Job Description

Legacy College Prep Middle School Art Teacher

Legacy College Prep, a new charter middle school located in the South Bronx, invites energetic educators to apply to the founding Art Teacher position for the 2024-2025 school year. The school is founded on the belief that all students, regardless of their previous education or zip code they were born into, can learn and achieve at high levels when held to the highest expectations. It is our mission to ensure that all students have access to a high-quality education that puts them on a path to college graduation a lifetime of expanded opportunities.

The school will continue adding one grade each year until we are a fully enrolled 6-8 charter school. We are looking for high capacity, energetic, detail oriented, and fun-loving individuals to join our team.

The Art Teacher position is a full-time teaching position. Teachers teach four sections of their specialized content each day. Teachers are responsible for collaborating with their grade level teams and mentoring any teaching assistants. All Legacy College Prep teachers are responsible for intellectual preparation for each lesson, building strong and positive relationships with students and families, using data to tailor their instruction, and actively engaging in collaboration with their colleagues.

Job Responsibilities

• Teach at least four classes daily
• Plan, implement, and execute engaging and rigorous daily standards-based lessons to ensure that all students master the required content.
• Create comprehensive unit assessments
• Reinforce school-wide rules and expectations.
• Complete other tasks as directed by the Principal.
• Identify students who are academically at risk and initiated effective intervention strategies.
• Communicate frequently with parents, weekly with parents of advisees.
• Provide supervision before school and after school and during lunch time as assigned to maintain student safety.

Job Qualifications

• Unwaveringly high expectations for all the students with the belief that every child should have access to a college education.
• Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum two years of urban teaching preferred.
• New York State teacher license / certification preferred.
• Successful manager of an urban classroom
• Experienced classroom teacher with proven quantifiable objective and student performance gains that surpass state or local averages.
• Ability to work with variety of learning abilities, including those with special needs and low skill level in a heterogeneously grouped classroom setting.
• Demonstration ability to work well in a team, especially with parents and community members.
• Analytical problem solver.
• Basic understanding of data analysis.

Salary & Benefits

Legacy College Prep offers competitive salary and comprehensive health benefits.

Commitment to Diversity

As an equal opportunity employer, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other category protected.

Job Type: Full-time

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $68,000.00 - $81,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Grade levels:

• Middle school

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

School type:

• Charter school

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Bronx, NY 10454: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person