Who We Are
Excellence Community Schools (ECS)is a Charter Management Organization (CMO) supporting schools in the Bronx, NY and Stamford, CT. Our programs are based on a proven, nationally recognized model, which originated in our flagship school, the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, a National Blue Ribbon School.
Our Mission and Vision
Our schools prepare young scholars to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private, and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, emotional, and ethical development. We accomplish this by offering a challenging and rigorous academic curriculum, which at the earliest of grades has an eye towards college preparation. To achieve this, our schools create a supportive and caring environment that at all times has high expectations of all students. We offer a differentiated, project-based learning environment that seeks to develop high-level analytic and critical thinking skills in all of our students. Our engaging and rigorous approach to educating our scholars is implemented by a collaborative team of teachers.
Who We Need:
We are seeking individuals who are dedicated, ambitious, and committed to student success and education reform. Qualified candidates must demonstrate records of achievement, high degrees of personal responsibility, and the drive to do whatever it takes to ensure that every child achieves academic success. This individual must be committed to excellence, lead by example, and see collaboration as a key component of success.
Position:
We are seeking a Middle School History Teacher who will teach grades 5-8 who is dedicated, ambitious, and committed to student success and education reform.
Qualified candidates must demonstrate records of achievement, high degrees of personal responsibility, and the drive to do whatever it takes to ensure that every child achieves academic success.
This individual must be committed to excellence, lead by example, and see collaboration as a key component of success. Successful candidates will have a strong sense of urgency to improve student learning.
Specific Responsibilities:
Teaching History curriculum based on Common Core Standards.
Differentiating curriculum to meet students' diverse needs.
Building a classroom culture in which students love History.
Guiding students as they delve into historical trends and developments, analyzing first-person primary source documents, and writing thematic essays.
Utilizing project-based learning to allow students to understand historical voices of the past.
Utilizing historical texts through close readings and in-depth writing assignments.
Guide students in preparing to be successful on the NY State History Exam.
Develop weekly lesson plans that correlate with NYS common core curriculum goals and objectives and uses a variety of teaching strategies to ensure that students are engaged and motivated.
Collaborate with colleagues to plan units and lessons and develop expertise in implementing instruction.
Become familiar with school charter, standardized testing and school wide plan, including goals set for student performance.
Uses tests, classroom performance, and other evaluation and diagnostic tools to assess the progress of students expeditiously in order to create small group instruction and to identify curricular and professional development needs.
Create and maintain an orderly, well-managed, and stimulating classroom environment.
Evaluate student academic and social growth, keep accurate records, prepare progress reports and communicate with parents on individual pupil progress.
Reflect on practice in a continuous effort to improve professional knowledge by participating in professional development opportunities.
Possesses strong time management, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Promotes our reputation as an institution with a social conscience by operating with a sense of integrity and honesty.
Recognizes and appreciates the unique qualities of middle school students.
This position reports to the school principal.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Candidates who do not meet the above requirements will not be considered.
Compensation:
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