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About the Role

Our teachers play a key role in bringing to life the academic and cultural visions of our schools. This includes daily lesson planning, intentional curriculum design, and regular data analysis to help all students learn and grow. Teachers implement Social Emotional Learning lessons and Restorative Practices to create a joyful, inclusive classroom community and work closely with the school’s Leadership Team to ensure students are learning and growing.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage the development, proposal, and implementation of eligible students’ Individualized Education Plans (IEP) in accordance with state and federal law.
Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop measurable annual goals in students’ areas of need including academic, behavior, and social emotional.
Provide specialized academic instruction, behavior intervention services, and other special education services, as assigned, through service models including co-teaching, push-in, pull-out, small groups, and one-to-one support.
Collect and analyze data regularly to monitor student progress towards IEP goals, report student progress to families, and to inform instructional practices.
Develop daily and long term lesson plans using curriculum and resources to align with students’ individualized education plans (IEP) and KIPP’s academic mission and vision.
Collaborate with general education colleagues to accommodate, differentiate, and modify student learning and materials to best meet the students’ needs.
Develop individualized, modified lessons and/or curriculum for students whose IEP include modified curriculum.
Train key stakeholders (e.g., general education teachers, paraeducators, etc.) to support delivery of instruction.
Maintain a positive, warm, inclusive, rigorous, and engaging learning environment that incorporates Restorative Practices, social emotional learning, and research-based strategies.
Implement culturally responsive classroom management strategies to create a safe environment for all students to learn and achieve.
Communicate effectively with staff, students, families, and other key stakeholders to ensure strong partnerships and implementation of students’ individualized education plans (IEP).
Attend and engage in regular professional development and communities of practice to continue learning and growing as an educator.
Update and maintain students’ special education records, both digital and physical, including IEP documents, progress reports, evaluations, parent signature pages, and other relevant documentation.

Requirements

Experience as an educator teaching students with similar demographics to our KIPP Public Schools Northern California student community.
Hold a B.A/B.S degree from a regionally accredited institution.
Meet one of the following eligibility requirements: Hold a valid teaching credential in the desired subject or Eligibility for a Provisional Internship Permit or Eligibility for a Short Term Staff Permit.
CPR certification by American Heart Association or American Red Cross is a prerequisite for this permit.
Commitment to KIPP mission and vision.
Commitment to being an anti-racist educator.
Believe all students can achieve at the highest academic levels.
Possess strong content area knowledge.
Strong skills building relationships with students, families, and communities.
Communicate well with students, families, and colleagues.
Proficient knowledge of Google Suite applications (Google Classroom, Hangout, Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc.).
Ability to learn and utilize instructional technology to support in-class; and distance learning (i.e. Zoom, Nearpod) as needed in pandemic environment.
Ability to navigate school and classroom settings.
Ability to access and utilize technology.
Occasional lifting/carrying of equipment 1-20 lbs.
Physical agility to move self in various positions in order to execute duties effectively, which may include kneeling, walking, pushing/pulling, squatting, twisting, turning, bending, stooping and reaching overhead.
Stress of deadlines and normal work standards.
Ability to analyze problems and generate alternatives.
Work with interruptions.
Concentrate for long periods of time.
Read, calculate, perform routine math problems.
Memorize and recall objects and people.

Skills

Lesson planning
Curriculum design
Data analysis
Social Emotional Learning
Restorative Practices
Instructional coaching
Anti-racism
Relationship building
Communication
Google Suite applications
Instructional technology
Zoom
Nearpod
Culturally responsive classroom management

Location

East Palo Alto
Oakland
San Francisco
San Lorenzo
San Jose
Redwood City
Stockton

Work Type

Full-time
Exempt
School year calendar cycle
Onsite

Experience Level

Educator

Education Level

B.A/B.S degree
Valid teaching credential
Eligibility for a Provisional Internship Permit
Eligibility for a Short Term Staff Permit

Salary/Compensations

Competitive salary
KIPP Bay Area Scale 26-27
KIPP Stockton Scale 26-27

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
Transportation benefits
Professional development
Coaching
Collaboration

About the Company

We are a thriving nonprofit network of free, public charter schools open to all students.
Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.
Our student community consists of over 7,000 elementary, middle, and high school students.
79% qualify for free or reduced price lunch, 23% are multilingual learners, and 10% have special needs.
We strive to cultivate a representative team of teachers and leaders that reflect our students’ diversity.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to creating an anti-racist school community.
We strive to cultivate a representative team of teachers and leaders that reflect our students’ diversity.