College Readiness Freshman Seminar Teacher

SCHOOL YEAR ROLE WHAT YOU’LL DO

Teachers are entrusted with advancing the mission of Tulsa Honor Academy through the execution of a standards‑aligned curriculum and continuous improvement of their instructional practices based on feedback and support.

• Develop a palpably positive classroom and school climate with frequent and authentic instances of shared smiling, laughter and enthusiasm where joy is deeply rooted in achievement, the content, and team/individual successes.
• Believe that scholar actions and mindsets stem from teacher actions and mindsets.
• Back‑to‑basics, liberal arts school:
  • Develop a strong skill foundation.
  • Ensure all scholars complete the cognitive work during the lesson such as reading, writing, discussion, analysis, meaning‑making, computation, and problem‑solving.
  • Display that you value risk‑taking, especially when the work is challenging. Expect all scholars to attempt all work, take academic risks, and learn from their mistakes.
• Structure driven school:
  • Sweat the small stuff.
  • Believe scholars want and need to be held to a higher standard and that they are capable of making good choices.
  • Teach and enforce school‑wide systems, rules and consequences, disciplinary codes, and rewards at all times.
  • Know that warm and strict are not opposites.
• Team, team, team:
  • Value parents as our partners.
  • Model what we expect because adults drive culture.
  • Believe in a all‑hands‑on‑deck mentality.
• Constant Improvement:
  • Gain energy from the feedback cycle, not lose it.
  • Use feedback to make productive changes in performance.
• Diversity and Equity:
  • Ensure our community is an inclusive and safe place.
• People, paper, college:
  • Execute rigorous instructional materials.
  • Support teammates, families, and scholars.
  • Do whatever it takes to ensure our scholars go to and graduate from college.

• Classroom Culture: ensure scholars are full participants in a structured, productive, and safe learning environment. Teachers do this through participation, internalization of class/school culture systems, consistent routines, engaging in meaningful work, celebration of character values, and a belief that one can be both warm and strict.
• Ambitious Content: ensure that scholars work with content that will best develop their understanding of ideas and skills essential to the course. Teachers do this by backwards planning, clearly communicating objectives, executing rigorous course materials, assisting scholars in making meaningful connections, and frequently utilizing formal and informal data to ensure mastery.
• Ownership and Engagement: ensure scholars are deeply engaged in the work. THA knows scholars are deeply engaged when they synthesize diverse information, consistently complete the cognitive work during the lesson, build upon peers’ thinking, receive feedback from teacher and peers, take academic risks, and provide meaningful oral or written evidence to support their thinking.
• Demonstration of Learning: ensure that scholars are able to demonstrate their learning, including mastery of rigorous course goals. To do this, teachers must know the status of each scholar’s progress towards an objective, use formal and informal assessments, have scholars monitor their own progress, and keep them on track to achieve or surpass rigorous course learning goals.
• Commitment to Excellence: display a commitment to the team and improving craft. Teachers do this through collaborative relationships, remaining engaged, demonstrating ownership for shared culture, remaining solutions‑oriented, and embodying THA’s commitment to continual improvement. Teachers receive regular observations and coaching from an Assistant Principal of Instruction or Principal.

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• State certification preferred.

• Prior teaching experience in a school serving a similar population to THA’s is preferred.
• Charter school experience is preferred.

• THA's teacher salary schedule starts at $44,000. For standard certified teachers, THA's teacher salary schedule starts at $47,000. Salary is commensurate with full‑time, K‑12 teaching experience in accredited schools. THA’s compensation includes a comprehensive benefits package. To review THA's teacher salary schedule and learn more about THA’s benefits, visit tulsahonor.org/careers.

• Reports to and is held accountable by the school’s Principal.
• Follows THA’s Academic Calendar.
• Full‑time, exempt.