About the Role
The Teacher will be responsible for building meaningful relationships with students, implementing a Common Core-aligned curriculum, and working with their grade team, leadership team, and student support team to analyze data to drive instruction. This is an exciting opportunity for an educator passionate about improving student outcomes by leading excellent instruction and building a positive school culture for all learners.
Responsibilities
- Work with co-teacher to create and foster a culture where all students can achieve at high levels.
- Implement a Common Core-aligned curriculum through backwards lesson planning, following school-wide protocols for developing and documenting syllabi, lesson plans, assignments, and rubrics, and utilizing research-based best practices to support all learners.
- Actively prepare for and participate in all meetings, collaborative planning, and professional development.
- Track, monitor, and assume responsibility for the academic progress for all students in the classroom.
- Analyze assessment data and daily data to inform instruction.
- Set and maintain high expectations by building meaningful relationships.
- Work with Student Culture Team and Student Support Team to create and progress monitor individual plans for students.
- Build a warm and inclusive classroom environment and abide by school-wide practices for classroom management and individual behavior plans.
- Work with grade team, leadership team, and related service providers to analyze data, revise practices, norm on team-wide initiatives, and discuss individual scholars with a solutions-oriented mindset.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships and regularly communicate scholars’ progress towards academic, social-emotional, and behavioral goals with families.
- Perform additional duties related to the running of the school as assigned.
Requirements
- Must be able to fill in for a parental leave.
- Expected length of employment is December 2026 until late April/early May 2027.
Skills
- Common Core-aligned curriculum implementation
- Backwards lesson planning
- Research-based best practices
- Data analysis
- Classroom management
- Behavior plan implementation
- Family communication
Location
- East Harlem
- South Bronx
Work Type
- Temporary
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Incoming Teacher
Education Level
- Master's degree (additional compensation)
- NYS Special Education certification (additional compensation)
Salary/Compensations
- $75,000 to $100,000 per year (prorated for length of employment)
About the Company
- Founded in 1991 as Harlem RBI, DREAM annually serves over 2,500 youth across East Harlem and the South Bronx through a network of seven PreK-12 schools and community sports-based youth development programs.
- DREAM creates lifelong learners through rigorous academics, social-emotional learning, deep family and community engagement, and health and wellness.
- DREAM has an aggressive five-year plan to expand to serve 3,500 students across seven schools.
- DREAM is committed to building a team where each individual can bring their full identity and experience to work.
- DREAM engages staff that represent and appreciate the diversity of its majority Black and Hispanic student body.
- DREAM is dedicated to creating a world where youth, especially youth of color, have the tools and opportunities to make their dreams reality.
- DREAM Maxims: All Kids Can. This Kid Can. DREAM is Family. Fun is a Serious Value. Teamwork Makes the DREAM Work. Fail. Persist. Exceed. DREAM Big.
Equal Opportunity
- DREAM is committed to building a team where each individual can bring their full identity and experience to work because representation matters—it enriches our team culture, enhances our ability to innovate, and strengthens our impact in and out of the classroom.
- DREAM engages staff that represent and appreciate the diversity of our majority Black and Hispanic student body, while working to ensure that our practices are equitable, welcoming, and productive.
- We encourage all applications! You may be just the person we need.
- DREAM provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws.
