Assistant Teacher 2024-2025

Location

Trenton, NJ | United States

Job description

Our Promise: To equip all scholars to excel in learning and empower them to lead purpose-filled lives.

Purpose: We exist to address inequity facing the communities that we are honored to serve. Every member of our learning community believes every child deserves a quality education regardless of zip code.

What’s in it for you: In addition to joining us in the social justice fight, you will be competitively salaried and much more. Learn more here!

Responsible: (Tasks you are responsible for. Tasks are subject to change) 

Ensure Exemplary Scholar Achievement

• Collaborate with special education staff to support scholars with IEPs and 504 plans.
• Plan and execute instructional activities tailored to the specific needs of small groups of scholars.
• Collaborate with the classroom teacher to differentiate lessons to address varying skill levels within the group.
• Provide targeted intervention for scholars struggling in specific academic areas, such as reading, math, or other subject areas.
• Implement research-based strategies to address learning gaps.
• Design and deliver enrichment activities for scholars who require additional challenges or opportunities for accelerated learning.
• Work closely with classroom teachers to align small group instruction with classroom curriculum and goals.
• Establish and maintain a positive and focused learning environment during small group sessions.
• Teach and reinforce classroom expectations and behavioral norms.

Data Analysis and Informed Decision Making

• Assess individual scholar needs through various forms of assessment, observations, and collaboration with classroom teachers.
• Analyze scholar performance data to identify trends and adjust instructional strategies accordingly.
• Monitor and document individual scholar progress.
• Share insights on scholar progress and discuss effective instructional strategies.
• Adjust instruction based on assessment results to ensure continued growth.

Accountable:(What you are accountable for does not change, You are the decider on pivots within the system to meet the following goals)

• Execute the high dosage tutoring strategy resulting in 85% proficiency and a 30% increase proficiency overall  in scholar achievement results, outperforming city and state metrics in ELA, Math and Science  on NJSLA.l. 

Consulted: (You should be deeply knowledgeable about the following. As a result, your input will be considered when overlapping decisions are made due to your expertise and brilliant perspective)

• I&RS
• School and Staff culture 

Informed: (Ensure you are up-to-date on how these systems influence the items you are accountable for)

• Scholar IEPs 
• Best tutoring practices

Educational Background and Work Experience: 

• Valid New Jersey Substitute Certification
• Tutoring Experience Preferred

Salary: $55,000

Qualifications

• You are committed to living out our mission.
• Welcomes the challenge to grow, learn, and improve in a collaborative environment.
• Committed to our mission of preparing all scholars for college and embodying our core values.
• Committed to serving our scholar population in an anti-discriminatory learning environment.

Certifications

• You possess or are eligible for NJ certification for Substitute Teacher
• OR You have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.00 (if graduated after Sept 2015) or 2.75 (before Sept 2015) for NJ certification requirements

Want to join our FAmily?

We are Foundation Academies: Trenton, New Jersey’s largest and highest-ranking K-12 free public charter school. Our mission is to ensure that all of our students secure the academic knowledge and skills to prepare them for the nation’s finest colleges, and to instill in them the core values of caring, respect, responsibility, and honesty. We serve more than 1,000 of the city’s K-12 population across four schools on two campuses. We admit students by lottery, irrespective of gender, race, household income, or academic ability. 

Our team of experienced and mission-driven urban educators values growth mindsets, lifelong learners, and individuals who believe that every child deserves an excellent education. We hold ourselves, our students, and our city to high standards because that’s what our families deserve. 

We are conveniently located a quick car ride to downtown Princeton, a 45-minute SEPTA ride to Philly’s Center City, and a hop on the NJ Transit Express to New York City

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