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Pre-Kindergarten Teacher - IDEA Mesquite Hills Academy (21-22)

Employer
IDEA Public Schools
Location
El Paso, TX, United States
Salary
Competitive

Job Details

Description
Position at IDEA Public Schools

IDEA Public Schools:

At IDEA Public Schools, we believe in college for ALL and we are committed to ensuring that each and every one of our students graduates from college. IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school to the fastest-growing network of tuition-free Pre-K-12 public charter schools in the United States sending 100% of our students to college. 58% of our students graduate from college in 6 years - that's 8 times the national rate for students in our communities!

IDEA was founded in 2001 as a single school with 150 students in the Rio Grande Valley. When interest exceeded building capacity, to meet the demands, IDEA co-founders committed to serving more students in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and beyond. Under their continued leadership, today, we serve tens of thousands of students across Texas and Louisiana. By 2022, IDEA will serve 100,000 students in communities across the country. Be on the lookout for IDEA schools opening near you in the coming months-our upcoming schools will be in Tarrant County (Fort Worth/Arlington), New Orleans, Houston (2020), Midland/Odessa (2020), and Tampa Bay (2021)!

When you choose to work at IDEA, you aren't just an employee. You are a part of our IDEA Team and Family. You will work alongside team members who set and reach ambitious goals every day, are excited to continue to grow with IDEA, and work relentlessly to make college for all a reality.

To learn a bit more about IDEA, check out   this video:

About El Paso 



 

In 2018, IDEA launched 4 schools that support our promise of college for all students in the El Paso Region. El Paso has consistently been rated as one of the safest cities in the United States of America for over 20 consecutive years. In addition to this ranking, El Paso was also selected as a 2018 All-America City, earned the Governor's Achievement Award, and was named the fifth-best small city in America. 

Since 2000, IDEA Public Schools has grown from a school of 150 students in Donna, TX to the fastest- growing family of tuition-free, public charter schools in the United States. In 2019, we will grow to 6 schools serving El Paso and Socorro.  

By 2022, IDEA will operate 173 schools in 10 regions educating a hundred thousand students on their road to and through college. 


Role Mission: 
ID EA  Pre- Kinder garten   teachers are responsible for ensuring that every IDEA student  masters  the academic and social skills necessary to succeed in college, while also embodying IDEA's values daily.  Teachers use  a scripted  curriculum in a full day Pre-K program.

Pre-Kindergarten teachers are the gatekeeper from year to year for new students and families entering IDEA. The relationships and foundational skills that are formed during Pre-K between teacher and student and teacher and parent will set students up for academic success and  anchor the trusting  relationships on which future success if built.  In  addition, IDEA  Pre-Kindergarten  teachers set ambitious goals for student achievement and invest students and families in accomplishing them; create a powerful learning environment; plan and deliver purposeful, rigorous instruction; assess for mastery and track student progress toward goals; analyze data to intervene and adjust instruction; and seek excellence as an educator and an IDEA team member.  

 

Responsibilities:   
  • Teach core content using a scripted curriculum   
  • Manage  a classroom  with  approximately  30 students where groups of 12 or fewer rotate between teachers or work independently.  
  • Implement formal and informal assessments to track each individual student's progress and learning needs, adjust lesson plans accordingly and update gradebook weekly  
  • Communicate students' progress with student and family on a weekly basis  
  • Effective facilitation and personal use of technology as a communication and educational tool to improve student achievement and manage work related tasks.  
  • Implement a clear and consistent behavior management system that aligns to campus- wide initiatives while developing students' character and sense of community in the classroom  
  • Help shape and develop a school wide culture that fosters a productive and enthusiastic learning environment for each student  
  • Establish and maintain a cooperative working relationship with students and families based on trust, understanding and respect for the communities in which they identify.   
  • Host necessary tutoring sessions to meet all students' needs  
  • Participate in weekly manager check-ins, grade-level meetings, before and after-school duties, and school wide meetings and functions  
  • Engage in summer and year-long district, school and personal learning and development  
  • Minimum of 40+ hours spent at school per week  
  • Additional responsibilities may  include:  after-school tutoring or Saturday school and are based on the needs of our scholars  

 

We look for Team and Family who embody the following values and characteristics:  
  • Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students  are capable of getting  to and through college   
  • Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them  
  • Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve  quickly  
  • Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes  
  • Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change  
  • Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization  
  • Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships  in order to  achieve outcomes  
  • We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students.  

Qualifications:  
  • Education: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year educational institution  
  • Experience: Experience in  early childhood Literacy and Math setting  preferred  
  • Licenses or Certifications: State certification preferred but not required  

   

Knowledge and Skills:  
  • Knowledge of core academic subject assigned   
  • Knowledge of curriculum and instruction  
  • Ability to instruct students and manage student behavior  
  • Social-emotional learning strategies  
  • Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills  
  • Ability to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environment  

 

Compensation:  

  • Salaries for this role typically fall between $52,050 for 0 years of experience and $61,350 for 17 years of experience. This role is also eligible for various stipend opportunities and incentives through our Teacher Career Pathway Program. For more information about our total rewards, visit our  benefits page.

 

IDEA Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability, in admission or access to, or treatment of employment in its programs and activities. Any person having inquiries concerning the organization's compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), or Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), may contact IDEA Human Resources at (956) 377-8000.

Company

IDEA Public Schools believes that each and every child can go to college. Since 2000, IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school with 150 students to the fastest-growing network of tuition-free, Pre-K-12 public charter schools in the United States. IDEA currently serves nearly 66,000 college-bound students in 120 schools across Texas and Louisiana and is gearing up to open schools in Florida for the 2021-2022 school year.

Interested in learning more about working at IDEA Public Schools? 

Visit us at www.ideapublicschools.org/careers.

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Website
Telephone
956-377-8000
Location
2115 W. Pike Blvd
Weslaco
TX
78596
US

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