3rd-5th Lead Teacher

Lead Teacher, K‑5th – 2026‑27 School Year

Compass Collegiate Academy is accepting applications for K‑5th Lead Teachers for the 2026‑27 School Year.

Compass Collegiate Academy provides every scholar with the academic foundation and strong habits that inspire and cultivate lifelong learners who lead purposeful, civic lives.

Compass Collegiate Academy strives to create a diverse, inclusive, and anti‑racist community. People from historically underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

• All Means All – The school will operate with a non‑negotiable belief in the potential of every child. Every adult employed at the school will operate with a daily mindset that every scholar can achieve at high levels irrespective of a scholar’s family income, disability, language proficiency or prior developmental experience.
• Rigorous Curriculum – The school’s rigorous curriculum and academic program is designed to assist scholars to acquire a foundation of knowledge and advanced literacy skills in the early grades that will prepare scholars to undertake higher order analysis, evaluation, and critical thinking skills in later grades.
• An Intentional Commitment to Scholar Social and Emotional Growth – Preparing scholars for successful secondary and postsecondary pursuits involves growing both sharp minds and big hearts…
• High‑quality Staff – The school will have a robust hiring and development model based on some of the nation's best public schools to ensure a high‑quality teaching and learning environment for scholars…
• Personalized Learning through Data‑Driven Instruction – Through a continuous cycle of assessment, analysis, and action, the school will identify personalized needs to close academic gaps while also differentiating instruction for scholars with more advanced achievement.
• Parental Involvement and Intentional Community – The school values families as partners…

Lead Teachers will be part of a hardworking team to help grow Charleston’s newest open enrollment public charter school serving all scholars. They are responsible for achieving the school’s mission through leading joyful classrooms that are academically rigorous, intensely focused on literacy skill development for all scholars, and intentional about daily scholar social and emotional growth. The teacher will report to a member of the academic leadership team and contribute to creating the school’s achievement‑oriented culture.

• Develop weekly lesson plans and instructional materials that are informed by data. Adapt plans and materials as necessary to ensure that every scholar experiences a high‑quality curriculum.
• Utilize effective teaching strategies to deliver whole‑class, individualized and small‑group instruction.
• Lead a daily classroom‑based social and emotional learning (SEL) program and link SEL lessons to the academic program.
• Collaborate regularly with classroom co‑teachers and school staff to provide effective instruction to all scholars.
• Identify, record, reflect on scholar needs and participate regularly in professional development to assess, plan, monitor, and implement methods to solve scholar learning challenges.
• Communicate regularly with parents to support scholar learning needs.
• Be accountable for scholars’ mastery of academic standards.
• Develop expertise with the school’s literacy program, including the STEP Assessment.

• Establish and maintain high standards of scholar behavior needed to achieve an optimal learning classroom environment.
• Input, review, and use CCA’s school wide data system for tracking scholar behavior.
• Provide a functional and attractive classroom learning environment with teaching aides and materials aligned to the curriculum.
• Collaborate with classroom co‑teachers and school staff to provide effective behavior interventions and supports to all scholars.

• Participate cooperatively in CCA’s assessment system and data platforms to monitor scholar learning and progression.
• Develop classroom‑based formative assessments as necessary to check for scholar progress and mastery.
• Advance professional knowledge of CCA data systems, data…