Government & Economics Teacher

About Innovation Charter High School

At Innovation Charter High School, we believe schools can be places where young people are deeply known, challenged, and prepared to shape their futures, and where educators do some of the most meaningful work of their careers. We are a mission-driven public charter high school in New York City serving students with ambition, care, and urgency. Our team is fiercely committed to improving student outcomes and continuously strengthening the school we are building together.

This is a place for educators who believe:

• Feedback is essential to growth, for students and adults
• Curiosity is a driver of strong teaching and learning
• Great schools are built through reflection, collaboration, and persistence
• Students thrive when adults hold high expectations and provide deep support
• Supporting one another as a community and showing up as strong team players matters just as much as individual excellence

We are not interested in maintaining the status quo. We are actively working to create new ways of supporting students and new ways of working together as colleagues. That takes humility, experimentation, resilience, and heart. Our staff cares deeply. We challenge one another. We learn in public. We keep improving. If you are energized by joining a dedicated team that is building toward something better, for students and for each other, we'd love to meet you.

We are seeking a NYS-certified Government & Economics Teacher who is passionate about helping high school students understand the systems, institutions, and economic forces that shape their communities, their country, and the world around them. This educator will design and deliver rigorous, engaging instruction in Government and Economics, helping students develop the knowledge and skills necessary to become informed citizens, critical thinkers, thoughtful decision-makers, and active participants in their communities.

The Government & Economics Teacher will create inclusive, inquiry-driven learning experiences that challenge students to examine multiple perspectives, analyze primary and secondary sources, evaluate evidence, understand economic concepts, and make connections between classroom learning and contemporary civic and economic issues.

• Plan, teach, and assess Government and Economics courses aligned with New York State Learning Standards and school wide instructional expectations.
• Develop engaging lessons that connect foundational concepts in government, civics, economics, and public policy to real-world issues and students' lived experiences.
• Teach students about the structure and functions of government, constitutional principles, civic participation, public policy, individual rights and responsibilities, and the role of citizens in a democracy.
• Develop students' understanding of foundational economic concepts, including scarcity, supply and demand, markets, incentives, economic systems, fiscal and monetary policy, labor, and the role of government in the economy.
• Use inquiry-based instruction, discussion, debate, simulations, case studies, research, and project-based learning to deepen student understanding.
• Incorporate primary and secondary sources, data, charts, economic indicators, and contemporary issues to help students connect course content to the world around them.
• Maintain high academic expectations while providing students with the structure and support necessary to succeed.

• Help students analyze civic, political, social, and economic issues from multiple perspectives and develop well-reasoned, evidence-based conclusions.
• Strengthen students' ability to evaluate the credibility, reliability, and perspective of information and sources.
• Develop students' skills in argumentation, discussion, research, writing, and evidence-based reasoning.
• Create opportunities for students to explore civic participation, advocacy, community engagement, and responsible decision-making.
• Encourage respectful discourse around complex and sometimes competing viewpoints while maintaining a classroom environment grounded in curiosity and intellectual openness.
• Help students understand how government policies and economic decisions affect individuals, families, communities, businesses, and society.
• Build students' confidence in expressing their ideas, asking meaningful questions, and participating constructively in civic and academic…