Job Description
Overview
Empower College Prep’s 1st Grade Teacher will be committed to the mission and values of Empower College Prep. The General Education Teacher is responsible for building a strong classroom culture and ensuring your scholars’ academic success. The General Education Teacher is responsible for teaching and developing the Core Values as well as the specific content area(s) based on standards to each scholar in his/her classroom(s)
Empower College Prep began in 2012 with a commitment to be a movement of teachers partnering with parents to transform the educational and life opportunities of their children; and to empower these children to transform their community, their country, and their world.
In 2020, we sent our first graduating class of students to college, expanded to serve grades K-2, and welcomed more than 800 students onto a new, $20 million campus on the I-17 just north of Camelback.
Over the past four years, Empower College Prep has continued to exceed the state and national average for college enrollment despite poverty and the world-wide pandemic. Now, the Charter School is preparing to add preschool and codify its Pre-K - 12 program to ensure consistency and excellence on its Colter campus and additional campuses in future years.
The key to our success is highly effective, highly committed staff who love their jobs, their colleagues, and their students.
Responsibilities
• Provide daily instruction in a safe, inclusive classroom through research-based instructional practices, to include: o Mentor students in advisory group/homeroom. o Grade assignments and provide regular feedback to students.
• Develop curriculum and lessons through the revision of projects, focus areas, assessments, and unit and lesson plans.
• With humility and perseverance, continually increase effectiveness of your individual practice and your team's performance in ways aligned to the organization's vision, mission, and values.
• Build partnerships with families through regular contact via text messages, emails, phone conversations, and in-person meetings. Log those communications regularly in Synergy. Supervise students outside of the classroom setting and attend events such as athletic games, dances, Open Houses, and project expos.
• Reflect on instructional practices, data, and curriculum individually and in collaborative groups and attend professional development and learning communities.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned, such as weekend or after school events. Supervise students outside of the classroom setting and attend events such as athletic games, dances, Open Houses, and project expos.
Minimum qualifications:
● Have a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
● Be Appropriately Certified in compliance with ADE regulations
● Have a valid IVP (Identity Verified Prints) fingerprint clearance card
● Have an SEI endorsement or SEI certificate
● Teaching experience
● Teaching certificate
Application Question(s):
• Do you have a valid IVP (Identity Verified Prints) fingerprint clearance card?
Education:
• Bachelor's (Required)
Experience:
• Teaching: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
• Teaching Certification (Required)
Ability to Commute:
• Phoenix, AZ 85015 (Required)
Work Location: In person
Pay: From $27.00 per hour
Application Question(s):
• Do you have valid IVP (Identity Verified Prints) fingerprint clearance card?
Education:
• Bachelor's (Required)
License/Certification:
• Teaching Certification (Required)
Ability to Commute:
• Phoenix, AZ 85015 (Required)
Work Location: In person