Middle School Science Teacher Founding | ECPA

Position Title
:
Middle School Science Teacher - Founding Years

Location
:
New Haven, CT

Reports To
:
School Principal

Employment Type
:
Full-time, Exempt

Start Date
: SY26-27 (Post July 1, August Onboarding)

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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About the Opportunity

ECPA is entering a pivotal Founding Years chapter. With our inaugural year underway and our expansion into 7th grade ahead, we are seeking a mission‑driven educator who can teach with excellence while helping strengthen the culture, systems, and academic model that will carry us to full scale as a 5–8 middle school for young men.

As a Founding Years Teacher, you will build a joyful, rigorous classroom where young men are seen, known, and challenged. You will help refine school wide routines, deepen our identity‑affirming practices, and contribute to the structures that ensure consistency and belonging as the school grows.

You will join a team that holds a high bar for instruction, believes deeply in the brilliance of our students, and is committed to creating a school where young men experience both high expectations and deep care. Your work will shape not only your classroom, but the next stage of ECPA’s development as we grow grade by grade.

This opportunity is ideal for educators who thrive in early‑stage environments, bring steadiness and creativity, and want to make a lasting impact on the lives of young men in New Haven.

Key Responsibilities of the Role

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

• Plan rigorous science learning by intellectually preparing standards‑aligned, phenomenon‑based lessons that reflect ECPA’s deeper‑learning approach and build students’ scientific thinking.
• Deliver high‑quality instruction that develops core disciplinary skills—modeling, analyzing data, constructing explanations, and engaging in scientific argumentation.
• Build strong, affirming relationships that create a classroom where young men feel safe taking intellectual risks, asking questions, and exploring scientific ideas.
• Integrate culturally relevant and responsive practices to make science meaningful, identity‑affirming, and connected to students’ lived experiences and communities.
• Use data and ongoing assessment (exit tickets, lab checks, student discourse, formative tasks) to differentiate instruction and ensure every learner is known and supported.

• Establish a structured, joyful classroom grounded in mutual respect, high expectations, and consistent routines that support productive scientific discourse and collaboration.
• Model and reinforce ECPA’s values to help boys grow as scholars, leaders, and responsible young men—both in the lab and beyond.
• Partner with families to build trust, share progress, and ensure shared ownership of student growth.
• Contribute to school life by supporting events, leading a club or enrichment experience (STEM‑related or otherwise), and helping build emerging traditions that strengthen community.

• Engage in weekly professional learning
  , including coaching, co‑planning, department work, and grade‑level collaboration focused on strong science instruction and deeper learning.
• Collaborate with colleagues to build a positive, high‑performing adult culture centered on continuous improvement and shared…