3 Computer Science Teacher-Elementary, Middle (CT)- SY 24-25 Jobs in Stamford, CT
Excellence Community Schools is Hiring a Computer Science Teacher-Elementary, Middle (CT)- SY 24-25 Near Stamford, CT
Our Mission and VisionOur schools prepare young scholars to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private, and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, emotional, and ethical development. We accomplish this by offering a challenging and rigorous academic curriculum, which at the earliest of grades has an eye towards college preparation. To achieve this, our schools create a supportive and caring environment that at all times has high expectations of all students. We offer a differentiated, project-based learning environment that seeks to develop high-level analytic and critical thinking skills in all of our students. Our engaging and rigorous approach to educating our scholars is implemented by a collaborative team of teachers.
Who We Need:We are seeking individuals who are dedicated, ambitious, and committed to student success and education reform. Qualified candidates must demonstrate records of achievement, high degrees of personal responsibility, and the drive to do whatever it takes to ensure that every child achieves academic success. This individual must be committed to excellence, lead by example, and see collaboration as a key component of success.
Responsibilities
- Teach Computer Science class for grades K-8
- Assist in assessing changing curricular needs and offer plans for improvement
- Desire to plan product architecture and roadmap
- Facilitate a dynamic and collaborative classroom community
- Help build software programs to improve student learning
- Work on software programs to assist staff and faculty
- Assist students outside of class as necessary
- Serve as a project manager for students during project Development
- Develop and maintain genuine, positive and consistent communication with parents
- Build a classroom culture that promotes active learning and computer science
- Learn a new programming language or skill every quarter as part of professional development
- Make direct technical contributions (writing, debugging, reviewing and deploying code)
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Connecticut Teaching Certification for Elementary endorsement (#013) for grades K-8 required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Ability to learn and teach new technologies with limited guidance
- Experience with HTML5, CSS3, & JavaScript
- Excellent understanding of JavaScript Frameworks and libraries along with their related tooling (ex: React, Redux, Webpack, and ES6)
- Experience working on front and backend applications
- Proven track record of high achievement in the classroom
- Evidence of self-governance and willingness to be a team player
- Experience with one or more general-purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Java, C/C , C#, Objective C, Python, JavaScript, or Go
- Modern Web Framework experience ( Vue, Angular, Ember)
- Experience in iOS and Android development
- Strong mathematical background with strong knowledge in at least one of the following fields: statistics, data mining, machine learning, statistics, operations research, econometrics, natural language processing
- Hands-on work experience working on development projects run using an Agile methodology, familiarity with DevOps
- Proficient in the big data ecosystem programming languages (e.g. Python, Ruby, Java, Scala)
- Prior teaching experience
- Knowledge of an MVC framework such as Ruby on Rails a plus
- Must provide portfolio site for consideration
- Provide sample lesson
- Be prepared for a coding challenge
- Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications. Salary range ($52,205 - $127, 712)
- Health Insurance, dental, vision & 403b Retirement Plan
- Paid Time Off/Paid Sick Leave/Parental Leave/FMLA
- Short-term, Long-term Disability benefits and Life Insurance
Job Summary
Full Time
Elementary & Secondary Education
$59k-103k (estimate)
01/27/2024
11/11/2024
excellencecommunityschools.org
STAMFORD, CT
50 - 100
2004
KEVIN FISHER
$5M - $10M
Elementary & Secondary Education
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About Excellence Community Schools
Excellence Community Schools (ECS) is a non-profit Charter School Management Organization. To apply for teaching, instructional or administrative or operational positions please apply here, http://excellence-community-schools.workable.com. ECS evolved from our award-winning, federally recognized flagship school, Bronx Excellence, also known as the Bronx Charter School for Excellence (BCSE). BCSE opened in 2004 serving students in grades K and 1 and has since grown to a full-blown elementary school and middle school ultimately housing K-8 in Parkchester. Recently the Bronx Excellence family has... grown. Last year welcomed Bronx Excellence 5 in the West Bronx/Crotona area. The ECS network extended into the tri-state area with Stamford Excellence, a growing Pre-K 5th grade charter elementary school in Stamford, CT. All ECS academies will grow into full service elementary and middle schools, in 2020 we will serve 4,000 scholars across 5 campuses. ECS embodies the strategies, innovation, and best practices that garnered BCSE national recognition as a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School, and continues to ensure the best workplace and school-level practices that have led us into becoming one of the highest performing charter schools in the state.
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