Social Studies Teacher | Founding Years Middle School | ECPA

Position Title
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Social Studies Teacher | Founding Years Middle School

Location
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New Haven, CT

Reports To: School Principal

Employment Type
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Full-time, Exempt

Start Date: SY26-27

Salary Range: $50,000 - $90,000 , commensurate with experience.

Edmonds Cofield Preparatory Academy for Young Men (ECPA) is New Haven’s first dedicated middle school for young men. Our mission is to develop resourceful, resilient, and responsible young men who think critically, lead ethically, and contribute positively to their communities. ECPA provides a rigorous academic experience that fosters mastery of learning while preparing students to navigate real‑world choices with confidence and integrity.

Through exposure to entrepreneurial thinking, leadership development, and hands‑on learning opportunities, our young men cultivate the skills and mindsets necessary to excel in high school, college, and beyond.

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Edmonds Cofield Preparatory Academy for Young Men seeks a thoughtful, mission‑aligned Social Studies Teacher | Founding Year Middle School to help build a rigorous, relevant, and identity‑affirming humanities program for grades 5–7. As Connecticut’s first all‑boys public charter school, ECPA is still in its founding years, with a small but growing community of young men and a staff committed to building strong routines, meaningful relationships, and a school culture designed specifically for boys.

As we expand grade levels and deepen our identity, you’ll help shape the traditions, systems, and learning experiences that will define the school for years to come — including establishing a social studies program that strengthens critical thinking, civic understanding, and students’ sense of place in the world.

This is an exciting opportunity for an educator who believes deeply in the intellectual potential of boys, is committed to equity, and is eager to design learning experiences that help students understand history, examine society, and see themselves as informed thinkers, emerging leaders, and active participants in their communities.

As the ECPA Social Studies Teacher, you will:

• Deliver engaging, standards‑aligned instruction in history, geography, civics, and social sciences that builds content knowledge, analytical skills, and curiosity about the world.
• Create a classroom culture where young men feel safe to ask questions, debate ideas, and explore multiple perspectives, while developing confidence as thinkers and communicators.
• Design foundational curriculum, routines, and structures for a high‑quality social studies program — shaping scope and sequence, selecting materials, and establishing traditions that will grow with the school.
• Integrate literacy, writing, and discussion‑based learning to strengthen students’ ability to construct arguments, analyze sources, and engage in meaningful dialogue.
• Collaborate with colleagues to connect social studies learning across disciplines and contribute to a vibrant, values‑driven school culture during these critical founding years.
• Partner with families and the community to highlight student learning, build civic awareness, and make social studies a visible, celebrated part of ECPA’s identity.

This role is ideal for an educator who is reflective, resourceful, and energized by the possibilities of a founding school. Someone who loves working with boys, believes in their brilliance, and is excited to build a humanities program that helps students understand themselves, their communities, and the wider world.

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As a Founding Years Social Studies Middle School Teacher at ECPA, you will be primarily responsible for:

• Plan rigorous social studies learning by intellectually preparing standards‑aligned, inquiry‑driven lessons that reflect ECPA’s deeper‑learning approach and build students’ historical thinking, civic reasoning, and analytical skills.
• Deliver high‑quality instruction that develops core disciplinary skills—analyzing primary and secondary sources, constructing arguments,…