Elementary Teacher

OUR MISSION

BRICK is on a mission to support families from pre-cradle-to-career through holistic support, excellent schools, and clear pathways to college and career. By creating a comprehensive network of services, we are righting the wrongs of racial and economic inequality and paving the way for families to forge futures abundant with opportunity, wellness, and joy.

BRICK envisions a world of racial and economic justice, where every child and family has the support they need to learn, achieve, and work towards a fulfilling life of personal and collective prosperity.

To learn more about BRICK, please visit http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..org

BRICK currently has schools in two regions:
Newark, New Jersey, and Buffalo, New York.

THE BRICK BUFFALO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL

The BRICK Buffalo Academy Charter School opened in August 2023 to a founding group of kindergarten and first grade students. As our school grows we are recruiting team members who are committed to proving what is possible for students and families on the East Side of Buffalo. As a member of the BRICK Buffalo Academy Charter School team, you will have the rare opportunity to play a critical role in building success for our students, families, and community.

To learn more about our Buffalo location, BRICK Buffalo, please visit .org

BRICK Networks seeks to hire teachers that have a passionate belief in BRICK’s mission and a deep desire to work with underserved black and brown students and families. The ideal candidate is solution oriented, uses data to drive their instruction, has a collaborative mindset, takes and implements feedback quickly and has a sense of humility. The ideal candidate is culturally competent, solutions’ oriented, uses data to inform instruction, communicates and collaborates effectively with their team, and responds to feedback urgently.

A BRICK Teacher approaches the work with humility and maintains positive relationship with colleagues, students, families. BRICK staff LOVE the community they serve. Teachers must be willing to do whatever it takes to ensure their students’ academic, behavioral, and social‑emotional success.

• Demonstrate proficiency in working with black and brown students from diverse economic and cultural backgrounds.
• Demonstrate cultural competence and knowledge of best practices to support students of various socio‑economic experiences when working with our students.
• Create and maintain a positive, safe and collaborative classroom environment for students.
• Continuously strengthen the classroom community by investing students and families in our iDream values (Innovation, Diligence, Respect, Empathy, A+ Self Control and Model Student), Core Values, Mission, and Vision.
• Execute the network adopted unit and lesson plans to accelerate student learning and social‑emotional development.
• Execute instructional practices as outlined with appropriate accommodations, modifications, and acceleration as needed for student learning and success.
• Attend and actively participate in all required meetings to ensure strong communication and professional development, including department, grade level and staff meetings.
• Participate in regular meetings with their coach to support their development, including observation and feedback meetings, planning meetings and data meetings.
• Collaborate with coaches and peers to share best practices; and build a strong adult culture.
• Utilize data from student observations as well as summative and formative assessments to inform instruction.
• Adjust instruction as needed to meet the unique needs of their students, including by adjusting to different student learning styles and differentiating instruction.
• Teach and enforce school‑wide systems and structures.
• Participate in whole school events and home visits to help build strong trusting relationships with students and their families.
• Exemplify the BRICK core values (community rootedness, achievement, commitment, identity, empathy and curiosity).

• An unwavering commitment to the academic success and personal development of our students.
• An eagerness to set ambitious, challenging,…