POSITION SUMMARYAs a Lead Teacher at Bold Charter School, you will help build a world-class school as we grow to serve grades K-6 and launch Bold's middle school in 2024-25. You will ensure that every student experiences a joyful, engaging, and rigorous learning environmentevery day. You will model and inspire a love of learning that will equip each student to succeed in school and thrive in life. You will be part of a results-oriented and collaborative team of professionals who are relentless in their pursuit of educational excellence. You will receive regular coaching and feedback, and will have opportunities to grow into a master teacher and transformative leader within the organization.Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Building a classroom culture that is joyful, engaging, and rigorous, and in which students love learning
- Teaching through a rigorous curriculum that inspires intellectual curiosity and develops critical thinking
- Driving high academic outcomes for all students by regularly analyzing data, studying student work, and implementing high leverage instructional strategies to ensure gains for all students
- Modeling Bold's core values and building a positive student and team culture across the school
- Training with colleagues and school leaders, which includes regularly implementing feedback with grace and urgency in service of student achievement, a values-based school culture, and a positive professional work environment
- Developing strong relationships with families and students, including regular communication that creates high levels of investment in school culture and academics
- Demonstrating a mission-first mindset to ensure all decisions and actions are rooted in ensuring that all students excel
Successful candidates should:
- Be passionate about learning
- Be a person of high moral character
- Demonstrate a strong commitment to and alignment with the mission, beliefs, and values of Bold
- Have 2+ years lead teaching experience, with a proven track record of success in delivering instruction that is joyful, engaging, and rigorous
- Hold an unwavering belief in the potential that all students can learn paired with an unshakeable conviction to ensure all students will learn
- Have leadership experience with quantifiable results of success, outperforming peers in parallel fields and markets
- Have the ability to work within a fast-paced and dynamic team environment where responsibility for student success is shared and owned by everyone
- Hold a commitment to solutions-based problem solving and previous experience of such
- Hold a valid NYS teaching certification
- Hold a Bachelor's degree with an outstanding record of achievement and leadership
Start DateStart dates are available during the 2023-24 school year and for the start of the 2024-25 school year (July 2024).CompensationBold Charter School offers highly competitive compensation, in the top range of comparable positions across New York City charter schools. The salary range for this position is $90,000 - $110,000 annually and includes a comprehensive benefits package.Equal Opportunity EmployerBold Charter School is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds.