What are the responsibilities and job description for the Entry-level Elementary position at Success Academy?
As a teacher at Success Academy in Queens, you will engage with diverse communities and contribute to providing a rigorous, whole-child education for students. You will be responsible for lesson planning, classroom management, and assessing student progress while fostering a collaborative environment. This role offers extensive training and opportunities for professional growth within a high-performing network of charter schools.
We work tirelessly every day to ensure each child in NYC has access to a fun, rigorous, whole-child education regardless of zip code or economic status. When you join SA, you play a part in giving every student who walks through the doors of one of our 53 schools in NYC a fair shot at reaching his or her potential.
Teach and Inspire at Success Academy
We're especially excited to invite passionate educators to teach in Queens, a borough that exemplifies the vibrancy and diversity of New York City. Working in Queens means contributing to an incredible community that thrives on inclusion, collaboration, and opportunity.
Diverse Communities
Queens is known for its rich diversity, offering a unique opportunity to connect with families from all walks of life. Enjoy an unparalleled variety of cuisines, cultural events, and local treasures.
Accessible Lifestyle
With its beautiful parks, libraries, and thriving arts scene, Queens is an ideal place to work and unwind.
As a teacher in New York City's top-performing network of K-12 charter schools, you will join a team of professionals committed to teaching and preparing children from low-income neighborhoods to be self-assured thinkers and leaders, capable of exploring and debating sophisticated ideas, and ready for college and whatever they set their sights on.
At Success Academy, we provide you with extensive training and a proven curriculum so you can focus on working with your students instead of building lesson plans.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage a classroom of 20 scholars.
- Provide timely feedback and support to help students improve.
- Maintain accurate records of student performance and progress.
- Communicate regularly with students, parents, and guardians regarding academic progress and behavioral issues.
- Collaborate with other teachers, staff, and administration to support student success.
SUCCESS ACADEMY GIVES YOU UNPARALLELED OPPORTUNITIES TO GAIN VALUABLE PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ADVANCE RAPIDLY WITH LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE BOTH IN THE CLASSROOM AND OUTSIDE.
This includes writing letters of recommendation at the middle school and high school level. Learn to assess and analyze data to chart your students' growth and achievement, and tailor your own teaching methods accordingly.
Engage in professional development opportunities with school leaders to benefit from targeted, in-the-moment feedback and coaching to improve your performance.
There are also opportunities to enter our school leadership track as an assistant principal as well as to transition to our network office.
Requirements:
- A bachelor's degree before your first day of work with Success Academy (a background in education is not required).
- Ability to work in person in New York City ($2500 stipend for qualified relocations).
- Passion for content: you relish literature, science, history, and/or math and independently seek to deepen your knowledge of subjects that interest you.
- Planning and organizational skills: you have experience juggling multiple responsibilities and are able to plan around competing priorities.
- Emotional intelligence: you have strong instincts for building trusting relationships with people from a wide range of backgrounds.
You welcome feedback and coaching that will help you achieve your goals.
Already an employee of Success Academies? Please go to your Okta Dashboard Workday Applications Career to apply via our Internal Careers page.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We actively seek applications from people of all backgrounds to strengthen our community and the perspectives needed to flourish in a multicultural world.
Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth. Success Academy Charter Schools does not offer employment-based immigration sponsorship.
