Teach at a high-performing charter school in New York City
Success Charter Network is an ambitious charter management network of four high-performing charter schools in New York City. Over the next decade, our network will grow to 40 schools that provide access to high-quality education to children throughout New York City. We are looking for dynamic, results-oriented and relentless urban educators to join our growing movement as Physical Therapists.
Join our movement
In 2006, Success Charter Network launched our flagship school, Harlem Success Academy 1 Charter School. With the opening of three additional schools in 2008, we are currently serving more than 1,500 students. We plan to launch three new schools in the fall of 2010 that all provide academically rigorous and well-rounded instruction in historically underserved communities.
Educate the whole child
The mission of Success Academies is to provide scholars with the tools to succeed in life. We believe in educating the whole child. To this end, Success Academies uses Success for All and balanced literacy to teach our scholars how to read and write, TERC Investigations and Envisions to push our scholars' mathematical understanding and critical thinking. Success Academies is well known for its discovery-based science curriculum that scholars receive every day.
Success Academies are dedicated to academic excellence, character development, and extracurricular achievement with college graduation as an end goal. Our extended day allows us to instruct scholars in athletics, dance, music, arts and chess in addition to a rigorous literacy, math, social studies, geography and science curriculum. Scholars enjoy showcasing their talent in annual concerts, shows and tournaments.
Envision excellence
Our faculty, scholars and families are committed to excellence. In 2009, 100% of Harlem Success Academy 1 third graders passed the NYS math exam, with 71% achieving the top score of "4," ranking the school #1 out of all public charters in the state. 95% of Harlem Success Academy 1 third graders passed the NYS English Language Arts exam, with nearly a quarter achieving the top score of "4," ranking the school #2 out of all public charters in the state.
Harlem Success Academy 1 outperformed its school district by nearly 25 percentage points in English Language Arts. The percentage of students who are "advanced proficient" in math surpasses even the affluent Upper East Side of Manhattan by nearly 35%.
Develop strong character
In addition to success on NYS exams, Success Academies is committed to creating a culture where students exercise respect, responsibility, and integrity. All Success Academies implement the A.C.T.I.O.N values in their schools to hold scholars to the highest behavioral expectations and give teachers a common language around developing strong character.
A.C.T.I.O.N. stands for Agency, Curiosity, Try and Try, Integrity, Others and No Shortcuts. We teach our scholars to take responsibility for their own actions, to always ask questions, to work harder today than yesterday, to be honest and trustworthy, to be a nice and thoughtful member of their community and to never look for the easy way out.
Invest others in our success
Success Academy families sign contracts yearly to show their commitment to our shared mission. In order to get every child in to college, we are dedicated to making every minute of instruction count in our schools. Our faculty is reflective and open to feedback in order to continuously improve and achieve our ambitious goals.
Support a growing network of success
Just as we invest in our scholars' success from an early age, we begin planning for the school year during summer orientation to ensure all faculty have the tools and resources they need to be successful. During the year, Principals, Leadership Residents and teaching faculty participate in professional development on a weekly basis. Leaders and Leadership Residents observe teachers frequently to provide feedback. We focus on collaboration to share best practices and ensure data is driving daily and long-term instruction.
Special Education at Success Charter Network
We believe strongly in success for all students, including scholars with special needs. Approximately 20% of our scholars receive Special Education services. We are committed to quickly identifying and targeting students' needs through Response to Intervention and data collection. Our philosophy on Special Education is to identify student needs early and provide support as needed to reach our instructional goals. Special Education services are seen as a support to reach our instructional goals and additionally our goal is to graduate our scholars out of services as quickly as possible.
