26-27 Enrichment Teacher: Music OR Cooking/Culinary OR Coding/Robotics OR STEM

About the role

Lead Teachers are the primary classroom leaders at DeKalb Brilliance Academy. They design and facilitate rigorous, culturally responsive instruction while helping refine the systems, curriculum, and culture of a growing founding school. Enrichment Teachers report to Assistant Principals and work in close collaboration with grade-level and content teams.

Responsibilities & duties (including but not limited to)

• Instructional Leadership
  • Facilitate rigorous, culturally responsive instruction across grades with adherence to the GA scope & sequence, aligning to the career-connected Project-Based Learning when possible.
  • Maintain an asset-based, growth-oriented mindset toward oneself and every member of the school community, using reflection and perseverance to drive student progress.
  • Collaborate with peers to plan units, analyze assessments and student work, and continuously improve instruction and curriculum.
• Community Collaboration
  • Enact school-wide efforts to ensure identity-affirming, supportive school culture for faculty and students.
  • Implement school-wide restorative approaches to build community, celebrate when our students and faculty excel, and respond/repair when our community values are not upheld.
  • Participate actively in professional learning, coaching, and school-wide initiatives.
• Other Duties
  • Fulfill additional responsibilities aligned with the needs of a growing founding school, as assigned.

Requirements

• Valid Georgia teaching certification required. In rare cases where candidates are hired without certification, willingness/eligibility to pursue a teaching certification is required.
• Minimum two years previous teaching experience is strongly preferred (preference given if in K-3 and/or inclusive of culturally-relevant project-based learning).
• All candidates must have a Bachelor's degree. Higher salaries are awarded to those with Masters degrees.
• Has demonstrated impact on the growth of students.
• All candidates are required to be able to meet the physical demands of the role (including standing and walking for extended periods of time and lifting heavy objects up to 40lbs).

Who Thrives At DeKalb Brilliance

• Purpose-driven: have deep reverence for the brilliance of our children and unwavering commitment to empowering our children to have impactful legacies in our communities.
• Community-minded: has ability work collaboratively with peers and manage up to improve the work of everyone around them.
• Emotionally intelligent: knows how to care for themselves, collaborate with others, use tools to regulate their emotions under stress, and approach difficult situations with others with empathy and compassion.
• Equity-minded: understand how specific behaviors, laws, and institutions limit the rights and freedoms of people and work with our community to take collective action to make our world fairer for everyone.
• Strong project and time managers: has ability to adapt and persevere to deliver consistent and timely results to reach our goals.
• This role is not for educators seeking comfort or predictability—it is for those who want to build something new, more just, and more powerful than what currently exists.

Benefits

• Competitive salary schedule (please make sure you are on the correct tab).
• Compensation is based on 194-day calendar, 180 instructional days & 14 professional development days.
• Paid sick and personal days.
• Competitively-priced medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance.
• Contributions to the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) in accordance with Georgia state law, as well as an additional, optional 403(b) retirement account.

Statement of Non-Discrimination

DeKalb Brilliance Academy is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying for employment. DeKalb Brilliance Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, handicap, age, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.