Job Description
LEAD TEACHER
KIPP MA is looking for talented, committed, and culturally competent lead teachers who have the power to amplify our children’s potential by creating a school experience that affirms, values, and challenges students each day. We seek to create a professional and authentic environment of joy, excellence, care, and community where educators can make long-term transformative outcomes for students.
EDUCATORS AT KIPP MA --
- Are committed to anti-racism and inclusion
- Are part of a close-knit, diverse community of educators and leaders
- Show up authentically, inspiring our children to do the same
- Access resources, workshops, and affinity spaces that support physical, emotional, and financial well-being
- Lead with empathy, rigor, and truth and take ownership of our children’s learning and growth
- Constantly evolve their craft through 1:1 coaching and high quality professional development
- Have access to leadership pathways and opportunities to grow their career
- Enjoy a competitive, equitable, predictable approach to compensation, comprehensive health benefits for employees and their families, and free access to financial services
- Commit to supporting our students during our calendar year and resting and renewing during holiday and school breaks
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
CLASSROOM RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure that all children feel affirmed, valued, and challenged every day
- Create and foster a positive and safe learning environment
- Create and internalize rigorous and engaging unit and daily lesson plans leveraging provided curricula/resources
- May be asked to create and internalize academically aligned lesson plans, unit plans, rubrics, and assessments
- Set specific, ambitious growth goals for all students and identify and leverage all necessary resources to ensure they meet them
- Use best practices, including differentiation, to execute engaging instruction at a level rigorous for all students
- Infuse core values into daily lessons and every school practice, implementing school-wide student culture systems and positive classroom management strategies
- Regularly analyze student work and academic data to modify lessons, refine curricula, and inform instructional practice
- Maintain accurate student grades/records and strong lines of communication with students and families regularly regarding students’ growth and progress
SCHOOL AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Participate in school-wide and individual professional development, including pre-service training over the summer and weekly during the academic year
- Take ownership for the development of your craft and seek feedback from your coach (meet 1x/1-2 weeks with coach, implement feedback, engage in co-planning and active practices, participate in live coaching, etc.)
- Perform necessary support duties including (but not limited to) coverage, bus, lunch, and dismissal duties
- Develop strong relationships with families through participating in school events and consistent phone calls home
- Be willing to offer support and receive constructive feedback from colleagues in order to create a professional working atmosphere that is conducive to accountability, change, and improvement
- Collaborate with grade level and content teams to tackle common challenges and implement grade-wide systems, sharing responsibility for all students
- Dependable attendance according to our school calendar
REGIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Embody KIPP MA’s Code of Conduct by acting with integrity, leading with humanity, centering self-awareness and critical consciousness, taking personal responsibility, and engaging productively
- Obtain required MTEL and SEI endorsements with financial support from KIPP MA within the first year of employment
- Participate and engage in regional professional development and community events as required
_KIPP MA teachers are supported in their demanding work by experienced and dedicated leadership and staff who have themselves proven successful in the teaching role. Our leaders maintain consistent school-wide systems and procedures - academic, behavioral, cultural, logistical - designed to permit teachers to do their best work. _
In addition to the responsibilities listed above, there will occasionally be other duties as assigned that teachers will engage in to help promote a positive and calm learning environment and culture.