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About the Role

Williamsburg Charter High School (WCHS) is seeking a Special Education Teacher to provide rigorous classroom instruction and advisory leadership. The role involves fostering a culture of fairness, justice, respect, and compassion, challenging each student to reach their full potential through a liberal arts education.

Responsibilities

• Provide rigorous classroom instruction for 5 periods each day.
• Attend weekly department planning meetings and weekly professional development.
• Provide advisory leadership to a group of 12-18 students.
• Take ownership of the academic, behavioral, and overall success of advisees.
• Ensure advisees are in attendance, punctual, and excelling in classes.
• Act as the academic expert and liaison for each advisee.
• Teach the advisory curriculum.
• Accompany advisees on educational field trips.
• Contact advisee families a minimum of seven times a year and respond within 24 hours to all communications.
• Develop and oversee Individual Student Support Plan plans twice a year for each advisee.
• Facilitate discipline-related required meetings on behalf of advisees.
• Prepare rigorous, student-centered lesson plans.
• Plan standards-based units of study with clear outcomes.
• Provide meaningful feedback on student work.
• Proactively seek new ways to promote student learning.
• Create thoughtful, standards-based assessments.
• Collaborate with school leaders and colleagues, using data to drive instruction.
• Raise student achievement and intervene with improvement plans for struggling students.
• Design opportunities for students to use the world as a classroom through field trips or guest speakers.
• Hold students to high behavioral and academic expectations.
• Model professional and collegial behavior.
• Engage in collaborative evaluation with school leaders.
• Ensure students are well-prepared for all New York State exams and WCHS interim assessments.
• Participate in focus groups, evaluations, and committees.
• Support WCHS's open-door classroom policy.
• Hold necessary interventions during office hours.
• Attend school meetings.
• Involve the student’s family in their learning through regular communications.
• Provide students with life skills and a sense of responsibility to their community.
• Share expertise and curriculum with colleagues.
• Respond to all school-related communications within 24 hours.
• Participate in all assemblies, meetings, school-sponsored events, and professional development activities.
• Adhere to the WCHS Student Handbook, Employee Handbook, Personnel Policies, and Instructional Manual.
• Teach 5 course periods per day.
• Attend department and planning meetings.
• Uphold the tenets of the student covenant.
• Set and maintain high academic standards for all students.
• Collaborate with fellow teachers to provide rigorous, standards-based instruction.
• Utilize student performance data from assessments to inform instructional decisions.

Requirements

• NYS Certified to Apply
• New York State Certification Grade 7-12
• At least one year of experience teaching in an urban high school setting
• NYSED Full Clearance

Skills

• Critical thinking
• Communication
• Research skills
• Data-driven instruction
• Collaborative learning
• Mentoring
• Feedback
• Continuous development

Location

• New York City

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 1+ year of experience teaching in an urban high school setting

Education Level

• New York State Certification Grade 7-12

Salary/Compensations

• $68,000 - $90,000

Benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
• FSA (Health & Dependent)
• Commuter Benefits
• Life insurance
• Gym Reimbursement
• EAP
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional Development
• 403(b) with up to 8% match
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Free Coffee, Tea and Snacks

About the Company

• Williamsburg Charter High School (WCHS) first opened its doors in August 2004 as the first Chancellor-authorized charter high school in New York City.
• Our mission is to bring together students, families, educators, and the community to equip young people with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in the world.
• Through a rigorous liberal arts education—including language, literature, writing, science, history, mathematics, the arts, technology, and career and technical education (CTE)—our students develop critical thinking, communication, and research skills.
• WCHS fosters a culture of fairness, justice, respect, and compassion, challenging each student to reach their full potential.
• Williamsburg Charter High School programs are individualized to connect to each student’s particular level of development, including English Language Learners and students with Special Education Services.
• WCHS provides supportive relationships with faculty, CTE, college readiness, and opportunities after-school and on Saturdays for additional academic support.
• Social and emotional support is also available to students to ensure their non-academic needs are addressed.
• Students are accepted to WCHS through a random lottery with no minimum requirements, tests, or auditions required to gain entrance, and, as a public charter school, there is no tuition.
• WCHS's powerful educational program enables every student to graduate well-prepared for college and the world beyond it.