Job Description

Every member of the Team & Family at KIPP Texas Public Schools plays a critical role in ensuring our students have the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose - college, career and beyond. Our educators are passionate advocates for their students and their families, working tirelessly to ensure that our students have access to opportunity. In our classrooms and across the KIPP family we embrace, honor and celebrate our differences across several characteristics that construct our unique identities in our little and big KIPPsters. We are especially committed to attracting and developing individuals who share the life experiences of our students because we believe the best work we do is grounded in the realities and experiences of our families and KIPPsters.

_ The Opportunity_

KIPP Texas's Building Substitute teachers are responsible for partnering with the classroom teacher to ensure that every KIPP Texas student achieves the academic skills, intellectual habits and character traits necessary to succeed in the nation’s top colleges and universities. Substitute Teachers will also consistently reinforce the importance of character building by helping students to exhibit strong decision-making capabilities, personal responsibility and healthy interpersonal relationships. Ideal Building Substitute Teachers will also seek to be part of the community, embrace the culture displayed at KIPP Texas, and engage in the organization’s mission. These duties provide excellent training, preparation and practice for teaching at KIPP Texas.

As a KIPP Texas Public Schools Building Substitute, your core responsibilities include

• Execute academically rigorous lessons; following rubrics and administering assessments.
• Implement classroom management practices that are consistent with the culture of the school
• Develop an awareness of individual student’s progress and learning needs; relentless focus on helping students achieve educational greatness
• Willing to offer support to and receive constructive feedback from teachers and administration in order to create a professional working atmosphere that is conducive to change and improvement
• Help shape and develop a school-wide atmosphere that best suits the needs of our students, teachers, and families
• Communicate students’ progress toward realizing academic and character development goals with teachers.

Qualifications

_ Skills and Qualifications_

• Bachelor's degree (preferred)
• 48+ College Credit hours or completion of a Para test, provided by HR) (required)
• Experience working with students/children in an educational setting (after school program, student teaching, etc.)
• Experience teaching students from educationally underserved communities (preferred)
• Experience working with English Language Learners (preferred)

_ Competencies_

• Unwavering commitment to KIPP Texas’s mission, students, families, and community
• Strong record of helping students achieve academic success, primarily with students in educationally underserved communities
• Strong desire to teach an academically intense curriculum and commit to an extended school day, week, and year
• Desire to continuously learn and increase effectiveness as a teacher and professional; offer and receive constructive feedback
• Willingness to be flexible and to go above and beyond to meet the needs of KIPP Texas students

Additional Information

Compensation

As a full time KIPP Texas employee you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Texas’ benefit plans. KIPP Texas offers a robust variety of benefits choices with competitive rates, including medical, dental, and vision options, as well as life insurance and disability plans.

KIPP provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.