Science Teacher

About the role

Rocketship Public Schools is a network of public elementary charter schools dedicated to achieving high student achievement, developing exceptional educators, and partnering with parents to enable high-quality public schools in underserved communities.

Responsibilities

• Build a classroom culture of excellence and deliver rigorous instruction by building content expertise in science that is captured in units of study and daily plans.
• Engage in cycles of data-driven instruction to inform unit and daily planning and personalize instruction to student needs.
• Collaborate with Humanities and/or STEM teachers to align with thematic units of study.
• Collaborate with special education staff so students identified as needing extra support are meaningfully included.
• Partner with all students and families through frequent communication, building trusting relationships, and embracing the knowledge parents have as their child's first teacher.
• Design and execute two science-themed community meetings.
• Engage with families on academic and behavioral goals and transparently share student progress so that both parents and teachers own each child's successes and challenges.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree along with science experience, Valid teacher's credential for state where you are teaching, in the process of receiving one, or ability to transfer an out-of-state credential to current state.
• Preferred: At least one year of full time teaching experience (not including student or substitute teaching).
• Academic or professional experience in subject area.
• Bilingual desired but not required.

Benefits

Commensurate with qualifications and experience, plus excellent health and wellness benefits, 403b retirement plan, flexible spending account (FSA), and generous paid time off.

Pay

$56,000 - $70,394 a year

Schedule

N/A