School Year 2024-2025: Math Teacher at TAPA: Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts | Providence, RI

TAPA: Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts, an academically rigorous public charter school for the arts, seeks a Middle School Math Teacher. The ideal candidate recognizes and celebrates the interconnections between the Maths and the arts through a culturally responsive pedagogical framework.

TAPA’s anti-oppression creative community is enriched by the cultural, religious, racial, ethnic, and linguistic diversity of our neurodiverse families, students, and employees. Demographically, nearly all members of the TAPA student body are people of color, predominantly Latinx, with many students speaking both English and Spanish in their homes. A significant portion of TAPA’s student body identifies as members of the LGBTQ community. It is an organizational priority for TAPA to hire staff members who have cultural commonalities with our students and families.

The Middle School Math Teacher teaches four classes, each with approximately 20 students. They will also work directly with a smaller group of Middle School students to lead an Advisory. It is the hope that an Adviser stays with their advisory throughout the students’ middle school years at TAPA. Advisory provides an opportunity for social-emotional learning and support. The Advisor/Advisee relationship ensures that every student has a school-based advocate and a first-line connection to TAPA. Advisors and Advisees build strong relationships and bridges through empathy. This position is an incredible opportunity to join TAPA's tight-knit teaching corps.

At TAPA, Math is taught through a collaboration of blended learning utilizing Imagine Learning Classroom, arts-integration, and the green-standard Illustrative Math curriculum. TAPA prepares students to successfully meet or exceed Rhode Island’s graduation requirements and perform at (or above) grade level on all state and local assessments. TAPA meets each student’s individual academic needs using assessment data and continuous feedback while providing clear academic, social, and artistic expectations.

At its core, TAPA is a student-centered caring community that fosters leadership, intellect, self-confidence, and responsibility. Inclusion, equity, social justice, and diversity frameworks are core components of every course. Racial and ethnic minorities and individuals with disabilities, as well as candidates from diverse backgrounds and with diverse experiences, particularly related to social justice education and/or initiatives, are strongly encouraged to apply.

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