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About the Role

IDEA Academy teachers are responsible for ensuring that every IDEA student masters the academic and social skills necessary to succeed in college, while also embodying IDEA’s values daily. Teachers set ambitious goals for student achievement, create a powerful learning environment, plan and deliver rigorous instruction, assess for mastery, track student progress, and analyze data to adjust instruction. This role is crucial for shaping student futures and contributing to the academy's success.

Responsibilities

Implement state learning standards and IDEA curricula and assessments to meet ambitious academic expectations.
Submit weekly lesson plans two weeks in advance for feedback.
Implement formal and informal assessments to track each individual student’s progress and learning needs, adjust lesson plans accordingly and update gradebook weekly.
Communicate students’ progress with student and family on a weekly basis.
Effectively facilitate and use technology as a communication and educational tool to improve student achievement and manage work-related tasks.
Implement a clear and consistent behavior management system that aligns to campus-wide initiatives while developing students’ character and sense of community in the classroom.
Help shape and develop a school-wide culture that fosters a productive and enthusiastic learning environment for each student.
Establish and maintain a cooperative working relationship with students and families based on trust, understanding and respect for the communities in which they identify.
Host necessary tutoring sessions to meet all students’ needs.
Participate in weekly manager check-ins, grade-level meetings, before and after-school duties, and school-wide meetings and functions.
Engage in summer and year-long district, school and personal learning and development.
Work a minimum of 40+ hours per week at school.
Provide after-school tutoring or Saturday school as assigned based on the needs of scholars.

Requirements

High level of content-area proficiency as evidenced by teaching certification, field of study, or work experience (strongly preferred).
Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year educational institution (required).
Experience in a K-12 classroom setting (strongly preferred).
Teachers of record for students in K-3 must possess appropriate Reading Academies certification in accordance with TEA requirements or must be willing and able to obtain all relevant TX training within required timelines.
Bilingual certification strongly preferred, content and ESL certification preferred (not required).
Knowledge of core academic subject assigned and ability to pass an IDEA content assessment.
Knowledge of curriculum and instruction.
Ability to instruct students and manage student behavior.
Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environment.
Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college.
Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them.
Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly.
Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes.
Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change.
Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization.
Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes.
Hold ourselves to a high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students.

Skills

Content-area proficiency
Curriculum and instruction knowledge
Student instruction
Student behavior management
Organizational skills
Communication skills
Interpersonal skills
Adaptability
Technology utilization for communication and education

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

0 years of experience (starting salary reference)

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree

Salary/Compensations

$59,500 starting salary for 0 years of experience
Stipends ranging from $500-$4,000 based on certifications, credentials, and campus leadership
Additional performance-based compensation
Additional hourly compensation for after-school tutoring or Saturday school

Benefits

Majority of employee premium covered for base medical plan
Subsidized costs for spouse/domestic partner and children's medical plans
Up to 8 weeks of paid family leave for birth or adoption
Up to 50% of tuition paid toward a qualifying degree program, up to $5,250 maximum per year
5 face-to-face mental/behavioral health counseling sessions per year
Unlimited 24/7 telephonic mental/behavioral health counseling
Dental and vision plans
Disability insurance
Life insurance
Parenting benefits
Flexible spending account options
Generous vacation time
Referral bonuses
Professional development
403(b) plan
Potential relocation allowance

About the Company

IDEA Public Schools believes each and every child can go to college.
Grown from a small school with 150 students to a multi-state network of tuition-free, Pre-K-12 public charter schools since 2000.
Boasts national rankings on The Washington Post and U.S. News & World Report’s top high schools lists.
Serves over 80,000 college-bound students in 143 schools across Texas, Florida, and Ohio.
On track to maintain its legacy of sending 100% of its graduates to college.
Works alongside team members who set and reach ambitious goals, are excited to grow with IDEA, and work relentlessly to make college for all a reality.