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Founding 2nd Grade Humanities Teacher

Nashville Classical Charter Schools
Nashville, TN Full Time
POSTED ON 1/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/8/2025

The School

Nashville Classical East opened in July 2013 with one grade, Kindergarten. Since then, the school has grown to enroll 550 scholars in Grades K-8 and become the city's most popular elementary school, enrolling families from 26 unique Zip Codes.

In the past five years, our school has been :

  • Named the city's best nonprofit by the Nashville Business Journal
  • Named a Tennessee Reward School by the TN Department of Education
  • Achieved top 5% growth in the state in both Math and ELA
  • Awarded 3 Blue Ribbon Awards for Teaching Excellence : Most in the city!
  • Profiled in The Tennessean, Newsweek, and in Doug Lemov's recent books, Teach Like A Champion 3.0 and Reconnect.

Read more in our annual report, here.

The Position

Nashville Classical East seeks educators who are committed to working hard, having fun, and making history. Our team educates a diverse community through a joyful, rigorous curriculum and within a structured, intentional culture, building a foundation of knowledge and habits for high school, college, and life.

Our teachers :

  • Internalize and execute common curricula, including unit plans, lesson plans, and materials.
  • Build achievement-oriented cultures during key moments like morning motivation, lunch, recess, and closing circle.
  • Implement school-wide systems for scholar culture.
  • Communicate regularly with families and attend quarterly events in the evenings, such as Report Card Conferences, Cultural Heritage Nights, etc.
  • Engage in ongoing professional development, including once weekly until 4 : 30pm.
  • Commit to teaching a daily schedule from 7 : 17am - 3 : 37pm.
  • Commit to attending 3 weeks of summer professional development starting in July, 2025.
  • Do whatever it takes to achieve the mission of Nashville Classical.
  • The Perks

  • Medical Vision and Dental insurance options
  • Paid parental leave
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Employer Paid Long-Term Disability, and life insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Retirement investing
  • Monthly fitness subsidies for YMCA and ClassPass
  • The Qualifications

    The ideal candidate possesses :

  • Valid Tennessee teaching license with the appropriate endorsement
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Full-time teaching experience in a school setting
  • Experience and demonstrated success teaching in a high-performing school, serving a culturally and socioeconomically diverse school community is highly preferred
  • The Competencies

    The ideal candidate is :

  • Adaptable
  • Attentive to Detail
  • Enthusiastic
  • Proactive
  • An eager listener
  • Open to feedback
  • Committed to building a diverse community
  • The Compensation

    Nashville Classical pays 5% above our local school district. For teachers, base 25-26 salaries range from $55,670 - $89,877. Teachers can select from three generous medical plans and are eligible for full state retirement benefits. This position will follow a 10-month schedule.

    We also offer yearly stipends for teacher-leader roles, extracurricular clubs, coaching and additional roles. We offer all employees a Macbook computer, all necessary classroom supplies, and a $500 discretionary budget for classroom purchases.

    As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

    The Outcomes

    Our ideal candidate for this position would be invested in achieving the following outcomes in the next school year :

  • Support the effort to increase the percentage of scholars scoring in the 50th percentile or higher on our benchmark assessment, AimsWeb, which is a nationally normed assessment.
  • Increase the number of scholars scoring on track or mastered on TCAP in 3-8 Math and ELA, and 6-8 Science and Social Studies by :
  • Providing strong tier I, II, and III instruction to scholars.
  • Utilize data-driven instruction to target, and close academic gaps.
  • Participating in regular observation feedback cycles with your coach, to strengthen instruction.
  • Partner with families to ensure the percentage of chronically absent scholars decreases from previous school years by :
  • Partnering with our culture team to identify needs, and create a plan to meet them.

  • Communicating regularly with families about academic progress, and any potential impacts of attendance.
  • Salary : $55,670 - $89,877

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