Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.

Target Resume Now

About the Role

Family Life Academy Charter School (FLACS) is seeking dynamic educators who value collaboration, believe in student empowerment, and want to work in an environment that nurtures professional growth. The Social Studies Teacher will engage students in learning, focusing on conceptual understanding and inquiry, using a curriculum aligned with NYS standards. This role involves designing responsive lesson plans, differentiating instruction, and holding all students to high academic expectations.

Responsibilities

Creates academically rigorous, standards-based, culturally relevant lesson plans that foster critical thinking and problem-solving.
Utilizes student-centered instructional strategies to engage students and differentiate teaching.
Implements units using common network curriculum resources, maps, frameworks, and pacing documents.
Integrates literacy skills across their curriculum area, includes explicit vocabulary development.
Coplans and co-teaches with Special Education teachers and English as a New Language teachers.
Analyzes data from ongoing formative and summative assessments to refine instructional practices.
Maintains strong classroom management and implements school wide policies.
Establishes a classroom culture of caring, respect, and rapport.
Grades student work and provides students with actionable feedback.
Communicates student strengths and challenges effectively with families.
Participates in professional development, professional learning communities, and school wide functions.
Shares best practices with colleagues.

Requirements

Upholds the FLACS mission, core beliefs, and educational philosophy.
Reflects on their practice and is receptive to feedback.
Has high expectations for students and themselves.
Demonstrates self-motivation and willingness to be a team player.
Bachelor's degree is required.
New York State Teaching Certification in Social Studies (grades 5-9), Social Studies (grades 7-12), or Childhood Education (grades 1-6).
NYS Department of Education fingerprint clearance.

Skills

Conceptual understanding
Student inquiry
Analyzing sources
Using evidence
Analytical arguments
Lesson planning
Differentiating instruction
Literacy integration
Vocabulary development
Co-planning
Co-teaching
Data analysis
Classroom management
Communication with families

Location

South Bronx

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Prior satisfactory teaching experience, especially in an urban school, is preferred.
Master's degree is preferred.

Education Level

Bachelor's degree
Master's degree
New York State Teaching Certification in Social Studies (grades 5-9)
New York State Teaching Certification in Social Studies (grades 7-12)
New York State Teaching Certification in Childhood Education (grades 1-6)
Dual certification in English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) is a plus.
Dual certification in Students with Disabilities is a plus.

Salary/Compensations

$60,065 to $113,085

About the Company

Family Life Academy Charter School (commonly called FLACS) is a network of high-performing charter schools in the South Bronx.
FLACS, together with the Latino Pastoral Action Center and parents, create the conditions for self-empowerment for all its K-12 students to excel academically, take responsibility for their own learning, and affirm human values.
We are guided by this mission and through it, we have revolutionized education for students from K-12.

Equal Opportunity

It is the policy of FLACS to provide educational and employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage and citizenship status, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender (sex) or prior record of arrest or convictions (except as provided by law), and to maintain an environment free of discriminatory harassment, including sexual harassment, or retaliation, as required by civil rights law.