What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Teacher position at Emerald Charter Schools?
Job Description
Job Description
Salary : Associate Teacher
THE OPPORTUNITY :
Emerald Academy is looking for an innovative, highly-motivated, and values-aligned leader to help grow scholars into leaders in urban Knoxville. EA is seeking individuals who are goal orientated and dedicated to the schools mission, vision, and values. These leaders will have the unique opportunity to mold the next chapter of Emerald Academy by embracing the student-centered learning environment that every child will be college-bound and career ready. Emerald Academy believes that it is possible to change the trajectory for our citys young people and that it can be done at scale. Faculty endeavor to work each day to help accomplish the schools three goals. Every scholar will read at or above grade level, every scholar will be well prepared to attend a four-year college, and EA will be ranked in the top 5% of all schools in the state of Tennessee.
Emerald Academy (EA) is a free, independently-operated, K-8 college preparatory school. Emerald Academy is Knoxvilles first public charter school, and opened its doors in July 2015 to its first class of kindergartners and first graders. At full enrollment, the school will educate approximately 460 scholars. We are preparing urban scholars for the college of their choice and community leadership. Specifically, we aim to have all of our scholars reading on or above grade level by third grade, to have all of our scholars complete Algebra I in eighth grade, and to have our school rated among the top five percent of Tennessee public schools by our tenth year of operation. The faculty and staff at Emerald Academy are critical to the achievement of these goals, and each member of the staff carries responsibilities that help achieve these goals.
REPORTS TO : Grand Band Director / Director of Schools
START DATE : 2025 / 2026 Academic Year
JOB SUMMARY :
The Associate Teacher helps to prepare scholars for the college of their choice and community leadership. The Associate Teacher accomplishes this by helping the classroom teacher deliver instruction and manage the classroom in ways that maximize scholars academic engagement and outcomes. As such, the Associate Teacher is primarily a scholar-facing role. The Associate Teacher reports directly to the director of a grade band. Starting salary $35,600.
JOB DUTIES :
- Support the classroom teacher in implementing lessons to achieve desired academic outcomes; document scholar strengths and areas of need in whole group and small group lessons.
- Support the classroom teacher in creating the desired classroom culture using schoolwide Teach Like a Champion (TLAC) techniques, as well as merits and demerits as defined in the Scholar & Family Handbook.
- Support the related arts teachers in creating the desired classroom culture.
- Assist with managing the NWEA MAP testing for the scholars in your classroom.
- Take responsibility for operating the classroom in a safe, orderly, and positive manner when the classroom teacher cannot be present. This includes :
Providing meaningful instruction according to the classroom teachers lesson plans and regular instructional strategies;
QUALIFICATIONS :
THE ACADEMY :
Emerald Academy is Knoxvilles first college preparatory charter school. We are committed to the singular focus of growing all our scholars into leaders. We are a K-8 School of high expectations that creates the right learning culture for city students to thrive through our innovative use of time, personalized focus on each scholar and strong partnerships with scholars families and the community.
We believe that all students should read at or above grade level by third grade. We are committed to have our students perform in the top 5% of the state within our first decade of existence. We will develop in our scholars the skills, habits and values for them to graduate from high school, enroll in college and succeed in life.
Emerald Academy values its staff for their professional knowledge and abilities to foster student achievement. We will create an environment where teachers are empowered to make instructional decisions using the most current student evidence (data) and the teams instructional expertise.
Salary : $35,600
