High School/ College English Teacher

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High School - English I Teacher
Full Time Certified Teacher-SY Nashville, TN, US

JOB TITLE: High School English Language (ELA) Teacher

Teach High School English at LEAD Public Schools.

LEAD Public Schools seeks high school English teachers who possess an unwavering belief that all students can achieve at high levels and a strong commitment to going above and beyond to meet their students' needs to prepare them for college and for life.

Our English teachers work relentlessly with their teammates to ensure that all of their students not only are able to read, interpret, and pull relevant information from text, but also meet the established Tennessee standards by the end of the year. This incredible work is done through coaching and support from the administration, implementing regular feedback, collaboration with colleagues, data analysis, and working to make sure that students who come in below grade level rise above the challenges they face.

Successful teachers at LEAD Public Schools are committed to put in the extra effort to ensure that our students have access to a high quality education. Our teachers persevere through difficult challenges, set goals for our students, and don’t give up. We ask our teachers to be flexible, hard-working, and constantly striving to improve their abilities in the classroom to meet our students’ needs. We are looking for high school English teachers.

Design and implement rigorous unit plans and lessons that meet the needs of all students with clear, standard aligned objectives and appropriate assessments to gauge student comprehension

Participate in bi-weekly coaching meetings to internalize content, teaching moves, and classroom management to improve your practice

Participate in a collaborative learning environment with other team members including grade level work, content teams, and professional development throughout the school year

Execute school based duties that can include student conferences, arrival and dismissal, transitions, lunch duty, and other assigned by the school leadership team

Our ideal English teacher is passionate about developing young learners, loves working with students who need the most support, is flexible, is coachable, and wants to grow as a teacher.

Minimum of two years teaching experience preferred, but not required

Education:

Bachelor's degree is required

Candidates must have either (a) valid Tennessee teaching license with the appropriate content endorsement to teach english, or (b) a valid out-of-state license that can successfully be transferred to Tennessee within 90 days of employment, or (c) demonstrate you are on track to complete the necessary steps towards certification in Tennessee.

Belief in the LEAD mission that all students are capable of success while preparing them for college and for life

LEAD Public Schools offers an innovative performance-based compensation plan for teachers. This plan allows us to transparently reward our teachers not by how many years they have worked but rather by their positive impact on students and schools, evidenced by their consistent performance in and out of the classroom. Teachers receive a competitive base salary with the potential for a signing bonus and can earn up to 10% on their base salary each year through our performance-based compensation plan. This plan has been in place for 5 years, and we have seen an average annual increase of over 5% for our teachers with approximately 80% retention for those who qualify. Additionally, teachers are eligible for LEAD's Master Teacher program after 3 years. In this program, teachers can earn up to $100,000 and receive a $1,500 professional development stipend.

Robust and competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, supplemental insurance, life insurance policy options, and mental health benefits. Application for these benefits may be made immediately upon employment. The policy is effective upon the first of the month following the first day of work.

Certificated staff have access to the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System pension plan (TCRS). Additional annual contributions are provided to eligible employees after one year based on LEAD’s overall budget performance. The time off package for school-year employees (teachers, counselors, paraprofessionals) includes 30 paid days during the school year (including holidays, fall break, thanksgiving break, winter break, and spring break). School-year employees also receive summer break. In addition to breaks and holidays, school-year employees can accrue up to 10 PTO days during the school year.

The time off package for calendar-year employees (Central office, Instructional Managers, Assistant Principals) includes 32 paid days during the school year (including holidays, fall break, thanksgiving break, winter break, spring break). In addition to breaks and holidays, school-year employees can accrue up to 12 PTO days during the school year.

Teachers are provided with laptop computers with access to the internet and or email to assist them in performing their job responsibilities.

APPLICATION

To apply, please complete an online application through our website (

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