Middle School English Language Arts Teacher

About the role

Tulsa Honor Academy (THA) is a school dedicated to providing a high-quality, college preparatory education to all scholars, regardless of background. Founded in 2015 with 92 fifth grade scholars, THA aims to serve over 1,400 scholars in grades 5-12 across three schools in the 2026-2027 academic year.

Core Values

• Equity at Our Core
• Committed to Community
• Pursuit of Excellence
• Real Change Now
• We Choose Courage

What You’ll Do

Teachers at THA are responsible for advancing the school's mission by implementing a standards-aligned curriculum and continuously improving their instructional practices based on feedback and support.

Core Commitments

• Hard, but joyful for both kids and adults
• Develop a palpably positive classroom and school climate
• Back-to-basics, liberal arts school
• Ensure all scholars complete the cognitive work during the lesson
• Structure driven school
• Warm and strict are not opposites
• Diversity and Equity

Core Responsibilities

Classroom Culture

• A Teacher ensures scholars are full participants in a structured, productive and safe learning environment.
• Participation, internalization of class/school culture systems, consistent routines, engaging in meaningful work, celebration of character values, belief that one can be both warm and strict.

Ambitious Content

• A Teacher ensures that scholars work with content that will best develop their understanding of ideas and skills essential to the course.
• Backwards planning, clearly communicating objectives, executing rigorous course materials, assisting scholars in making meaningful connections, utilizing formal and informal data to ensure mastery.

Ownership and Engagement

• A Teacher must ensure scholars are deeply engaged in the work.
• THA knows scholars are deeply engaged when they synthesize diverse information/perspectives/view points, consistently complete the cognitive work during the lesson, build upon peers’ thinking, receive feedback from teacher and peers, take academic risks and provide meaningful oral or written evidence to support their thinking.

Demonstration of Learning

• A Teacher ensures that scholars are able to demonstrate their learning, including the mastery of rigorous course goals.
• Knowing the status of each scholar’s progress towards an objective, scholars displaying deep understanding through use of formal and informal assessments, scholars monitoring their own progress, ensuring scholars are on track to achieve or surpass rigorous course learning goals.

Commitment to Excellence

• A Teacher at THA must display a commitment to their team and improving their craft.
• Collaborative relationships, remaining engaged, demonstrating ownership for shared culture, remaining solutions-oriented, embodying THA’s commitment to continual improvement.

Qualifications/Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree required
• State certification preferred
• Prior teaching experience in a school serving a similar population to THA’s is preferred
• Charter school experience is preferred

Compensation And Benefits

• THA's teacher salary schedule starts at $44,000 for standard certified teachers and $47,000 for new hires.
• Salary is commensurate with full-time, K-12 teaching experience in accredited schools.
• Comprehensive benefits package includes health insurance, retirement plans, and professional development opportunities.

The Role

The role reports to and is held accountable by the school’s Principal. The position is full-time, exempt, and follows THA’s Academic Calendar.