Location: Bronx,NY, USA
Equality Charter School ( ) provides a high level of academic rigor in a nurturing learning community that will prepare scholars to be career-ready in college. Our mission is to ensure each scholar reaches individual academic and personal success through a nurturing, scholar-centered approach; and our approach is to serve any scholar, including those who are under-performing or who are from families in need of more resources.
We offer a positive school environment, we value academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs, we use proactive strategies for teaching appropriate behaviors, and we use project-based learning to engage scholars. Our holistic programming focuses on career exploration, extensive athletics, art, health, theatre, and music, and a host of special days, like career day, international day, and a borough-wide college fair.
Advantages of teaching at Equality include emphasis on knowledge sharing practices, frequent trainings and targeted professional development opportunities, and opportunities for teacher leadership within the organization.
Who is an Equality Teacher?
Equality seeks the most talented and dedicated educators to bring their skills, experience, and energy to a collaborative and innovative learning environment where teachers are empowered to meet each student's unique learning needs and open the doors to new and rich opportunities. Our teachers are dynamic and innovative pedagogues who are committed to urban students and the issues they face every day.
Every Equality teacher can expect to receive enhanced instructional support, a range of professional development opportunities and the opportunity to be part of a passionate team of colleagues.
Qualifications: ELL Certification Required
The ELL Teacher is a school-specific assignment to span all grade levels within the building.
Main Duties:
Teach a daily ESOL class to beginning ELLs
Push into/co-teach mainstream classes with high number of beginning ELLs
Oversee all ELL caseloads
Oversee non-teaching needs of ELL program (e.g., NYSESLAT, NYSITELL, ELL recruitment)
Assist general education teachers with ELL support questions and needs
Equality is an equal opportunity employer.
Please click on the links below to hear from our staff:
Gene Johnson, Assistant Principal (Finding a Permanent Home at Equality)