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About the Role
We are seeking a passionate leader committed to building community and providing students with choices for their future in a challenging, stimulating, and fun learning environment.
Responsibilities
- Provide students with choices at the next level in a learning environment that is simultaneously challenging, stimulating and fun.
- Communicate effectively with parents and community members.
- Work with a variety of learning abilities, including those with special needs and low skill level in a heterogeneously grouped classroom setting.
Requirements
- Minimum 2 years of urban teaching preferred.
- NY Certification to teach.
- Demonstrated quantifiable and objective student performance gains that surpass state or local averages.
- Ability to work with a variety of learning abilities, including those with special needs and low skill level in a heterogeneously grouped classroom setting.
- Ability to communicate effectively with parents and community members.
- Advanced degrees in education or content area preferred.
- Highly Qualified as defined by No Child Left Behind.
- Vaccines required, masks optional (if vaccinated).
- Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work.
Skills
- Teaching
- Communication
- Building community
- Giving critical feedback
- Navigating different styles of communication
- Teamwork
- Socio-political consciousness
Location
- Elmhurst, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
- One location
Experience Level
- 2 years of urban teaching preferred
- Commensurate with your experience
Education Level
- Advanced degrees in education or content area preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $65,000-95,000 commensurate with your experience, with additional compensation each year until school reaches full capacity (grades 9-12).
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- 403 B matching
- Parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Smartphone
- Laptop
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Health savings account
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
About the Company
- Forte Prep Academy High School is a new 9th through 12th grade college preparatory, tuition-free public charter school for Queens, New York, with a focus on serving the Jackson Heights, Elmhurst and Corona communities.
- Our mission: Through a relentless pursuit of academic, community, and personal excellence, Forte Prep Academy Charter Schools equip all students to become the next generation of leaders in Queens and beyond.
- We are committed to preparation for high school, college and beyond.
- We are committed to unlocking potential in every student.
- We are committed to excellent teaching and learning.
- We are committed to diversity and seek to reflect and honor the diversity of our community within the walls of our school.
- We are committed to an intentional school culture ensuring that everything we do that supports a student's success beyond high school are built and maintained, grade by grade, year to year.
- We are committed to parents/families.
Equal Opportunity
- Forte Preparatory Academy Charter Schools are committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.