College & Career Readiness Teacher (Immediate Opening)

KIPP St. Louis Public Schools College and Career Readiness Teacher works as part of the KIPP St. Louis High School team in collaboration with the KIPP Forward team. The College and Career Readiness Teacher is responsible for supporting the development and delivery of curriculum for high school seniors that prepares students to identify apply to and successfully transition into best-fit post-secondary programs upon graduation.

In addition to college and career readiness instruction the College and Career Readiness Teacher will be responsible for teaching three ACT Prep sessions providing students with targeted instruction test-taking strategies practice and academic support to strengthen their readiness and performance on the ACT.

The College and Career Readiness Teacher will work closely with academic teachers KIPP Forward staff families students and community partners throughout the greater St. Louis area to ensure students are equipped with the knowledge skills resources and tools needed to successfully matriculate to and thrive in college career and beyond.

Position Type: Full-time Exempt 10-month

Reporting & Collaboration

• Direct Manager: Principal

• Direct Reports: None

• Key Collaborators: Assistant Principal Instructional Coach Teachers KIPP Forward and Regional Support

Inputs: What will I be doing in my day-to-day work

Grade-Level Rigor & Access

• Plan and deliver instruction where all students engage in grade-level standards texts and rigorous tasks daily

• Internalize curriculum to ensure alignment to standards pacing and high-quality outcomes

• Design and execute tasks that require students to analyze justify and apply learning

• Provide scaffolds that increase access without lowering rigor including modeling guided practice and strategic supports

• Anticipate misconceptions and plan targeted supports to ensure all students can access grade-level content

What will I be evaluated on 
Instruction consistently ensures that all students engage in grade-level standards tasks and content aligned to curriculum and pacing with scaffolds that maintain rigor. Student work demonstrates analysis justification and application resulting in increased access and success with grade-level learning.

Student Engagement

• Design lessons where students do the majority of the thinking talking reading writing and problem-solving

• Facilitate structured academic discourse that requires students to explain justify and build on ideas using academic language

• Use questioning and task design to promote analysis reasoning and cognitive lift

• Create opportunities for students to make connections defend thinking and engage in meaningful dialogue

• Ensure engagement reflects cognitive work not just participation or compliance

Students consistently do the cognitive work of the lesson engaging in meaningful discourse reasoning writing and problem-solving. Engagement is driven by rigorous thinking with students independently explaining justifying and building on ideas using academic language.

Culture of Learning

• Establish and maintain a classroom environment grounded in high expectations strong routines and productive struggle

• Implement systems that maximize instructional time and ensure students remain focused accountable and independent

• Create a safe and structured environment where students take academic risks and persist through challenging work

• Reinforce consistent expectations for behavior and learning aligned to school-wide systems

• Build strong relationships with students and families to support both academic and cultural outcomes

The classroom reflects high expectations strong routines and maximized instructional time resulting in a focused and productive learning environment. Students demonstrate independence persistence and productive struggle taking academic risks within a safe and structured culture.

Assessment for Learning

• Embed frequent checks for understanding into daily instruction to assess student thinking in real time

• Analyze student responses and adjust instruction immediately to address misconceptions and advance learning

• Provide clear timely and actionable feedback that enables students to improve their work

• Monitor student progress toward learning goals and ensure students understand success criteria

• Implement data-driven cycles including reteach and intervention to accelerate student achievement

Instruction is continuously informed by frequent checks for understanding with real-time adjustments based on student thinking. Students receive actionable feedback engage in revision and demonstrate measurable progress toward learning goals through effective data-driven instruction cycles. 

Outcomes & Accountability:

Professional Practice & Contribution

• Consistent alignment to the KIPP St. Louis Instructional Framework in planning instruction and reflection

• Active participation in collaborative planning data analysis and professional learning

• Responsiveness to coaching with observable growth in instructional practice over time

• Contribution to instructional coherence across classrooms and teams

What skills should I already bring i.e. what should I already have a track record around

• Demonstrated ability to drive measurable student achievement and growth

• Strong classroom management and ability to create structured learning environments

• Effective use of data to inform instruction and close learning gaps

• Ability to plan and execute high-quality standards-aligned lessons

• Proven collaboration with colleagues to improve instructional outcomes

• Strong communication skills with students families and staff

What should I know a lot about already i.e. what should I have expertise in

• Deep understanding of grade-level standards and content in your subject area

• Research-based instructional strategies and best practices

• Data-driven instruction cycles including assessment analysis and reteach planning

• Curriculum internalization and lesson planning aligned to rigorous outcomes

• Strategies for supporting diverse learners including intervention and differentiation

• Classroom culture systems that maximize learning and student engagement

Qualifications :

What you bring to the table:

Required

• Bachelors degree in education or related content area

• Minimum of 2 years of successful classroom teaching experience

• Valid Missouri Teacher Certification

• Demonstrated commitment to improving outcomes for historically underserved students

• Strong communication collaboration and problem-solving skills

Preferred

• State teaching certification

• Experience in a high-performing data-driven school environment

• Track record of driving significant student achievement gains

• Experience with standards-aligned curricula and assessment systems

• Leadership experience within a grade level content team or school initiative

Additional Information :

What we bring to the table:

KIPP St. Louis is committed to pay equity and to ensuring that we do not unintentionally perpetuate historic wage gaps that persist due to individual negotiations. As a result salaries are not negotiated. We are transparent about salaries in our job postings so that candidates can make an informed decision before beginning the hiring process. You can find our teacher salary schedule here. 

We are a fast-paced energetic team and family with passionate people who are leading a movement and to cultivate the best working environment we provide the following:

• $0 deductible healthcare plan option including medical vision and dental. 

• Employer Paid Short Term Disability. 

• $50000 life insurance policy at no cost to the employee. 

• Retirement plan through PSSRSSL with an employer match up to 14% and an optional 403b as a supplement to our pension program

• Employee Recognition: When we succeed together we celebrate together with our annual Heart Awards and more!

• Public Service student loan forgiveness program qualified employer. 

• Ongoing professional development.

• Generous time off:

  • Paid leave for illness personal days bereavement jury duty and military-related leave

  • Paid parental leave for new families

  • Granted holidays as well as a one-week Thanksgiving break a two-week winter break a week-long spring break

  • Wellness days provided throughout the year

Hiring Timeline and Steps

The anticipated start date for the role is as soon as possible.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time