Middle School ELA Teacher

Democracy Prep Public Schools at the Agassi Campus in Las Vegas, NV seeks a Middle School ELA Teacher for Immediate Hire.

Democracy Prep Public Schools is committed to ensuring all scholars succeed in the college of their choice and lead a life of active citizenship. As a teacher, you will play a vital role in creating a classroom culture that reflects high expectations and high support, fostering academic and personal growth for every scholar.

• Ensure Classroom Culture: Create and maintain a classroom atmosphere characterized by high expectations and high support.
• Create an Inclusive Environment: Engage in training, reflection, and dialogue around issues of race, identity, diversity, equity, and inclusion for staff and scholars.
• Curriculum Implementation: Plan and prepare for the effective implementation of a coherent, research-based curriculum.
• Data-Driven Instruction: Develop and use a variety of assessment data to refine curriculum and instructional practice.
• Build Relationships: Maintain strong relationships with scholars, families, and colleagues through effective and frequent communication.
• Professional Growth: Continuously improve your practice through weekly coaching sessions, professional development, and collaborative, data-driven reflection with department and grade-level teams.
• Support Social-Emotional Well-Being: Cultivate the social-emotional growth of all scholars by building a positive classroom culture and leveraging strong partnerships with scholars, their families, and the scholar support team.
• Foster Active Citizenship: Engage students in age-appropriate conversations and activities about current events, participation in community service, and the celebration of culture, heritage, and identity.
• Whole-School Involvement: Participate in school-wide events and tasks, including transitions, family conferences, tutoring, and other activities as assigned by school leadership.

• Qualifications: 2+ years of teaching experience, preferably in urban education (preferred).
• State certification: (preferred).
• Strong communication skills: both written and verbal.
• Inclusive classroom culture: Ability to create an inclusive and positive classroom culture that emphasizes high expectations for all scholars.
• Professional growth: Commitment to professional growth through coaching, reflection, and collaborative work with colleagues.

Salary is competitive and commensurate with your experience. Democracy Prep employees are provided with a benefits package that includes medical, vision, and dental insurance, retirement, parental leave, a smartphone, and a laptop.

Democracy Prep is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.

Our mission is to educate responsible citizen-scholars who will change the world. We encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.