Teacher; ELA, Math, Science, PE or Electives

Overview

Teacher: ELA, Math, Science, PE or Electives: WYLEES is seeking passionate, talented, and highly motivated teachers to work alongside our team in Fall 2025. Please see the Job Description below for more information.

To begin the application process, please complete the application survey found at this link.

Job Status:
Full Time, Exempt

Location:

Las Vegas, NV (Central)

Reports to:

Director of School Operations (DSO), Assistant Principal (AP), and/or CEO/Head of School

Compensation:
Salary for this position is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications, with a range from $50,000 - $65,000.

Benefits:

• Public Employees  Retirement System of Nevada (NV PERS)
• Group Health Insurance (inquire for details)
• Fridays Reserved for Planning and Professional Development
• 8 Scheduled Wellness Days Throughout the Year (in addition to Personal/Sick Leave)

As a teacher at WYLEES, you are a visionary who has a passion for improving student outcomes through an innovative, personalized, and collaborative approach that ensures that each child gets exactly what they need, exactly when they need it. You are an enthusiastic and personable professional who is a champion for our school, our students, our community, and Project Based Learning (PBL).

Your outstanding communication skills, organizational abilities, and commitment to creating a welcoming and efficient school environment are evident in everything you do. You are kind and thoughtful in your interactions with students, staff, and families, and you derive great joy from working with middle schoolers and adults alike. You are humble, reflective, open to feedback, and willing to challenge the status quo if it s the right thing for kids.

Why WYLEES?

At WYLEES, we value the whole child and the whole person. We are building a joyful, collaborative environment where we build each other up and hold each other accountable to be the most excellent version of ourselves that we can be, while also setting good examples and helping our students to do the same.

That being said, WYLEES is the place for you if:

• You crave a deep sense of meaning and purpose in your work; for you, "changing the world" is not a cliché, but a call to action.
• You want to help build the systems of a school from the ground up through iteration and design thinking in partnership with students and our community.
• You believe in an expanded definition of student success that includes academics and the social and emotional wellbeing of every student.
• You want to take a team approach to improving student outcomes and share the workload of lesson planning, assessment, and data analysis.
• You want to have more say in what types of professional development you receive, and you want it to be aligned to your own needs and priorities as an educator.
• You want to have a full day each week (Friday) to collaboratively plan and review data with other teachers and engage in personally impactful professional development.
• You strongly believe that all students can succeed and learn to take ownership of their own learning.
• You believe that all students can benefit from a longer school day and a shorter school week that allows them to pursue their own interests, deeper learning opportunities, and/or community involvement as a part of our whole-child approach.
• You believe that hard work should be rewarded by your employer s commitment to work-life balance, including 8 scheduled Wellness Days on Fridays thoughtfully spread throughout the school year.

What follows are the core responsibilities of WYLEES’ teachers. However, given the complexity of school founding, an “all hands on deck” mindset is essential, and teachers should expect to occasionally perform responsibilities outside those captured here.

• Create an atmosphere where each student feels valued, supported, and empowered.
• Coordinate, organize, and perform the day-to-day teaching functions for the subject area for which the Employee is hired.
• Collaborate with subject area and grade level teacher cohorts for planning and assessment purposes, and to…