Description

About FirstLine Schools

In 1998, FirstLine Schools started the first open admission charter middle school in New Orleans. FirstLine now operates several (Pre) K-8th grade schools. Our mission is to create and inspire great open admissions public schools in New Orleans.

Our faculty is a diverse and talented group dedicated to our students’ success and to their own growth as teachers. Our schools are led by leaders who hold themselves accountable for student achievement and teacher development.

Position Summary:

FirstLine Schools is currently seeking talented, passionate teachers at our (Pre) K-8 schools. At FirstLine Schools, we know that it is the effectiveness of our teachers that matters the most when it comes to impacting the success of our students. To ensure that we are an organization of excellent teachers, we expect our teachers to demonstrate effectiveness through our Vision of idTeaching Excellence. Teachers will be responsible for implementing the teaching curriculum, ensuring the success of our students, and working with a team of teachers within the school and network community.

Position Responsibilities:

• Designs lessons that lead to standards mastery and are aligned to grade level expectations and end-of-year assessments
• Provides feedback to scholars by asking pertinent, scaffolded follow-up questions that affirm correctly understood content, clarify misunderstood content or extend scholars’ thinking
• Establish effective classroom routines and manage students effectively without disruptions (redirect inappropriate behavior)
• Inspires and invests students in achieving their goals and in believing that goals are achieved through effort and not innate abilities
• Prepares scholars to solve complex problems with no obvious answer
• Seeks out and constructively responds to feedback from and engages in problem-solving with others

Education & Experience:

• 2 or more years of lead teaching (as the teacher of record), Preferred
• Demonstrated success working with students in an urban, open admissions school- this does not apply to all lead teachers especially our first year teachers
• A BA or BS
• A strong background in and command of content area

Requirements

TEACHER reports to: School Principal/Assistant Principal

Desired Qualities & Characteristics:

• Believe in every student’s ability to achieve in a rigorous college or career prep curriculum
• Achieve results based on agreed-upon expectations
• Take personal responsibility
• Highly detail-oriented
• Collaborate effectively with a range of stakeholders
• Share a commitment to creating great schools in New Orleans
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Model the FirstLine Commitments:
  We Keep Learning
  We Work Together
  We are Helpful
  We are the SafeKeepers of our Community
  We Share Joy
  We Show Results
  

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to sit, walk, stand, talk, and hear.
• Light lifting of equipment may be required (up to 20 lbs.)