2026-27 Teaching Fellow - Open Pool

About the role

Liberty STEAM Charter is assembling a World-Class Faculty & Staff to open its Primary Academy in Sumter, South Carolina. Teaching Fellows will co-teach alongside Lead Primary Teachers, supporting scholars in kindergarten and first grade through project-based, STEAM-centered learning. This is a full-time, in-person role on the founding team that will help establish a tuition-free, open-enrollment public charter school serving scholars from historically underserved backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Create a positive, achievement-oriented, and structured learning environment that excites and invests scholars
• Motivate scholars to meet high academic and behavioral standards
• Build a classroom community by engaging families in children’s academic success and development of REACH values (Respect, Enthusiasm, Achievement, Citizenship, and Hard work)
• Utilize data from Liberty STEAM Charter’s interim assessments to drive instruction and intervention
• Design and implement unit and lesson plans in collaboration with the grade or subject team
• Hold all scholars accountable during transitions, meals, trips, and school events
• Exemplify LSC’s core values in all interactions with scholars, families, and colleagues
• Collaborate with the Executive Director, Academy Director, and grade-level chairs to improve instructional, culture-building, and leadership skills
• Attend all professional development, team planning, and data analysis meetings
• Participate enthusiastically in structured and informal learning and development opportunities

Requirements

• Mastery of pedagogy and content knowledge demonstrated in a previous role
• Experience supporting low-level readers
• Strong instructional and classroom management skills
• High level of personal organization and planning
• Relationship builder with scholars, families, and colleagues
• Data-driven and results-oriented approach
• Culturally responsive pedagogy
• Ability to differentiate instruction
• Team player: maturity, humility, strong work ethic, follow-through, sense of humor, enthusiasm, and a “roll-up-my-sleeves” attitude
• Ability to juggle multiple tasks and initiatives at once
• Strong belief in the LSC mission and educational model, including a longer school day, longer school year, and personalized professional development

Core Mindsets

• Belief in and commitment to the mission and core values of LSC
• Growth mindset
• Self-reflective
• Passion for serving low-SES and minority scholars