Job Tracking ID: 512534-707967

Job Location: Indianapolis, IN

Job Level: Any

Level of Education: BA/BS

Job Type: Full-Time/Regular

Date Updated: October 21, 2019

Years of Experience: Any

Starting Date: ASAP

Position Type: Teacher

School: Genesis

Grade: K,1,2,3,4,5,6

Job Description:

"COLLEGE STARTS HERE."

This is our motto at Tindley Genesis Academy (TGA) and we certainly stick to it.

We believe it's critical for elementary school students & our young Tindley Scholars to begin preparing for rigorous middle school, high school and college opportunities at a young age. That's why our students participate in a challenging and interactive curriculum based on the same accelerated model used at the Tindley high school and middle schools.

In the end, our students will possess the confidence, academic ability and resiliency to overcome obstacles on their journey toward academic and professional success.

The key to getting our students started on this journey is a POWERHOUSE TEAM of TEACHER-LEADERS who not only expect EXCELLENCE, but also ensure that all their actions promote the excellence for which they strive.

TGA is currently seeking enthusiastic, entrepreneurial teacher-leader candidates for the following position:

• Music

Experience and Skills:

TGA's ideal candidate profile is as follows:

• Commitment to Equity: Passionate about ensuring that every child, regardless of background or circumstance, receives an excellent education.
• Leadership: Takes ownership of the overall progress and well-being of the school community. Coaches, mentors, and challenges students and other colleagues to excel despite obstacles and challenging situations. Builds positive relationships in and out of the school community.
• Focus on Data-Driven Results: Relentlessly pursues the improvement of Tindley Genesis Academy's performance and is driven by a desire to produce quantifiable student achievement gains.
• Innovative Problem-Solving: Approaches work with a sense of possibility and sees challenges as opportunities for creative problem solving: takes initiative to explore issues and find potential innovative solutions.
• Adaptability: Excels in constantly changing environments and adapts flexibly in shifting priorities to meet the needs of a dynamic school community: comfortable with ambiguity and is adept at building structures to address ambiguity.
• Teamwork: Increases the effectiveness of the surrounding team through collaboration, constant learning and supporting others; sensitive to diversity in all its forms: respects and is committed to learning from others.
• Dependability: Does whatever it takes to consistently deliver with high quality under tight deadlines; successfully manages own planning and execution through strong organization, detailed action plans, and balancing of multiple priorities.
• Communication and Customer Service Skills: Communicates clearly and compellingly with parents and other stakeholders in both oral and written forms: anticipates and responds to customer (parent) needs in a high-quality and courteous manner.

If you are a teacher-leader or administrative leader with an appetite for excellence and a passion for ensuring that our Scholars excel, apply to Tindley Genesis Academy today!

Job Benefits:

Benefits

Our employees are our most valuable asset. Each employee is an integral part of our operation and success. We also ask from our employees that they do anything and everything that is possible to drive our mission. As such, it is our goal to attract, motivate, and retain top talent by providing a comprehensive and competitive benefits package for all full time employees. We offer competitive base salaries plus add-ons for teaching experience and advanced degrees.

Tindley offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

-Bundled Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans

-Tindley Paid Life and AD&D insurance

-Access to additional group term life insurance

-Tindley paid Critical Illness, Short Term and Long Term Disability Plans

-Flexible Spending Account/Dependent Flexible Spending Account

-Access to Voluntary Critical Illness, Short Term Disability, Cancer, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident Insurance

-Access to the Indiana's Teacher or Public Retirement System (Pension Plan)

Professional Enrichment Program:

Under the direction of our Curriculum Team, our teachers learn professionally and educationally acceptable methods, strategies and techniques to manage their classrooms and develop the skills that are associated with highly effective teachers. Administrators are involved in our Annual Institute Programs as well as regular professional development opportunities.

Student Loan Forgiveness:

You may be eligible for student loan forgiveness of FFEL and/or Direct Loan Programs, through the U.S. Department of Education, if you work for us.