25-26 School Teacher in Residence: Camden

Teacher in Residence (TiR)

KIPP New Jersey has designed the Teacher in Residence program to help aspiring teachers to get hands-on experience and the certification they need to become excellent teachers at KIPPs world-class schools. As a TiR you will fuse theory and practice as you work alongside experienced teachers in the classroom while earning your teaching certification. 

Heres what youll be doing:

Joining our schools as a teacher in residence comes with the opportunity for significant growth and development but with great power comes great responsibility. Your role as a Teacher in Residence (TiR) will involve a number of responsibilities which include but are not limited to: 

• Work closely with an experienced lead classroom teacher to create lesson plans teach and reflect on lessons as well as assess and collect and use data to inform
• Build positive relationships with students and families to become part of your school community
• Provide small group instruction
• Assist with diagnostic and progress monitoring testing across the school
• Communicate consistently with families about student progress
• Attend and actively participate in professional development opportunities to support continuous growth

Qualifications :

Skills and Mindsets

• A belief in every students limitless potential. 
• An interest in working with students from diverse economic and cultural backgrounds.
• A collaborative attitude towards teaching and learning.
• A belief that all students deserve a world class education which can be achieved through education reform
• You have the passion and drive to work with students and put them on a path to college and beyond
• Ability to become certified in the State of New Jersey and pass the state licensure exam
• Some experience working with children

Certification Requirements

In order to be eligible for hire all general education teaching candidates must meet the following criteria (details below):

• Hold a valid teaching certification in NJ or
• Meet The GPA Requirement

GPA Requirement

• If you graduated after September 2016:
  • Have a bachelors or masters GPA on a conferred degree that is 3.0 or 
  • Have a bachelors or masters GPA on a conferred degree that is between 2.75 and 3.0 AND demonstrate that you have passed all required Praxis exams with a 10% passing score (super scores)
• If you graduated before September 2016:
  • Have a bachelors or masters GPA on a conferred degree that is 2.75 

Additional Information :

KIPP NJ offers competitive salaries to newly hired lead teachers. Salaries are based on prior experience and in accordance with certification requirements. KIPP NJ offers a competitive salary of $55000 for Teachers in Residence during Year 1.

In addition to a competitive salary KIPP NJ  offers a generous benefits package including but not limited to the following:  

• Robust benefits that include medical dental and vision 
• Participation in the New Jersey State Pension Plan
• Optional participation in the KIPP NJ 403b retirement plan including matching contributions
• Generous Time-Off including 3.5-4 school vacation weeks (depending on the year) allocated sick and personal days and an extended summer break 
• Up to 12 weeks 100% parental leave for primary caregivers
• Extensive optional ancillary benefits including short term and long term disability and accident and hospital indemnity
• A school-issued laptop

Our organization is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color sex gender age religion national origin citizen status marital status physical or mental disability military or veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Our organization will make a reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the organization. No questions on this application are asked for any unlawful purpose.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time