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)

Competencies

• Unwavering commitment to KIPP Texas'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

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.