Bricolage Academy is searching for an Elementary School Innovator's Maker Space Teacher. Bricolage started in 2013 with a Kindergarten class and is now a Pk-8th grade charter school in New Orleans.

BRICOLAGE ACADEMY OVERVIEW

Instructional Model

At Bricolage Academy, students have four co-curricular experiences – visual art, music, physical education, and innovation (a combination of design thinking technology, and engineering basics). These classes are designed to introduce students to the basic concepts and principles of different types of art, music, innovation, and physical education so that they can make better informed decisions about which type to specialize in in high school.

School Culture

Restorative Practices will be used alongside strategies from both Responsive Classroom and the Institute of Social and Emotional Learning to proactively build a physically and emotionally safe, joyful, inclusive, and supportive school culture.=

Bricolage Academy is a school with a big goal: we aim to be the highest performing non-selective school in New Orleans. There are many people who contribute to making Bricolage special - parents, administration, students and community members - but teachers are at the center of it all. Bricolage teachers must demonstrate a deep commitment to our mission of advancing educational equity by creating innovators who change the world. Our teachers embody our organizational values (respect, empathy, integrity, courage and curiosity). They are always trying to get better, have a deep love for children and approach everything with a joie de vivre. Our teachers create the kind of classrooms that nobody ever wants to leave - where it’s fun to learn and every child gets what they need. We’re looking for others who approach their work like we do – balancing seriousness and diligence with warmth and levity.

DUTIES

Specifically, the Elementary School Innovator's Maker Space Teacher is responsible for:

Building a Elementary School Innovation program including:

• Scripting and communicating an overall mission and vision for the Elementary School Innovation program at Bricolage

• Developing curriculum including grade level course descriptions, scopes and sequences/progression rubrics

• Selecting curricular resources, materials, and equipment

• Planning and leading lessons and activities that:

  • Emphasize innovation, problem solving, respect, and courage

  • Include a balance of sequential, age appropriate activities such as envisioning, planning, building, and creating

• Student outcomes. We use multiple measures to assess student learning and preparedness, but it’s on the lead teachers to deliver.

• Creating a classroom culture where students:

  • Share in its ownership

  • Behave in alignment with our Trojan Values

  • Learn how to be responsibly autonomous

• Providing appropriate safety instruction and performing routine safety checks

• Differentiating instruction to meet the needs of each individual student

• Integrating technology, innovation, design thinking, and leadership development into instruction

• Being an active member of the school community including assuming before, during, and after school duty posts, advising/mentoring small groups of students and attending school activities and events

• Developing relationships with colleagues, students and their families

Some other things you should know about us:

We're building a new kind of school that doesn't have a formula to follow. There is no 'how-to' book for our community. We're making it ourselves. That requires people who can embrace vulnerability, take initiative, learn from mistakes, and be open to giving and receiving feedback.

We don't have all of the answers, and we're okay with that. Bricolage is being built as we speak. It's a magical place, but an imperfect one. Everyone at Bricolage has successes and failures. You will experience both.

We’re looking for a special kind of teacher. If this sounds like you, please apply. We can’t wait to meet you.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• Strong belief in Bricolage Academy’s mission, vision and core values

• Strong belief in and commitment to diverse, equitable, and inclusive educational access and equitable outcomes

• Strong belief in and commitment to the city of New Orleans

• Bachelor’s degree

• At least 3 years of teaching experience

• At least 1 year of project-based teaching experience

Preferred

• Elementary school (PK-4th grade) teaching experience

• Degree in an innovation a related field OR a portfolio of work demonstrating you proficiency in Innovation

• Success as a teacher with a predominantly middle to high income student population and success as a classroom teacher with a predominantly low income population

• Familiarity with/experience using one or more of the following: Responsive Classroom, Love & Logic, Restorative Practices

• Familiarity with/experience using culturally responsive teaching strategies

People of color are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Bricolage Academy does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, gender or gender identity, age, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.