What are the responsibilities and job description for the High School English Teacher position at Ascend Charter Schools?
Overview : What is the role?
Are you a devourer of books who loves when student-led discussions explore and debate themes in literature? If you cant stop reading novels, poems, and plays, and revel in the intricacies of language, we welcome you to join our collaborative team of educators at Brooklyn Ascend High School (BAHS).
We are currently hiring for English teachers for the following courses :
- English I
- English II
- English III
- English IV
- Advanced Placement (AP) Language & Composition
- Advanced Placement (AP) Literature & Composition
These courses invite you and your students to explore themes of personal identity, community, colonialism, and power through a diverse and engaging selection of texts from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Our texts range from Trevor Noahs Born a Crime, Sula, and The Central Park Five to classics like The Glass Menagerie, Song of Solomon, and Hamlet.
We are seeking teachers who have unwavering commitment, and can foster an equitable and inclusive learning environment. BAHS teachers set ambitious goals for themselves and their students, relentlessly striving for excellence. At BAHS, youll be an architect of learning, cultivating a classroom that celebrates effort, critical thinking, and resiliency.
We encourage you to apply if you share in our excitement about championing a revolution in learning!
Why work at BAHS?
Empowering Students, Enriching Lives : Our innovative, research-backed design, shaped by community collaboration, prioritizes student voice and choice. Students balance a rigorous academic program and preparation for post-secondary pathways, with opportunities to explore individual passions. In this experiential model, you will teach your core subject daily alongside student-driven electives like Slam Poetry, Creative Writing, or Analyzing Campaign Ads.
Cultivating a Thriving Community : Our strong school culture fosters respect, motivation, and restorative practices. We believe in equipping students with critical thinking skills and fostering responsible independence a true liberal arts education for success in college and life.
Continuous Learning : Youre not just a teacher, youre a learner. At Ascend, we believe that professional development is a transformative process in which you are actively engaged, and our goal is to explore and expand behaviors, beliefs, and ways of being. Ascends professional development is a learning process that results in real changes of practice.
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Responsibilities :
In this role, you will :
Qualifications :
We are seeking an educator who :
Our Commitment to Diversity :
Ascend is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community, both through our hiring practices and our focus on creating a culture and environment where diverse perspectives, ideas, and identities are valued and integrated into our way of working and educating students. Ascend staff represent a wide diversity of racial, socio-economic, gender, religious, and national identitiesopening a window to the entire Ascend community on the richness of humanity. We welcome all applicants who share our mission and vision to join us in our deeply consequential work.
Compensation :
Initial salary offers for this position range from $60,000-$90,000. Salaries are determined using an equitable compensation scale that accounts for years of experience and levels of attained education.
Salary : $60,000 - $90,000
