What are the responsibilities and job description for the Middle School Math and Science Teacher position at Brooklyn Jesuit Prep?
School Mission
Brooklyn Jesuit Prep is a Jesuit, Catholic middle school for students and families from underserved communities. The mission of the school is to break the cycle of poverty through education, employing a rigorous, well-rounded program with an extended school day, summer leadership camp, and robust graduate support program.
Role Description
The Middle School Math & Science teacher will support our school’s mission as a classroom leader and role model, unlocking the potential within our students as intellectual leaders and young men and women for others. This role entails teaching four periods per day (1- 5th Grade Math, 1- 5th Grade Science, & 2- 6th Grade Science). This position may also include homeroom and extracurricular leadership during our extended day program, as well as other duties assigned by the principal.
Desired Qualifications
- Commitment to uplifting marginalized communities and a deep belief in the success of all students.
- Excellent organization and communication skills, specifically in the forms of planning and public speaking.
- Innovative: Experience utilizing diverse resources to develop dynamic lessons, assessments, and activities.
- Collaborative: Commitment to engage with faculty and parents to support individual student-needs/success.
- Tenacious; Self-Starter: Proven capacity to work independently toward setting and prioritizing goals.
- Bachelor’s degree. Candidates will ideally bring 1-3 years of experience teaching in a middle school setting.
- Passion to empower students as young men and women for others, rooted in to our Five Jesuit School Principles: Open to Growth, Intellectually Competent, Loving, Faithful, and Committed to Doing Justice.
Essential Responsibilities
- Animate the mission of our school through all classes, activities, and interactions with students or parents.
- Teach four periods per day to the 5th & 6th Grade.
- Participate in the daily life of the school through potential duties at recess, lunch, after school, etc.
- Propose and lead extracurricular sports or activities during our extended day.
Potentially lead a homeroom class of no more than fifteen students at the beginning and end of each day.
Salary : $52,000 - $64,000