High School ELA Teacher

[] High School Ela Teacher

The high school ELA teacher delivers rigorous, engaging instruction that strengthens students' reading, writing, and critical-thinking skills while cultivating a classroom culture where all students feel affirmed, supported, and challenged. This teacher brings deep content knowledge in English language arts and consistently demonstrates strong classroom management, ensuring a focused, safe, and productive learning environment. They analyze student work to inform instruction, communicate regularly with families, collaborate with colleagues, engage in coaching and professional development, and uphold all KPPS culture systems and core values.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensuring that all children feel affirmed, valued, and challenged every day
• Creating rigorous, engaging unit and daily lesson plans leveraging provided curricula/resources
• Infusing core values into daily lessons and every school practice, implementing school-wide student culture systems and positive classroom management strategies
• Maintaining a productive, organized, safe, neat, and focused learning environment
• Regularly analyzing student work and academic data to adjust lessons, refine curricula, and inform instructional practices
• Providing necessary accommodations and modifications for growth and success of all students
• Maintaining accurate student grades/records and strong lines of communication with families regarding students' growth and progress
• Modeling and implementing all school policies within the classroom
• Serving as a role model for students

Professional responsibilities include:

• Taking ownership for the development of your craft
• Actively engaging in all school-wide professional development
• Serving as a positive, contributing member of a grade team, collaborating with colleagues to tackle common challenges and implement grade-wide
• Sharing candid, solutions-oriented feedback with peers and school leadership on a regular basis
• Embodiment of KPPS core values: children first, cultural competence, ownership, community
• Enrolling in/completing a teacher certification program (if applicable)

School responsibilities include:

• Attending designated school functions outside of school hours
• Contributing to the planning and execution of all school-wide events
• Developing strong relationships with the families of students through home visits, participation in school events, and phone calls home
• Performing necessary support duties including (but not limited to) bus, lunch, and dismissal duties
• Chaperoning field lessons/field trips
• Additional responsibilities may arise during the school year

Qualifications include:

• 2+ years of full-time ELA teaching experience (outside of substitute teaching) in an urban setting strongly preferred
• Bachelor's degree required
• Pennsylvania state certification level I or II strongly preferred. If uncertified, must enroll in a PA-approved certification program within one year of hire
• Complete all required criminal and child abuse background checks prior to start date

Compensation:

• The salary range for this position is commensurate upon experience and certification status
• Teacher salaries at KPPS are equitable and transparent
• All full-time team members at KPPS enjoy a comprehensive health benefits package
• Uncertified teachers have access to $5,000 in tuition reimbursement to pursue certification at a Pennsylvania-approved certification program