Require Teaching Fellow in Jacksonville, FL

Job title: Teaching Fellow
Company: KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools
Job description: Company Description

KIPP
KIPP Public Schools is a network of 280 public charter schools, 15,000 educators and 175,000 students and alumni. While each of our schools is as unique as the community to which it belongs, we are united around a shared promise: Together, A Future Without Limits. You can learn more at .

WHY TEACH AT KIPP?

Respect - For our teachers? innate talents and desire to learn, for their professional growth, and for the lives they lead beyond our walls. We offer pay and benefits that reflect our appreciation for the invaluable role our teachers play in lighting paths to opportunity for students

Support - As our teachers progress through the day, the year, and their careers, we ensure they always feel the KIPP Team and Family at their backs, with opportunities to lead and support to grow

Purpose - Together, our students, schools, families and communities share an ambitious mission to create a future without limits. We need talented teachers and leaders to realize it. Shape the future for your students and yourself by joining us in our work.

KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools
KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools is part of the KIPP national network. Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose ? college, career, and beyond ? so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. As an organization that serves a student population that is over 90% Black, we center and value the experiences and perspectives of students, families, staff of color and the surrounding community. We also work to dismantle white supremacy.

In the 2023-24 school year, the KIPP Jacksonville region will be comprised of four schools educating almost 3,000 students, kindergarten through eleventh grade in the North and West sides of Jacksonville, Florida.

KIPP Impact Academy: Kindergarten - 3rd grade, 6th - 8th grade

KIPP VOICE Academy: Kindergarten - 8th grade

KIPP Bessie Coleman Academy: Kindergarten - 8th grade

KIPP Bold City High School: 9th - 11th grade

For the current school year, teachers at KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools work the following hours Monday through Friday and may have occasional meetings or special school events outside of these hours. Hours for teachers and students may vary slightly by school.

K-8 Staff: 7:30am - 4:30pm K-8 Students: 8:00am - 3:30pm, Wednesday K-8 dismissal is at 1:30pm

High School Staff: 6:45am - 3:45pm, High School Students: 7:15am - 2:30pm, Wednesday High School dismissal is at 12:30pm.

Every Wednesday is a student early release day, which allows teachers to participate in weekly professional development and content team meetings. *This doesn?t include Wellness Wednesdays when all staff leave at student dismissal.

To support these schools, we will employ more than 300 full-time staff members. We seek educators and colleagues that represent our core values of high expectations, growth mindset, commitment to team, trust, joy, and sustainability. To learn more about what it is like to work and teach at KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools, please visit where you can also view all of our job postings.

Job Description

We seek to grow the number of outstanding educators in our schools through the Baker Teaching Fellowship program, named after KIPP Jacksonville?s founding board chairman, John D. Baker II. The Fellowship provides focused development, support, and structure to individuals launching a career in urban public education. This program is ideal for those graduating from an education preparation program, an alternative certification program, or for those who have passed a Florida subject area certification exam.

Under the direction of our fellowship managers and school leaders, fellows are placed as co-teachers during their fellowship year and are certified teachers in our classrooms. As certified educators, fellows are responsible for creating a positive classroom environment, implementing our curriculum, assessing students, collaborating with their team, building relationships with families, and other duties as assigned. Full teacher responsibilities are ultimately outlined by their school leader.

The Fellowship model allows fellows to co-teach in their fellowship year with a gradual release model. Fellows are placed strategically in one grade level and have meaningful ?at-bats? at instructional practices, whole and small group instruction, and managing a classroom. Fellows take on additional responsibilities as the year progresses. Fellows are supported as both individuals and as a cohort through frequent coaching and professional development sessions. At the elementary level, fellows are placed in primary grades classrooms with an experienced lead teacher. They co-teach one classroom of students all core content subjects. At the secondary level, fellows are placed typically in 5th,6th,9th, or 10th grade with an experienced lead teacher. They lead portions of whole group instruction and small group instruction in one specific content area.

The aim of the program is for a fellow to be promoted to a lead teacher position the following school year. Placement is dependent on certification and identified openings. The initial grade level placement of a fellow does not have to dictate where their lead teacher offer can come from. Fellows have the ability to preference grade levels for their fellowship year and future roles. We do not guarantee grade level placements at the time of offers.

OUR CURRENT BENEFITS STRUCTURE

Full-time salary during the fellowship year is $47,500. Upon successful completion of the program and an offer of a first-year lead teacher position, the salary increases to $50,000.

Free individual medical benefits (medical, dental, and vision), short and long-term disability insurance *

403(b) retirement program with a company match *

To support teacher practice and their growth, all teaching fellows teachers receive individualized coaching and professional development.

***This offering is subject to change each school year. Terms would be outlined in an offer letter, if issued.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Bachelor?s degree

Florida Teaching Certification or Equivalent (Note: certification received upon graduation is acceptable and should be listed in the application.)

For fellows in primary classrooms: Florida certification in Pre-K/Primary ? Grade 3 OR Elementary Education K-6 is required.

For fellows in fifth, sixth, or ninth grades, Florida certification in Elementary Education K-6 or Middle Grades 5-9 in a particular subject area is required.

For fellows in high school, Florida certification in Secondary 6-12 in a particular subject area is required.

Embody KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools? core values: high expectations, growth mindset, commitment to team, trust, joy, and sustainability

Possesses a deep commitment to both racial and educational equity for all children

Passing a background check, as required by law

Highly Preferred Qualifications: Experience as an intern, substitute, tutor, teacher?s aide, paraprofessional or similar role in a Title I school setting

Additional Information

APPLY
Please complete an application and upload a resume via our job board. No applicants will be considered who submit resumes through other job postings. Link here:

NOTE: If you're a current KIPP Jacksonville team member and are interested in applying, you should 1) let your current manager know that you're interested and 2) complete the application in its entirety online.

QUESTIONS

If you have questions about this position at KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools, please email Jessica at [email protected]. Please understand that resumes and/or cover letters are not accepted via email and you will be redirected to apply via the website.

KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying for employment at our schools. KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, handicap, age, religion, sexual orientation or national or ethnic origin.
Expected salary: $50000 per year
Location: Jacksonville, FL

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