Atmosphere Academy Public Charter Schools Hiring for Middle School English Teacher Job at Bronx, NY Full Time

School Year 2022 – 2023

English Teacher

About Atmosphere Academy

Atmosphere Academy is a SUNY-approved charter school that serves Bronx School District 10 students and families in grades 6 through 10. Atmosphere’s mission is to provide an “atmosphere” for learning in which students and teachers realize their potential as collaborative leaders. To realize this goal, Atmosphere has developed a suite of robust academic and enrichment programming in conjunction with key partners that are designed to develop students’ skills, knowledge, and character. Similarly, the school promotes a professional culture for its faculty and staff that focuses on distributed leadership and continuous improvement through embedded professional development, coaching, mentoring, and teaming.

English Teacher

The English Teacher is the lead reading and writing educator. He or she facilitates students’ development and acquisition of close reading, persuasive/expository writing, creative writing, grammar, vocabulary, and other language arts skills. Moreover, he or she promotes such acquisition across all classrooms through interdisciplinary projects and shared instructional practices.

Atmosphere teachers are professional and pioneering educators, who are given the support they need to develop their instructional practice and focus on continuous improvement that culminates in better student outcomes. Coaching, teaming, mentoring, and professional development are embedded in every teacher’s schedule. Moreover, observation and evaluation are approached as shared processes with an emphasis on collaboration, self-reflection, and accountability.

Why Atmosphere

Atmosphere has designed a work environment that makes it a destination workplace for a diverse range of highly qualified, innovative professionals. The school offers team members:

• Culture – Atmosphere nurtures and promotes a professional and pioneering culture that is focused on continuous improvement and development. This is realized through embedded professional development, coaching, mentoring, teaming, self-reflection, self-evaluation, peer observation, instructional rounds, continuous feedback, and other important supports that promote participation in and contribution to a professional learning community.

• Compensation – Atmosphere offers salaries that are competitive with those paid by other charter and public schools in the New York area. Moreover, the school also provides an annual merit bonus of up to 16% that is tied to each employee’s performance evaluation and ability to meet specific annual goals.

• Benefits – Atmosphere provides a 401k plan (with employer matching up to 5%), health insurance plan (school pays 100% of premium), dental insurance plan (school pays 100% of premium), vision insurance plan (school pays 100% of premium), 10 paid personal days (in addition to school and summer recesses), and flexible spending plan.

Qualifications

• Relevant teaching experience in a charter school or other school setting

• Proven track record of successfully working with Atmosphere’s student population

• Experience working with diverse student groupings that may include a range of ELL students, special education students, general education students, and gifted students

• Dynamic teacher persona that engages students and seamlessly manages the classroom

• Strong lesson planning, curriculum development, and assessment development skills

• Student-centered teaching philosophy and pedagogy that is compatible with both the SIOP and GRR instructional model

• Strong interpersonal skills and track record of collaborating with diverse stakeholders

• Strong communication, writing, and presentation skills

• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail

• Relentless determination to do whatever it takes to help Atmosphere students succeed

• Proactive and creative problem-solver

• Values input and feedback

• Team-player capable of working both collaboratively and independently

• Strong recommendations from prior employers and colleagues

• Master degree in related field preferred

• Bachelor degree in related field required

• NYS certification in field preferred

Responsibilities

Instructional Duties

• Lead 5 periods of subject area classes per day

• Develop daily lesson plans and unit plans

• Create curricular documents that support student learning, including review sheets, worksheets, activity sheets, assignment sheets, rubrics, tests, etc.

• Identify and implement multi-media resources and tools that enhance the learning experience by presenting students with blended learning opportunities

• Support the creation and improvement of curriculum guides, scope and sequences, etc.

• Collaborate with co-teachers and other support staff to ensure all students’ needs are met

• Maintain a highly-engaged classroom setting that promotes good order and a love of learning

• Highlight student voices and promote student-led discovery of meaning

• Serve as an advisor in tandem with a co-advisor by leading a daily advisory class focused on the underlying soft skills that all students need to succeed in academia, in career, and in life

• Complete all grades and comments in a timely fashion

• Use data to drive instructional and curricular decisions

Professional Duties

• Serve as a key team member, striving to collaborate whenever possible

• Seek out internal and external professional development opportunities that are either presented by Atmosphere or independently identified

• Take part in school-wide special events or activities by serving as an advisor, coach, chaperone, etc.

• Participate in and contribute to teacher team meetings, department meetings, data inquiry team meetings, coaching meetings (collaboration with instructional coaches), and mentoring meetings

• Actively contribute to a professional learning community by partaking in coaching, mentoring, teaming, and other activities and tasks focused on promoting professional learning and growth

Other Duties

• Any and all other responsibilities as delegated and assigned by the Board of Trustees and the Principal

Equal Opportunity Employer

Atmosphere Academy Public Charter School is an equal opportunity employer and hires without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $53,000.00 – $135,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Required)

Experience:

• Teaching: 1 year (Preferred)
• Charter school: 1 year (Preferred)

Language:

• English (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Teaching Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: One location