[IMMEDIATE, SY 24-25] Elementary Classroom Teacher, K-4th Grade
[IMMEDIATE, SY 24-25] Elementary Classroom Teacher, K-4th Grade
KIPP Chicago
Chicago, IL
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Company Description
At KIPP Chicago, we are guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: 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. Our campuses are located in the Austin, Englewood, North Lawndale, and West Humboldt Park neighborhoods. KIPP Chicago also advises over 2000 KIPP alumni currently in high school or college through our KIPP Forward program. KIPP Chicago is the highest-performing network of schools in Chicago, as measured by our city’s school quality index. We attract, develop, and retain a diverse and talented staff of educators. Our students and families choose our schools because our teachers are exceptional educators who work together as a collective to ensure students achieve and thrive. For more data and information about our successes and vision for the future, visit www.kippchicago.org
Job Description
Kindergarten teachers share their classrooms with Co-Teachers. Teachers at grades 1 - 4 are the only teachers in their classrooms for most of the day, with support from Paraprofessionals and Diverse Learners Teachers as required by students’ IEPs. Teachers in grades K - 2 teach all subjects, and teachers in grades 3 and 4 are departmentalized.
KIPP Chicago Schools’ students perform beyond statistical expectations in part because our teachers are exceptional. They have a “whatever it takes” attitude toward their role in students’ success.
Our expectations for teachers include, but are not limited to, the following:
Our supports for teachers’ work include, but are not limited to the following:
The requirements for a Elementary Classroom Teacher are:
Additional Information
KIPP Chicago Public Schools offers a competitive compensation and benefits package:
KIPP Chicago Public Schools is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying for employment. KIPP Chicago does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, national or ethnic background. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
At KIPP Chicago, we are guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: 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. Our campuses are located in the Austin, Englewood, North Lawndale, and West Humboldt Park neighborhoods. KIPP Chicago also advises over 2000 KIPP alumni currently in high school or college through our KIPP Forward program. KIPP Chicago is the highest-performing network of schools in Chicago, as measured by our city’s school quality index. We attract, develop, and retain a diverse and talented staff of educators. Our students and families choose our schools because our teachers are exceptional educators who work together as a collective to ensure students achieve and thrive. For more data and information about our successes and vision for the future, visit www.kippchicago.org
Job Description
- KIPP Chicago has a few positions left for the 2024-2025 School Year!**
Kindergarten teachers share their classrooms with Co-Teachers. Teachers at grades 1 - 4 are the only teachers in their classrooms for most of the day, with support from Paraprofessionals and Diverse Learners Teachers as required by students’ IEPs. Teachers in grades K - 2 teach all subjects, and teachers in grades 3 and 4 are departmentalized.
KIPP Chicago Schools’ students perform beyond statistical expectations in part because our teachers are exceptional. They have a “whatever it takes” attitude toward their role in students’ success.
Our expectations for teachers include, but are not limited to, the following:
- A belief that all students can and will be successful at our schools
- Practice a growth mindset about oneself and all others at the school, including seeking help and engaging in self-reflection in order to constantly refine one’s own teaching
- A commitment to pursuing anti-racism in our schools and work together
- Dependable attendance according to our extended school year and extended school day
- Communicate frequently and consistently with students and families, including after school via phone, regarding academics, behavior, logistics, and homework help
- Use best practices in alignment with school-wide systems to manage student behavior and create a safe, warm, demanding, and joyful classroom environment
- Set specific, ambitious growth targets for all students and identify and leverage all necessary resources to ensure they meet them
- Use best practices to backwards plan weekly and daily instruction that is tightly aligned to prescribed unit objectives and student needs as demonstrated by assessment data
- Assess students daily, weekly, and at the ends of units and analyze and share assessment data through school-wide systems
- Use best practices, including differentiation with instructional technology and other techniques, to execute engaging instruction at a level rigorous for all students
- Collaborate throughout each day with grade level and content teams, sharing responsibility for all students at all times
Our supports for teachers’ work include, but are not limited to the following:
- A recent model of Mac laptop computer
- A stipend to support the cost of mobile phone usage
- School-wide Social Emotional Learning curriculum and practices
- Principals and assistant principals who are routinely present throughout the building and day
- One-on-one meetings with a principal and/or assistant principal once per week to discuss student progress and the teacher’s development
- Collaboration with grade-level and content teams
- Two hours of time each week devoted to analyzing student data and planning responsive instruction
- A daily prep period each day
- Frequent in-building professional development from school leadership
- A rigorous prepared curriculum in ELA, Math, and Science; prepared unit plans and unit assessments for Social Studies
- In-building technology support
- Highly efficient and thoughtful scheduling, including for special events like field lessons or testing windows
- A team of ambitious, talented staff, every single one committed to our important work
The requirements for a Elementary Classroom Teacher are:
- Bachelor’s degree (required)
- Illinois Professional Educators License (PEL) required for all new SY 24-25 hires
- Pending PEL, ELS, and/or SUB license AND Meet testing requirements of Illinois Charter Law (Test of Academic Proficiency 400 and the appropriate content-area test) (required)
- At least two years’ prior success teaching in urban communities (strongly preferred)
- A cleared CPS Background check before first day of employment
Additional Information
KIPP Chicago Public Schools offers a competitive compensation and benefits package:
- Salaries based on experience related to role and responsibilities
- Competitive rates for medical insurance and short-term disability insurance. Dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, and long-term disability insurance are offered at no cost.
- Competitive retirement savings benefits
KIPP Chicago Public Schools is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying for employment. KIPP Chicago does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, national or ethnic background. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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