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Empowerment Academy Charter School is hiring a High School Science Department Chair and Teacher at Empowerment’s High School. This is for the 2024-2025 school year and beyond. This candidate will be asked to work for a portion of the summer, and compensated to do so. We are currently implementing a Critical Need Bonus for certified Science Teachers who successfully join our team of $7,500!
Base Salary: $77,000 - $97,000
Potential Earnings: $89,150 - $110,000 after Bonuses and Stipends
OUR SCHOOL
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 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.
WE VALUE OUR FACULTY
At Empowerment Academy, we emphasize teamwork and community and truly value our faculty:
TEACHER SUPPORTS
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:
POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Department Chair / Supervisor should also be prepared to periodically stay late for an hour to provide fellow teachers extra support (coaching, mentoring, technique modeling) as needed, for which the Department Chair will receive additional stipend compensation.
Candidates MUST hold a New Jersey Department of Education Standard Teacher of Science Certificate (a Supervisor’s Certificate is preferred, multiple Science Domains will be considered) and have at least 5 years of effective teaching experience. Please do not apply if you are neither certified nor actively engaged in obtaining New Jersey certification.
Candidates should also have experience coaching teachers and leading data-driven professional learning community meetings.
Charter schools ARE public schools. Our teachers are part of the New Jersey Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund (TPAF), same as teachers at traditional public schools, and can transfer their pension credits from a traditional public school to our school and vice versa. Additional benefits include:
As an equal opportunity employer, Empowerment Academy hires without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability.
INDINSTRUCTION
Full Time
$58k-92k (estimate)
01/19/2024
05/12/2024