Position Summary
Join our team as an Elementary Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) Teacher and help create a supportive, engaging classroom where all students can grow academically and socially. This role teaches the Character Strong curriculum — the skills students carry well beyond the classroom.
Why You’ll Want to Teach Here
Community & Culture
- Supportive, inclusive environment with small class sizes and unique traditions.
- Feedback and mentorship from tenured teachers.
- Collaborative planning spaces for team and subject-level innovation.
Flexibility & Autonomy
- Teachers have the autonomy to innovate and personalize instruction.
- All staff are encouraged to develop their skills and contribute creatively.
Long-Term Sustainability
- Continuous learning through embedded professional development and workshops.
- Healthy work-life balance with unique break schedules and half-day Fridays.
- Empowerment to influence positive change within the organization.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
- Valid Texas teaching certificate required.
- Texas ESL certification required.
- Demonstrated competency in the core academic subject area assigned.
Responsibilities
Instruction & Planning
- Prepare the classroom, materials, and lesson plans, and implement research-based instructional practices.
- Identify, modify, and adapt curriculum and approved instructional resources to meet various learning styles and student needs.
- Use a variety of teaching methods to instruct students individually, in small groups, and as a whole class.
- Establish standards-based objectives for all lessons and use clear criteria for evaluating them.
- Use audiovisual aids, computers, and other interactive technology to supplement and support lessons.
- Implement and maintain effective classroom management to ensure continual student progress.
Assessment & Student Progress
- Observe, evaluate, remediate, and extend students’ academic performance, behavior, and social development.
- Use data to monitor learning and design lessons tailored to student needs.
- Administer standardized achievement and ability tests as required.
- Interpret student performance data and implement approved Response to Intervention Tiers 1, 2, and 3.
- Maintain efficient record-keeping procedures.
- Communicate with parents and guardians to discuss student progress.
Campus & Collaboration
- Monitor students across a variety of educational environments — classroom, cafeteria, playground, school grounds, hallways, restrooms, and study trips — to provide a safe and positive learning environment.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues, including Special Education staff, in support of student achievement goals and professional development.
- Enforce charter school rules and policies.
- Actively participate in meetings and professional development activities.
- Keep up to date with current educational issues.
- Demonstrate a strong work ethic, accept responsibility, and be self-motivated.
- Exemplify through manner, words, and dress the high standards and expected behavior of the school.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Professional Requirements
- Maintain strict confidentiality regarding information concerning students, parents, staff, and classroom incidents.
- Adhere to ethical and legal standards, and model professional, responsible behavior.
- Participate in approved professional development to improve skills related to the job assignment.
- Follow standard procedures for communication, interaction, and discipline as outlined in the Staff Handbook.
Work Environment & Physical Demands
- This job operates in a school environment and routinely uses standard office equipment.
- Very active role: standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing throughout the day.
- Frequently lift and move items over 20 pounds.
- Vision requirements include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of the role.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Short- and long-term disability coverage.
- Participation in the Texas Teachers Retirement System (TRS).
- 403(b) and 457(b) investment plans.
- Health Savings Account.
- 10 days paid time off.
- Discounted health club membership.
- A culture of continuous learning with ongoing professional development.
Fingerprinting and background checks are mandatory for all applicants.