Middle School English Language Arts Teacher 2025-2026

Who Are We

At STRIVE Collegiate Academy our mission is to prepare middle school students for success in high school college and career. We will achieve this by empowering each student with a literacybased curriculum aligned across all content areas in a culture that encourages leadership virtue and excellence as the foundation for success in all endeavors.

STRIVE Collegiate Academy is a tuitionfree college preparatory charter school serving students of Nashville TN. We are dedicated to closing the achievement gap between lowincome students and their more advantaged peers. STRIVE is a middle school serving about 400 students grades 68. STRIVE serves students in the McGavock Cluster (Donelson Hermitage Old Hickory & Napier) and are committed to going above and beyond to ensure students are successful in high school college and life.

ASTRIVE Team Memberpossesses the following qualities/characteristics

• SELFADVOCATESfor themselves and their students.
• IsTEAMorientedby working with peers families and students to support teaching and learning through academics and character development.
• IsRESILIENTby demonstrating perseverance through challenging situations to ensure professional and personal growth.
• ModelsINTEGRITYby being transparent as educators through self peer and school leadership feedback and committing to strengthening skills needed to develop professionally.
• ModelsVIRTUEby exhibiting moral excellence in what they think say and do.
• STRIVEs forEXCELLENCEby providing a topquality education for every student every day.

A STRIVEEnglish Language Arts teacherSTRIVESfor daily Excellence through

Excellent Relationships

• Have a passion for supporting all learners and are willing to create and adapt lessons to best support student growth.

• Seek and accept feedback and show a desire to continue to push their own practice as an educator.
• Willing to work support and grow with their peers on the ELA team to push one another to produce a strong academic culture in all classrooms and grade levels.
• Actively participate in regular professional development.

Excellent Preparation &

• Have a deep content knowledge of English Language Arts

• Meet ELA measurable instructional goals and systems to track progress for all students relative to academic goals.
• Create utilize and revise (with data) ELA longterm plans unit plans unit assessments and weekly lesson plans in instructional practice.
• Plan prepare and deliver appropriate ELA lessons using a variety of presentation methods in order to keep students engaged and meet their individual needs.

Excellent Assessments

• Use multiple forms of data and technology to inform daily ELA instructional decisions and to personalize learning for students and adultsincluding targeted intervention and acceleration.
• Maintain records of students progress and development.

Excellent Culture

• Create and maintain a positive classroom environment that promotes positive behavior and adheres to our schoolwide culture management system.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with parents/families by communicating frequently to inform them of their students academic and personal growth.
• Lead cultural duties including but not limited to breakfast lunch morning/after school duties and peer teachers classrooms.
• Plan for and participate in extracurricular activities designed as opportunities to support students academic and character development.
• Other activities assigned at the School Leaders discretion to achieve our mission.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Bachelors degree
• A valid Tennessee Teaching Credential (or commitment to obtain one)
• Minimum of two 2 years of classroom instruction experience preferred
• Previous experience of improving students academic performance and behavior
• Experience in preparations of lesson plans aligned with state requirements and teachers curriculums
• Experience in collaborating with other educators on grade level and by content
• Has an analytical view of student progress towards standards
• Strong knowledge and appreciation of working with students in underresourced communities
• Be in attendance every scheduled work day 7:00am4:00pm) and a few after hours events a year except in the case of emergency or serious illness.
• Dress professionally at all times.
• Maintain an appropriate professional relationship with students parents and staff.
• Pass criminal background check as required by law.

General Sign Off:The employee is expected to adhere to all company policies. Duties may be changed at the discretion of STRIVE Collegiate Academy at any time.

Statement of NonDiscrimination:STRIVE Collegiate Academy is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying for employment. STRIVE Collegiate Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race color gender handicap age religion sexual orientation or national or ethnic origin.