We are excited to launch teacher applications for the 2024-2025 school year!Our school based work is rooted in enrichment, inquiry based learning, and a rigorous academic curriculum. STEM reaches a diverse community of students and families from 30 different countries that speak over 23 different languages, and come from 14 unique area codes. Our work wouldn't be possible without the teachers and leaders in this building. We are searching for more phenomenal trailblazing educators to join the STEM team.

Faculty at STEM Preparatory Academy will be responsible for planning, enacting, and evaluating highly effective and ambitious instruction tailored to students’ needs. The successful applicants will be responsible for the delivery of a college preparatory curriculum aligned to the Common Core and State of Tennessee standards.

Who You Are:

• 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.

• Requires at least a Bachelor’s degree in Education or related field
• Tennessee Teaching License with an endorsement in the subject to be taught
• Demonstrated commitment to Anti Racism, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging
• A commitment to STEM Preparatory Academy and its values; an understanding of STEM Preparatory Academy’s mission and unwavering commitment to fulfill it.
• A high level of personal integrity and professionalism.
• An unwavering commitment to high academic achievement and high expectations of all students.
• A capacity to motivate and lead in order to yield the highest academic performance possible from all students.
• A team-oriented approach and the ability to effectively communicate.

• ​​Plan, deliver, and assess highly effective instruction aligned to national and state content standards, and internal STEM Prep goals and benchmarks.
• Enact the STEM Prep college preparatory curriculum using evidence-based instructional practices tailored to students’ needs.
• Engage in continuous and sustained reflection on teaching practices and leadership behaviors, and adapt methods as needed to achieve school goals and performance objectives.
• Develop strong and sustained relationships with parents and members of the community by creating opportunities for involvement in students’ learning and development.
• Implement ELL and EE accommodations in your subject area.
• Engage with a dynamic team of teachers, focusing on ensuring the success of all students.
• Provide instructional best practices for students through attending high-quality PD, facilitated to all school-based teachers and leaders.
• Serve as a test administrator for the yearly, state-wide assessment.
• Collaborate with families and stakeholders to ensure the success of ELL students in their language development and grade-level content. 
• Plan and collaborate with STEM Prep teachers and colleagues to reach shared goals and objectives.
• Foster a motivating, supportive, learning-centered culture of excellence in a well-structured and managed classroom.
• Be innovative. Create exciting and engaging, inquiry-oriented learning activities.
• Other duties as assigned.