ESL Teacher- Middle School (2024-2025 School Year)

Who You Are

• An education reformer with an unwavering commitment to the Democracy Prep mission of college success and authentic civic engagement for our scholars.
• An outstanding classroom teacher who holds scholars to consistently high behavioral and academic expectations.
• A self-reflective and self-aware teammate who is dedicated to aligning their classroom to Democracy Prep’s commitment to antiracism and who is eager to use these skills to contribute to a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• A results-driven educator with experience in, and commitment to, the use of data analysis and assessments to drive instructional decisions and teacher accountability.
• A graduate of a Bachelor’s degree program (required), with 2 years of urban teaching experience and state certification (preferred). *Please note that we request transcripts as a part of our onboarding process.*
• Bilingual in Spanish or French (preferred).

What You’ll Do

• Create an inclusive classroom and school community by engaging in training, reflection, and dialogue around issues of race, identity, diversity, equity, and inclusion for our staff and scholars.
• Plan and prepare for effective implementation of a coherent, research-based curriculum to support ELLs in their acquisition of both content and language.
• Create, monitor, and sustain a disciplined school culture of high academic and behavioral standards.
• Implement a coherent, research-based curriculum.
• Develop and use a variety of assessment data to refine curricula and instructional practice.
• Communicate effectively and maintain strong relationships with scholars, families, and colleagues.
• Continuously improve your professional practice through weekly coaching sessions, professional development, and data-driven reflection.

Compensation

Our salary schedule is commensurate with years of lead teaching experience and your certification status. Our teaching salaries start at $63,480 for a first-year uncertified teacher and $69,000 for a first-year certified teacher and cap at $135,090 for a certified teacher with 29+ years of lead teaching experience. Democracy Prep employees are provided with a benefits package that includes medical, vision, and dental insurance, 403B matching, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, a smartphone, and a laptop.

Democracy Prep is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Our mission is to educate responsible citizen-scholars who will change the world. We strongly believe that by building a DREAM team that represents numerous perspectives, backgrounds, and expertises, we can achieve this goal together. This is a value we highly support and strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.

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