Innovation Lab Teacher

Overview

Breakthrough Public Schools (BPS) seeks an Innovation Lab Teacher for the 2026–27 school year. This role is responsible for delivering STEM-focused enrichment programming that fosters critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills in scholars. The Innovation Lab Teacher designs and implements engaging, hands-on learning experiences aligned to grades 5–8 curriculum, while supporting a culture of innovation and exploration. This position also collaborates with school leadership and instructional staff to support scholar achievement, contributes to program implementation, and helps build a strong, equitable learning environment aligned with BPS’s mission.

• Job : 5682352
• Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
• Re-Posted: May 01, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)
• Starting Date: To Be Determined

POSITION SUMMARY: Breakthrough Public Schools (BPS) seeks an Innovation Lab Teacher for the 2026–27 school year. This role is responsible for delivering STEM-focused enrichment programming that fosters critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills in scholars. The Innovation Lab Teacher designs and implements engaging, hands-on learning experiences aligned to grades 5–8 curriculum, while supporting a culture of innovation and exploration.

This position also collaborates with school leadership and instructional staff to support scholar achievement, contributes to program implementation, and helps build a strong, equitable learning environment aligned with BPS’s mission.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The Innovation Lab Teacher will serve as an Enrichment Teacher focused on helping scholars develop and explore STEM education, creating critical thinkers, and enabling the next generation of innovators.

• Implement structured Innovation Lab curriculum for grades 5–8
• Facilitate engaging, hands-on STEM learning experiences
• Differentiate instruction to meet diverse scholar needs
• Support small group instruction, tutoring, and push-in services

• Attend monthly check-ins and Innovation Lab meetings
• Participate in weekly check-ins with the Lab Director
• Support coordination and scheduling of quarterly site visits
• Collaborate with teachers during non-instructional time (e.g., grading, planning support)

• Submit required educator surveys (pre, mid-year, post)
• Complete mid-year and end-of-year progress reports
• Submit elective and school engagement plans
• Provide monthly digital media artifacts to BPS
• Support collection of student media releases

• Assist with test administration, including small group facilitation
• Provide intermittent classroom coverage as needed
• Contribute to a positive, inclusive, and high-performing school culture

Education: Bachelor’s Degree

• Relentless drive to improve the minds and lives of scholars in and out of the classroom
• Grit and perseverance to work within a fast-paced, evolving program (First Year of implementation)
• Commitment to use data and technology to personalize learning for both adults and scholars
• Commitment and enthusiasm for working with an ethnically & economically diverse scholar body
• Ability to model, live, and reinforce the school’s core values inside and outside the classroom with colleagues, scholars, parents, and the larger community
• Optimism, resiliency, curiosity, a sense of humor, and a burning passion for personal growth and scholar success

Licensure and Certification(s):

• Valid OH teaching certificate/license or must be in the process of obtaining a valid OH teaching certificate/license in subject area to be taught
• Candidate must possess a valid driver’s license with a driving record in accordance with the BPS’s acceptable guidelines.

Technical Skills and Knowledge:

• Experience as a high-performing classroom teacher preferred
• Demonstrated interest in STEM education and innovation-based learning
• Ability to integrate technology to enhance instruction and student engagement

Work Environment and Physical Demands:

• Work is performed primarily in a school and classroom setting
• Requires standing, walking, and active…