Job Description

The Opportunity:

KIPP Columbus is looking for a highly dedicated educator who has a track record of instructional excellence and who is willing to continuously go above and beyond for students. Our KIPP team is committed to leading and teaching through an antiracist lens and are responsible for delivering effective rigorous instruction in their content areas that produce highquality results and student understanding. 

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Instructional Responsiveness & Content Knowledge

• Craft internalize and implement highquality challenging and engaging lesson plans using provided curriculum resources to meet the diverse needs of all learners.
• Review student data individually and with department or gradelevel teams to plan for reteaching and followup lessons.
• Develop individualized learning plans for students and communicate these plans to families in parent meetings and conferences.
• Collaborate with content and gradelevel teams to promote an environment of critical thinking and academic rigor.

Care of Students & Classroom Culture

• Build a classroom culture that empowers students affirms their identities and creates a sense of belonging for all students
• Implement the schoolwide and classroom management policies and practices
• Create a responsive and inclusive environment for parents and families
• Establish and maintain working relationships with students and families based on trust and respect.

Team Support

• Attend staff meetings professional development sessions and team meetings.
• Participate in the daily functions of the school such as morning lunch and afternoon supervisory duties.
• Embrace and incorporate feedback in the spirit of constant improvement.
• Meet professional obligations including timeliness and consistency in meeting deadlines.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors Degree Required
• Current Ohio Teaching License or willingness and ability to pursue certification by start date Required
• 1 or more years of lead teaching experience or degree in the content area you would teach Required
• Belief that outstanding school leaders staff and teachers can achieve excellent outcomes for all students.
• Ability to persevere with a sense of optimism strong problem solving skills and desire to learn and grow in a collaborative professional learning community.
• Willingness and commitment to go above and beyond to prove the possible with students.
• Ability to multitask and work within an ambiguous fastmoving startup environment while driving toward clarity and solutions.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Extreme flexibility with a strong work ethic and an entrepreneurial spirit to accommodate high levels of responsibility and multiple priorities.
• Model the values of KIPP Columbus (Imagine Navigate Seek Persevere Integrity Responsibility and Empathy).

Additional Information :

Compensation and Benefits

At KIPP Columbus we strive for clarity equity and to be highly competitive with our compensation and benefits offered to our team.  Our teacher salary scale is linked  here with a starting salary of $50000 for a teacher with 1 year of teaching experience.  We also offer appreciation stipends for teachers that have taught with KIPP Columbus for 5 and 10 years.  

KIPP Columbus offers a robust benefits package including medical dental and vision insurances as well various voluntary benefits (such as short term disability long term disability life insurance and participation in the Ohio SERS/STRS retirement plan.)  We also offer seasons of life support with 10 weeks paid maternity leave and 4 weeks paid spousal leave/adoption leave.  

Statement of NonDisclosure

KIPP Columbus is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying to the school for consideration of any position (admission employment etc.). KIPP Columbus does not discriminate on the basis of disability gender nationality race or ethnicity religion sexual orientation or any other characteristic that is contained in the definition of hate crimes set forth in Section 4112.02 of the Ohio Revised Code

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime

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