Democracy Prep Public Schools is seeking an Elementary Special Education Teacher to deliver engaging instruction tailored to students with diverse learning needs.What You'll Do:- Ensure Classroom Culture: Create and maintain a classroom atmosphere characterized by high expectations and high support.
- Create an Inclusive Environment: Engage in training, reflection, and dialogue around issues of race, identity, diversity, equity, and inclusion for staff and scholars.
- Curriculum Implementation: Plan and prepare for the effective implementation of a coherent, research-based curriculum.
- Data-Driven Instruction: Develop and use a variety of assessment data to refine curriculum and instructional practice.
- Build Relationships: Maintain strong relationships with scholars, families, and colleagues through effective and frequent communication.
- Professional Growth: Continuously improve your practice through weekly coaching sessions, professional development, and collaborative, data-driven reflection with department and grade-level teams.
- Support Social-Emotional Well-Being: Cultivate the social-emotional growth of all scholars by building a positive classroom culture and leveraging strong partnerships with scholars, their families, and the scholar support team.
- Foster Active Citizenship: Engage students in age-appropriate conversations and activities about current events, participation in community service, and the celebration of culture, heritage, and identity.
- Whole-School Involvement: Participate in school-wide events and tasks, including transitions, family conferences, tutoring, and other activities as assigned by school leadership.
Qualifications:- A Bachelor's degree (required).
- 2+ years of teaching experience, preferably in urban education (preferred).
- State certification (preferred).
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to create an inclusive and positive classroom culture that emphasizes high expectations for all scholars.
- Commitment to professional growth through coaching, reflection, and collaborative work with colleagues.
Compensation The salary range for this role is $68,707 to $137,729. Our salary schedule is commensurate with years of lead teaching experience and your certification status. Our teaching salaries start at $68,707 for a first-year uncertified teacher and $75,250 for a first-year certified teacher and cap at $137,729 for a certified teacher with 29+ years of lead teaching experience. Democracy Prep employees are provided with a benefits package that includes medical, vision, and dental insurance, 403B matching, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, a smartphone, and a laptop.
This is an in-person position, reporting five days a week to one of our ten schools across Harlem and the Bronx.
