2Nd Grade Literacy Teacher

NOTICE: All Ingenuity Prep employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before their start date. All persons offered a position will be required to provide valid proof of vaccination prior to starting employment or must be approved for a medical or religious exemption.

Ingenuity Prep prepares students in Ward 8 to succeed in college and beyond as impactful civic leaders. Our innovative instructional model promotes small group learning for students, collaborative teaching teams, and robust coaching and professional development opportunities for teachers.

We are looking for elementary teachers who are deeply committed to our students, has a passion for early childhood and elementary instruction, and wants to be part of a dynamic classroom team to join our team for the 2023-2024 school year.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As a 2nd Grade Literacy Teacher, you will:

• Receive regular, individualized coaching from IP’s instructional leadership team to grow your practice.
• Utilize thecurriculum to provide students with rich content, and use Teach Like a Champion techniques to ensure that routines and transitions are quick and effective.
• Support students during breakfast and lunch.
• Work with your classroom team to create a joyful, efficient, learning-focused classroom that leads to exemplary student growth -- both academically and socio-emotionally.
• Collaborate with and support colleagues in the classroom and through weekly professional development opportunities.
• Lead literacy instruction for students, from planning to executing engaging and rigorous lessons
• Work with your team to analyze a range of summative and formative assessment data to thoughtfully adjust and differentiate instruction.
• Provide emotional constancy and support for your students -- and your colleagues.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Ingenuity Prep may be the right fit for you if:

• You will hold high expectations for yourself and your students.
• You are a reliable and committed teammate, who is willing to do what it takes to ensure your students are successful.
• You want to work in a feedback-rich culture, and are eager to grow your practice through individual coaching and professional development opportunities.
• You are flexible.
• You want to work closely with your peers in a collaborative teaching setting.
• You believe effective instruction is full of joy and rigor.
• You have some experience working with PreK - Elementary students.
• You have, ideally, certification to teach in D.C.

MORE ABOUT US

Ingenuity Prep offers among the strongest compensation and benefits packages of any public charter school in Washington, D.C. Our compensation and benefits package includes:

• A 100% Ingenuity Prep-paid cell phone plan. You can even bring your current number into our plan.
• An innovative compensation structure (salary and bonus) for instructional positions based on demonstrated effectiveness and retention.
• 100% of employee’s short and long-term disability and life insurance plans paid for by Ingenuity Prep.
• A 100% match -- up to 3% -- on your 401K retirement plan.
• 100% of medical and dental premiums for employees paid for by Ingenuity Prep, along with 100% of dependent premiums and 50% of spouse’s or domestic partner’s premiums.
• A minimum of two weeks maternity/paternity leave, up to 6 weeks, at 100% of pay (60% from IP and remaining pay from DC Paid Family Leave ) for all staff — regardless of gender.
• Highly competitive compensation for non-instructional positions.
• MacBook Air computer for professional and personal use

Salary: $63,000 - $78,678 (commensurate with 1-10 years of experience)

Ingenuity Prep does not make hiring decisions on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, age, disability, veteran status, religion, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $63,000.00 - $78,678.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Parental leave
• Life insurance
• Retirement plan
• Flexible spending account
• Referral program
• Employee discount
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Relocation assistance
• Health insurance
• Professional development assistance
• Employee assistance program
• Vision insurance

Grade levels:

• 2nd grade

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

School subjects:

• English
• Social Studies
• Reading

School type:

• Public school
• Charter school

Work Location: In person