Permanent Substitute Teacher - New York City, United States - tapwage

Description

Who You Are

• An educator with an unwavering commitment to the Democracy Prep mission of college success and authentic civic engagement for our scholars.
• A selfreflective and selfaware teammate who is dedicated to aligning their classroom to Democracy Prep's commitment to antiracism and who is eager to use these skills to contribute to a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• A flexible teacher who is comfortable in multiple content areas, able to build relationships quickly with scholars, and willing to follow the guidelines and systems of others.
• A graduate of a Bachelor's degree program (required).

What You'll Do

• Fully cover all aspects of a lead teacher's class on days(s) they are absent.

This includes but is not limited to:
writing and implementing lesson plans, delivering lesson presentations, and grading the daily assignments. In most instances, this coverage will be for long-term leaves, but may also include daily coverage. Coverage assignments will be determined by the Senior Director of Talent Development. You can expect to cover assignments in more than one Democracy Prep school over the course of the year. Coverage assignments may occur in elementary, middle, or high school settings.

• Work to ensure that scholars enjoy a classroom culture characterized by high expectations and high support.
• Create an inclusive classroom and school community by engaging in training, reflection, and dialogue around issues of race, identity, diversity, equity, and inclusion for our staff and scholars.
• Plan and prepare for effective implementation of a coherent, researchbased curriculum.

Develop and use a variety of assessment data to refine curricula and instructional practice.

• Maintain strong relationships with scholars, families, and colleagues through effective and frequent communication.
• Continuously improve your professional practice through weekly coaching sessions and professional development.
• Cultivate the socialemotional wellbeing of all scholars by building a positive classroom culture that leverages strong partnerships with scholars, their families, and the school's scholar support team.
• During longterm coverage assignments, engage in wholeschool events and tasks, including transitions, family conferences, tutoring, and other activities/duties as needed and assigned by school leadership.

Compensation

Salary starts at $55,200 and commensurate with your experience.

Democracy Prep employees are provided with a benefits package that includes medical, vision, and dental insurance, 403B matching, parental leave, a smartphone, and a laptop.

• Democracy Prep is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.

Our mission is to educate responsible citizen-scholars who will change the world. We strongly believe that by building a DREAM team that represents numerous perspectives, backgrounds, and expertises, we can achieve this goal together. This is a value we highly support and strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.

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