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About the role

KIPP Academy Lynn Charter School is seeking a Lead Teacher to join our dynamic team. This role involves serving as a lead or co-lead in a classroom, fostering a positive and safe learning environment, and driving student growth and achievement.

Responsibilities

• Classroom Responsibilities:
  • Serve as a lead or co-lead in a classroom (or classrooms)
  • Ensure all children are affirmed, valued, and challenged every day
  • Foster a positive and safe learning environment
  • Prepare and internalize rigorous and engaging unit and daily lessons
  • Set specific, ambitious growth goals with all students
  • Innovate on best practices to execute engaging, differentiated instruction
  • Implement aligned school-wide or grade-level student culture systems and proactive classroom management strategies
  • Regularly analyze student work and academic data to modify lessons, refine curricula, and inform instructional practice
  • Maintain accurate, up-to-date student grades/records and initiate strong lines of communication with students and their families
• School and Professional Responsibilities:
  • Obtain required MTEL and SEI endorsements with financial support from KIPP MA within the first year of employment
  • Participate in school-wide and individual professional development
  • Take ownership for the development of your craft seeking and implementing feedback from your coach and collaborating with teammates
  • Perform assigned duties including classroom coverage, bus, lunch, transition, and dismissal duties
  • Develop strong relationships with families through participation in school events and consistent communication
  • Be willing to offer support and receive constructive feedback from colleagues
  • Collaborate with grade level and content teams to tackle common challenges and implement grade-wide systems
  • Dependable attendance according to our school calendar

Requirements and Responsibilities

• Embody KIPP MA’s Code of Conduct
• Participate and engage in regional professional development and community events
• Demonstrated ability to collect and interpret data, evaluate, reason, define problems, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and make reasonable judgments and decisions in a timely manner
• Self-awareness, flexibility, and emotional intelligence to navigate diverse student needs
• Effective communication skills to perform assigned duties and exchange information
• Physical mobility and strength to execute duties effectively
• Manual dexterity to perform repetitive hand/wrist/arm motions and operate a computer

Qualifications

• Deep alignment with KIPP MA’s mission and values
• Demonstrated ability to drive student growth and achievement
• Passion for subject/content area and commitment to professional learning
• 2+ years of full-time teaching experience
• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Pass Criminal Background Check

Benefits

The role includes a $1,000 signing bonus and an annual $2,000 retention bonus in subsequent years, as well as other bonuses, when eligible. This role follows our School Year calendar. For more information, please visit this link HERE.