims to achieve educational equity for students from historically underserved communities by utilizing world-class teachers, while re-imagining the teaching profession as a place in which teachers prioritize their own growth - as pedagogical experts, intellectual seekers, and community leaders.

Watch the video below to learn more about TEP's Middle School facility, designed with community and equity at the forefront.

Join a team of teachers at The Equity Project (TEP) Charter School, featured in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and on 60 Minutes for its revolutionary teacher salaries and its outstanding results. TEP aims to achieve educational equity for students from traditionally underserved communities by utilizing world-class teachers, while re-imagining the teaching profession as a place in which teachers prioritize their own growth—as pedagogical experts, intellectual seekers, and community leaders.

About the Role (Responsibilities)

Applicants will be eligible for Middle School Teaching roles in their content area of specialty.

As one of the three pillars of our program (Academics, Arts, and Athletics), TEP is deeply committed to building a classroom culture that fosters a genuine love for learning.

In this role, you will work as a lead teacher in one 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade class, while refining your skills and prioritizing your own professional growth. You will serve as the lead teacher for some instructional periods each day and co-teach with a Master teacher for other periods of instruction within a specific subject during the day. Looking to have a significant impact while developing into a Master Teacher yourself within a community of expert educators?

This is the role for you.

Teaching Fellows collaborate with co-teachers to facilitate lesson plans that include small-group instruction and individualized feedback to support student achievement and progress. Each TEP Teaching Fellow teaches one subject to one grade level in any given year, but may switch grade levels and/or subjects from one year to the next.

Middle School teachers will work in a state-of-the-art learning environment carefully designed, built, and crafted to spark joy and instill a love of learning for TEP students. Our school building in the Washington Heights/Inwood community, provides a perfect learning environment for developing students by providing innovative classroom settings, a full gymnasium, a high-tech performing arts space, and an indoor/outdoor café where meals are prepared fresh on a daily basis for students and staff.

About You (Qualifications)

• Deeply aligned to TEP’s mission of providing a world-class education to historically under-resourced student communities (90% of TEP students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, 22% of TEP students receive Special Education services, and 25% of TEP students are Multi-Lingual Learners)
• Classroom experience: While lead teaching experience is not technically required, TEP Teaching Fellows usually have at least 2 years of lead teaching experience in 4th through 9th grade classrooms in a public charter school, traditional public school, or private school setting.
• The ability to develop and implement dynamic and engaging curriculum in one content area to cultivate critical thinking while meeting each individual student's needs and learning style.
• Outstanding verbal ability and strong communication skills.
• Certification requirements: TEP Teaching Fellows do not need to possess a New York State Teacher Certification to be hired at TEP Charter School. However, prospective Teaching Fellows that do not yet have New York State teaching certification must identify and present a pathway to obtain New York State teaching certification on their application.
• Education requirements: TEP adheres to the educational background requirements outlined within the individual pathways to NYS teaching certification (see above), and does not require any additional…