Teacher, Middle School

Job Description

Title:Middle School Teacher

Division:MiddleSchool(MS)

Location:Making Waves Academy Richmond

Reports To: Division Director

Status: Full-timeExempt CalSTRS Retirement Eligible(During the Academic Year)

The annual salary is Faculty ScaleandMWA Benefits

MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER

Making Waves Academy Richmond CA
When You Join Making Waves Academy You Commit to Intergenerational Change. You will join a team dedicated to rigorously and holistically preparing students from the 5th grade to their ultimate career success. Our bold mission is to interrupt inequity by supporting every Wave-Makers journey to a rewarding life dream. As an employee you will uphold high expectations for academics and behavior within a close-knit supportive community. You will be instrumental in fostering essential durable skills like critical thinking and self-advocacy crucial for any field. This is more than a job; its a commitment to empowering students to lead fulfilling lives have rewarding careers and give back to their respective communities to recycle their success. We are looking for leaders and advocates ready to make a lasting impact.
What You Will Be Doing

• Youll play a crucial role in shaping the student experience. You will:
• Design and Implement Effective Instruction for your courses that fully engage all students while consistently creating and maintaining a safe supportive and rigorous learning environment.
• Collaborate with Colleagues to develop comprehensive lesson and unit plans that ensure students meet and exceed proficiency in all content standards.
• Actively Facilitate and Participate in Culture Building both inside and beyond the classroom including during assigned supervision times (such as lunch recess and/or breaks) and in the hallways consistently reinforcing school-wide norms and expectations.
• Invest and Engage in developing a results-oriented data-informed and team-oriented approach to all professional work and responsibilities.

Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Equal Employment Opportunity
Making Waves Academy is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status disability or other legally protected characteristics.
Benefits and Compensation
Joining Making Waves Academy means securing a robust comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your long-term financial physical and professional well-being right here in the Bay Area. We ensure your stability and growth so you can focus on maximizing every Wave-Makers potential.
Financial Well-being
We offer competitive above-market salaries that reflect your vital expertise in educational support recognizing your commitment to our students. Beyond your base pay you will have immediate access to a dedicated retirement savings plan helping you build financial confidence for the future. The annual salary is Faculty Scale.
Health and Wellness
Your health is our priority. You will have access to robust comprehensive 100% paid for Medical Dental and Vision insurance options for you and your family. We also offer benefits such as employee assistance programs to support your mental and emotional wellness.
Time to Recharge
We believe educators need time to recharge. You will receive generous Paid Time Off (PTO) plus all school holidays and breaks. This schedule is designed to ensure meaningful time away from campus facilitating a sustainable and healthy work-life balance that is critical to preventing burnout.
Professional Growth
We commit to your continuous improvement as an exceptional Middle School Teacher. You will benefit from ongoing training dedicated collaboration time and resources specifically designed to enhance your instructional and behavioral support expertise. Youll be part of a culture that sees professional growth as essential to our mission.

Reasonable Accommodation
Consistent with its obligations under the law MWA will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.

Equal Employment Opportunity Is Our Policy

Making Waves Academy is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the School to afford equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to their perceived or identified: race (including traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hairstyle including but not limited to braids locks and twists); color; gender (including gender identity gender expression and transgender identity whether or not the employee is transitioning or has transitioned); sex (including pregnancy childbirth breastfeeding and medical conditions related to such); religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices); marital/registered domestic partner status; age (forty (40) and over); national origin or ancestry (including native language spoken and possession of a drivers license issued to persons unable to prove their presence in the U.S. is authorized by federal law); physical or mental disability (including HIV and AIDS); medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics); taking of a leave of absence pursuant to the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL) law Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) California Family Rights Act (CFRA) the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) or laws related to domestic violence sexual assault and stalking laws; genetic information; sexual orientation; military and veteran status; or any other consideration made unlawful by federal state or local laws.

This policy extends to all job applicants and employees and to all aspects of the employment relationship including the hiring of new employees and the training transfer promotion discipline termination compensation and benefits of existing employees. For a full copy of our non-discrimination policy visit: