Who Are:

• You adore rigorous grade level text. And you make it your true mission to make sure every student, regardless of their background, can access that rigorous grade-level text. 
• You can get pretty nerdy about the science of reading. You know exposing students to beautiful literature is really important, AND you know we have to equip students with the skills to truly make meaning of what they read.
• You secretly love grading essays because you know that each piece of written feedback you give today allows students to hone a skill they will soon use to write their college application essays.
• You believe deeply that every person, old and young, has a story to share. You want to be the one who equips students with the tools to read other’s stories, but perhaps more importantly, to write and share their own story.
• You are a data geek. You examine your student data every day, motivated in equal parts by the gaps yet to be closed and the mastery already attained. Because you’re so data-driven, your students are too. Your students are able to articulate their own strengths and areas for growth because data is such an integral part of every lesson you teach.
• You are seeking a feedback culture - a place where admin and teachers alike are in your classroom every day, pushing you to grow and improve.
• You probably have experience working with English Learners (ELs) (over 80% of our network comes from a Non-English Language Background). Maybe you come from a Non-English Language Background yourself. But if you don’t have this experience, you are a fit if you fully believe our country’s ELs can and will achieve, and that it’s our honor and responsibility to ensure they do.
• When faced with a challenge, your default is to be solutions-oriented.
• You are in this for the long-haul, feel called to work with this specific community, at this specific school. Our kids deserve consistency, and you are committed to providing that for them.
• You have the data, qualitative and quantitative, to show that you get results.
• Your classroom is warm, highly structured, and safe: each student knows exactly what is expected of them at all times, and they model with peers the care you enact.
• You seek to partner with the parents of every student you teach because you know that collaboration is vital to the success of this work.