Why WHIN?

WHIN Music Community Charter School is the first school of its kind! Built on the principles of El Sistema, WHIN is a place where children learn, grow, and make music together. At WHIN, we are building a nucleo, a community where staff, families, and students work together to make a powerful shift in public education that puts learners’ needs first.

Our Mission:

To provide our diverse student population with rigorous academic instruction, intensive music education and a positive learning environment so that every student can thrive academically and personally.

We believe…

• that all children deserve a high-quality education, with access to academic rigor, music creation, and a holistic approach to developing character.
• that a collaboration with families ensures the greatest success for our learners.
• that restorative justice, inquiry-based hands on learning, and authentic learning experiences provide the most effective environments for growth, success, and joy.

We are looking for educational leader who are…

• looking to grow and prosper in a collaborative work environment
• excited about working in a school and neighborhood where diversity is central.
• committed to supporting students be his/her best in pursuit of our mission

In action, our mission looks like caring deeply about all aspects of our young learners’ potential. We make academics while also ensuring students’ character and personal growth. With music at our core, students experience working together to create something bigger than their individual skills every single day, and this approach extends to our classrooms where project-based, hands-on learning cultivates curious, creative, and hardworking learners.

WHIN is currently seeking a high performing Elementary Physical Education Teacher ready to help grow a unique school community where compassion, kindness, and curiosity drive each and every day.

Specifically, the Elementary Physical Education Teacher at WHIN is primarily responsible for:

• Teaching and facilitating health and physical education programs and learning experiences that are aligned to the school’s mission and standards, including New York State Standards for Physical Education.
• Maintaining a clean, organized, and safe gymnasium and office with charts for learning, visible safety routines, and organized equipment and classroom materials.
• Leading and teaching yoga and mindfulness practices to staff and students.
• Supervising recess and/or other special school-wide events, such as Field Day
• Maintaining an accurate inventory of gymnasium equipment.
• Managing student behavior in a calm, consistent, warm, and proactive manner using Responsive Classroom and other restorative practices
• Maximizing instructional time by proactively teaching, modeling, and reinforcing classroom and school-wide routines and procedures (lining up, transitioning from the carpet to the desks, walking through the hallways, cleaning up, etc.)
• Consistently monitor student learning and engagement with checks of understanding
• Administer and analyze informal and formal student assessments, using quantitative and qualitative data to drive and inform instruction
• Actively participating in professional learning through meetings, trainings, and coaching cycles.
• Maintaining and submitting accurate and complete assessments, report cards, interventions, and other academic records in a timely manner.
• Contributing and participating in the Child Study Team’s (CST) meetings, and implement interventions in the classroom as needed for at-risk students

Qualifications for the Physical Education Teacher are:

• Bachelor’s Degree in education or related field; NYS PE certification
• Three years (minimum) classroom experience
• Experience in urban schools and/or communities
• Strong organization skills
• Ability to work well on a team and communicate effectively
• Ability to work autonomously as well as take coaching as needed
• A sense of humor and kindness towards your colleagues

Advanced proficiency in one or more of the following areas is strongly preferred

• Bilingual (Spanish)
• Music performance
• Early Childhood teaching experience and/or certifications
• Project Based Learning and Inquiry Based Learning
• Responsive Classroom, Restorative Justice models, and NYS learning Standards
• Benchmark, Formative, Summative, and Cornerstone Assessments

Compensation and Benefits: WHIN Music Community Charter School offers a competitive salary and benefits, fun and professional working environment, as well as ongoing development opportunities. $62,000-$99,000

EEO Policy: WHIN Music Community Charter School is an equal rights and opportunity agency and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, ancestry, marital status, or any other legally protected classification in its activities, educational programs, or employment practices as required by Title VI, IX, and Section 504.