K-5th Social Studies Teacher Pool - IDEA San Antonio Region

Job Overview

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All IDEA teachers ensure every student masters academic and social skills needed for college, embodying IDEA’s values daily. Teachers set ambitious goals, invest students and families, create a powerful learning environment, plan rigorous instruction, assess mastery, track progress, analyze data, adjust instruction, and seek excellence as educators and team members.

Compensation

• Starting salary for 0 years of experience: $59,500.
• Stipends 500–4,000 based on certifications, credentials, campus leadership.
• Additional performance‑based compensation.
• Hourly compensation for after‑school tutoring or Saturday school as assigned.

Other Benefits

• Paid Family Leave up to 8 weeks for birth or adoption.
• Tuition reimbursement up to 50% of qualifying tuition, max $5,250 per year.
• Employer‑paid mental/behavioral health: 5 face‑to‑face sessions/year, unlimited 24/7 telephonic counseling.

Additional benefits: dental, vision, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending, vacation, referral bonuses, professional development, 403(b) plan. IDEA may offer relocation allowance for this role.

• High proficiency in content area (certification, field of study, or work experience).
• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four‑year institution (required).
• Experience in a K‑12 classroom setting (strongly preferred).
• State certification preferred but not required.

• Knowledge of core academic subject assigned and ability to pass an IDEA content assessment.
• Knowledge of curriculum and instruction.
• Ability to instruct students and manage student behavior.
• Strong organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environment.

• Implement state learning standards and IDEA curricula and assessments to meet ambitious academic expectations.
• Learn, master, and deliver relevant content, grade‑level curriculum, core content objectives and texts.
• Submit weekly lesson plans two weeks in advance for feedback.
• Use formal and informal assessments to track each student’s progress and learning needs, adjust lesson plans accordingly and update gradebook weekly.
• Communicate student progress with student and family on a weekly basis.
• Facilitate and use technology as a communication and educational tool to improve student achievement and manage work related tasks.
• Implement a clear and consistent behavior management system that aligns to campus‑wide initiatives while developing students’ character and sense of community in the classroom.
• Help shape and develop a school‑wide culture that fosters a productive and enthusiastic learning environment for each student.
• Establish and maintain a cooperative working relationship with students and families based on trust, understanding and respect for the communities in which they identify.
• Host necessary tutoring sessions to meet all students’ needs.
• Participate in weekly manager check‑ins, grade‑level meetings, before and after‑school duties, and school wide meetings and functions.
• Engage in summer and year‑long district, school and personal learning and development.
• Spend a minimum of 40+ hours at school per week.
• Additional responsibilities may include after‑school tutoring or Saturday school based on the needs of scholars.

Team members who embody the following values and characteristics:

• Believes and is committed to our mission and is an agent of change: all students can achieve college success.
• Demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them.
• Propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly.
• Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes.
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high‑growth environment; comfortable with ambiguity and change.
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels.
• Works through silos and forges strong…