Job Description

As a KIPP Texas Teaching Fellow, your core responsibilities include

• In partnership with a mentor teacher, develop and deliver academically rigorous lessons; create rubrics and assessments
• Plan and supervise purposeful special projects
• Assess individual student’s progress and learning needs; demonstrate a relentless focus on helping students achieve
• Offer/receive constructive feedback in order to create a professional atmosphere that is conducive to continuous development
• 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 families on a weekly basis

Qualifications

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience working with students/children in an educational setting (after school program, student teaching, etc.)
• Demonstrate measurable success in previous experiences related to education or working with students
• Experience teaching underserved students (preferred)Desire to become a KIPP Austin middle school teacher

Competencies

• Unwavering commitment to KIPP Austin’s mission, students, families, and community
• Strong record of helping students achieve academic success, primarily with minority and low-income students
• 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 Austin students

Additional Information

Compensation and Benefits:

In addition to a competitive salary scale, a part of KIPP Texas’ competitive benefits options, KIPP offers all employees an $0 HMO plan for the employee only. In addition to our $0 plan, KIPP provides a $600 employer contribution towards a Health Savings Account and a variety of other supplemental benefits such as Dental, Vision, Short and Long-Term Disability, Pet Insurance, Life, etc.