Empowerment Academy & BelovED Community Charter Schools
Upper Elementary/ ELA Teacher
Empowerment Academy & BelovED Community Charter Schools, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, 07310
Upper Elementary/Middle School Teacher
Empowerment Academy Charter School is hiring an Upper Elementary/Middle School teacher to teach ELA to 5th and 6th Graders for the upcoming year and beyond! Base Salary: $67,000 - $90,000 Empowerment Academy is a dynamic and successful charter school that truly supports its teachers and staff. Empowerment has 3 of its own campuses, and BelovED is our "sister school." We serve a student mix of students that are among the most diverse in America while enjoying the cultural vibrance of Jersey City, Hoboken and New York City. Our staff is a dedicated group of individuals passionate about closing the achievement gap and providing a quality educational program. At Empowerment Academy, we emphasize teamwork and community and truly value our faculty: Evidenced by the fact that compared to those with similar experience, our faculty members are among the highest paid in New Jersey; Moreover, we seek to achieve academic success without burning out teachers by meshing an effective education program with effective teacher supports and professional development. Teachers at Empowerment Academy are part of a school-wide team. They receive career-long coaching and professional development support from school leaders; work with their peers in professional learning communities (PLCs) to plan lessons and solve problems; and partner with an array of specialists to meet scholars' diverse needs. Examples of such teacher supports include: Abundant planning periods during the school day; A research-based curriculum and supporting curricular materials; High-quality formative assessments, aligned with the curriculum, that help identify when students have not achieved mastery of a skill, concept, or knowledge item; and Full-time reading and math specialists who tutor students struggling to master an essential skill, and counselors and social workers who help students struggling with non-academic problems.
Empowerment Academy Charter School is hiring an Upper Elementary/Middle School teacher to teach ELA to 5th and 6th Graders for the upcoming year and beyond! Base Salary: $67,000 - $90,000 Empowerment Academy is a dynamic and successful charter school that truly supports its teachers and staff. Empowerment has 3 of its own campuses, and BelovED is our "sister school." We serve a student mix of students that are among the most diverse in America while enjoying the cultural vibrance of Jersey City, Hoboken and New York City. Our staff is a dedicated group of individuals passionate about closing the achievement gap and providing a quality educational program. At Empowerment Academy, we emphasize teamwork and community and truly value our faculty: Evidenced by the fact that compared to those with similar experience, our faculty members are among the highest paid in New Jersey; Moreover, we seek to achieve academic success without burning out teachers by meshing an effective education program with effective teacher supports and professional development. Teachers at Empowerment Academy are part of a school-wide team. They receive career-long coaching and professional development support from school leaders; work with their peers in professional learning communities (PLCs) to plan lessons and solve problems; and partner with an array of specialists to meet scholars' diverse needs. Examples of such teacher supports include: Abundant planning periods during the school day; A research-based curriculum and supporting curricular materials; High-quality formative assessments, aligned with the curriculum, that help identify when students have not achieved mastery of a skill, concept, or knowledge item; and Full-time reading and math specialists who tutor students struggling to master an essential skill, and counselors and social workers who help students struggling with non-academic problems.