POSITION SUMMARYAs a Literacy Specialist at Bold Charter School, you will help build a world-class school as we grow to serve grades K-7 in 2025-26 and build to K-12. You will ensure that every student experiences a joyful, engaging, and rigorous learning environment every 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:
- Teaching through a rigorous curriculum that inspires intellectual curiosity and develops critical thinking and a love of reading
- 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 related experience, with a proven track record of success in delivering literacy instruction that is engaging, rigorous, and drives outcomes
- 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
- 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 (preferred, not required)
- Hold a Bachelor's degree with an outstanding record of achievement and leadership
Start DateThe start date for this position is July 2025; opportunities for an earlier start may also be available. 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.