History Teacher

Overview

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Our founding team came together to start CSH because we believe that students in the Bronx can and will join the next generation of entrepreneurs, tech leaders, and Bronx success stories. We wanted to build a new kind of high school--a high school that truly prepares kids for their lives after graduation. We also wanted to build a community of adults with strong connections to each other, to kids and families, and to the Bronx community.

We are looking for inspiring, talented, visionary educators to join our amazing team and help us continue to build one of the city’s best and most innovative high schools.

Our mission is to give every student a path to economic freedom. We also want to educate our students to be ethical, confident, thoughtful, affirmed, and reflective. But, above all else, our mission is to ensure that every student has a path to the national household median income by the age of 25.

At CSH, we value diverse views and ideas. But we believe that every adult in our community needs to share a core set of values and beliefs in order to give our students and families the school they deserve.

Vision for the
History Teacher role:

Our History Teacher will ensure our students develop a complex understanding of American History and its continued relevance to the world we live in today. A successful history classroom not just teaches the past but also the ability to analyze multiple perspectives and wrestle with cognitive dissonance before coming to their own conclusions. Students will not just learn how to develop historically defensible claims but also articulate complex arguments with an awareness of who will and will not agree with them.

Successfully done, this allows students to learn to apply Social Science tools to understand the world around them in the long run. In the short run, this will allow students to achieve excellent exam results on the Regents US History exam and, if applicable, the AP US History exam in tenth grade--not just passing but a score that demonstrates a deep understanding and true mastery of the subject matter.

This requires the teacher to have both a deep understanding of the narrative of US History and comfort with scaffolding both up and down to meet students where they are in their development.

Job Description
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Our History Teacher needs to be an excellent classroom teacher and have a passion for curriculum design. The History Teacher will:

• Work with the Department Chair to develop a program that delivers excellent results, teaches students to analyze events from social, economic, and political perspectives, and shows students the connections between American History and contemporary society;
• Teach four sections of class, leveraging both class time and prep opportunities like Mock Exams and Saturday prep to ensure that 90%+ of students are on track to pass the American History Regents Exam;
• Build strong relationships with students, families, and the Bronx community;
• Lead an advisory, supporting and mentoring 10-15 students and building close relationships with their families;
• Collaborate with faculty, students, and parents to build an innovative, exciting, and effective school model that achieves our mission and impacts education reform nationwide.

Teachers’ hours will be 8:15-4:30 daily, with the student academic day running from 9:00-1:00 on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and 9:00-4:15 on other days. Teachers may elect to lead an after-school extra-curricular club or coach a sport for an additional stipend. In the summer of the upcoming school year new teacher PD will begin around August 15th, and the school year will begin in late August.

Salary: $73,000 - $120,000. We offer very competitive benefits, commensurate with experience, and great opportunities for professional and career development.

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