Middle School Science Teacher 2025-2026 NC East
Middle School Science Teacher 2025-2026 NC East
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$ 54651 - 97211
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Job Description
The School
Nashville Classical East opened in July 2013 with one grade Kindergarten. Since then the school has grown to enroll 550 scholars in Grades K8 and become the citys most popular elementary school enrolling families from 26 unique Zip Codes.
In the past five years our school has been
- Named the citys best nonprofit by the Nashville Business Journal
- Named a Tennessee Reward School by the TN Department of Education
- Achieved top 5 growth in the state in both Math and ELA
- Awarded 3 Blue Ribbon Awards for Teaching Excellence: Most in the city!
- Profiled in The Tennessean Newsweek and in Doug Lemovs recent books Teach Like A Champion 3.0 and Reconnect.
Read more in our annual report here.
The Position
Nashville Classical East seeks educators who are committed to working hard having fun and making history. Our team educates a diverse community through a joyful rigorous curriculum and within a structured intentional culture building a foundation of knowledge and habits for high school college and life.
Our teachers:
- Internalize and execute common curricula including unit plans lesson plans and materials.
- Build achievementoriented cultures during key moments like morning motivation lunch recess and closing circle.
- Implement schoolwide systems for scholar culture.
- Communicate regularly with families and attend quarterly events in the evenings such as Report Card Conferences Cultural Heritage Nights etc.
- Engage in ongoing professional development including once weekly until 4:30pm.
- Commit to teaching a daily schedule from 7:17am 3:37pm.
- Commit to attending 3 weeks of summer professional development starting in July 2025.
- Do whatever it takes to achieve the mission of Nashville Classical.
The Qualifications
The ideal candidate possesses:
- Valid Tennessee teaching license with the appropriate endorsement or a clear pathway toward Tennessee state certification
- Bachelors degree
- Fulltime teaching experience in a school setting
- Experience and demonstrated success teaching in a highperforming school serving a culturally and socioeconomically diverse school community is highly preferred
The Compensation
Nashville Classical pays 5 above our local school district. For teachers base 2526 salaries range from $54651 $97211. Teachers can select from three generous medical plans and are eligible for full state retirement benefits. This position will follow a 10month schedule.
We also offer yearly stipends for teacherleader roles extracurricular clubs coaching and additional roles. We offer all employees a Macbook computer all necessary classroom supplies and a $500 discretionary budget for classroom purchases.
The Competencies
The ideal candidate is:
- Adaptable
- Attentive to Detail
- Enthusiastic
- Proactive
- An eager listener
- Open to feedback
- Committed to building a diverse community
The Outcomes
Our ideal candidate for this position would be invested in achieving the following outcomes in the next school year:
- Support the effort to increase the percentage of scholars scoring in the 50th percentile or higher on our benchmark assessment AimsWeb which is a nationally normed assessment.
AND
- Increase the number of scholars scoring on track or mastered on TCAP in 38 Math and ELA and 68 Science and Social Studies by:
b. Utilize datadriven instruction to target and close academic gaps.
c. Participating in regular observation feedback cycles with your coach to strengthen instruction.
- Partner with families to ensure the percentage of chronically absent scholars decreases from previous school years by:
b. Communicating regularly with families about academic progress and any potential impacts of attendance.
As an equal opportunity employer we hire without consideration to race religion creed color national origin age gender sexual orientation marital status veteran status or disability.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
