Middle School English Teacher

Middle School English Teacher

Charlotte Campus - Charlotte, NC 28277

Overview

Position Type Full Time Job Shift Day Travel Percentage Negligible Category Education

Description

Charlotte Latin School is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Middle School English Teacher to join our faculty beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year. This full-time, 10-month position offers the opportunity to ignite students' curiosity.

Our Middle School English curriculum includes reading comprehension and analytical abilities, composition skills, grammar, and vocabulary. The ideal candidate will bring a student-centered approach to the classroom, fostering critical thinking, creativity, and a lifelong love of reading and writing.

Responsibilities include:

• Teach four sections of Middle School English, two preparations
• Serve as a Middle School advisor to approximately 12 Middle School students
• Work collaboratively and effectively with peers in support of student achievement and curriculum development
• Within course teams, collaborate with colleagues toward consistency in grading practices
• Assess students' performance and provide feedback in a timely and consistent manner
• Attend department, division, and grade-level meetings
• Participate in ongoing professional development to stay current within the field
• Commitment to academic excellence, interdisciplinary and experiential learning, and advancing the mission, core values, and strategic plan of the school
• Perform other related duties, such as club advisor, recess supervisor, carpool, class trip, etc., as required and assigned by the Head of Middle School

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in English, Education, or a related field is required; Master's degree preferred
• Experience teaching English; Middle School experience preferred

Skills

• An understanding of and appreciation for the developmental stages of middle school students
• Personal traits appropriate for nurturing the growth of early adolescents - must be energetic, creative, flexible, patient, and have a sense of humor
• Ability to promote critical and creative thinking
• Fluency in multiple student-centered instructional approaches
• Demonstrate capacity and desire to teach across multiple disciplines/subject areas
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong initiative, classroom management, and organizational skills
• Proficient use of technology to support education
• Experience as an academic advisor
• Desire to contribute to student life outside the classroom
• Experience in and desire to build culture and community with both adults and students
• Proven dedication to professional growth and purpose-driven practice
• A philosophical alignment with our core values and curriculum, which can be found on our website: including a commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Working Conditions and Environment

• Intermittently lift, carry, push, and pull up to 25 pounds.
• Continuously see, sit, balance, grasp, and have repetitive use of arms, wrists, hands, and fingers; and some fine finger dexterity.
• Frequently talk and hear.
• Intermittently stand, stoop, bend, twist, crouch, kneel, crawl, walk, climb stairs, step stools and ladders, operate foot and hand controls, squeeze, and reach above shoulders.
• Exposure to dust, chemicals, fumes, flammables, grease, dirt, stacked materials, electrical equipment, machinery, low to medium noise levels, and moderate indoor temperatures of heat and cold.
• Long or odd hours, as needed.