Teach Kindergarten

About the Role

Success Academy Charter Schools is expanding to Florida and hiring for the founding team of teachers for our new Miami campus. This is an opportunity to help establish Success Academy's model of joyful, rigorous, high-expectations schooling in a new community.

Key Responsibilities

• Ambassador of SA Winning Adult Culture:
• Collaborate with colleagues and leaders, actively seeking and applying feedback to strengthen instruction and student outcomes.
• Demonstrate professionalism, excellence, ownership, and an unwavering focus on preparing students for success in school, college, and life.
• Scholar & Family Engagement:
• Engage and invest families in students’ academic growth, behavior, and overall success through regular, productive communication.
• Build strong, trusting relationships with students and foster a classroom culture of joy, rigor, and high expectations.
• Content Study and Instruction:
• Deeply study the SA curriculum, assignments, and learning goals.
• Read course texts and complete problems, assignments, and assessments to understand the content and its intellectual demands firsthand.
• Deliver rigorous, engaging instruction that drives mastery of the content.
• Evaluation, Assessment, and Continuous Improvement:
• Regularly study student work and assessment data to evaluate learning.
• Reflect honestly on results, identify changes needed in your own practice, and work with urgency to improve.
• Provide timely, actionable feedback that strengthens students’ thinking and performance.
• Classroom Management:
• Lead and manage a classroom of 25+ students.
• Establish and consistently enforce routines and expectations that maintain a productive classroom environment and maximize learning.

What We Look For

• Resilience, drive, and a winning mindset: You’ll be challenged, coached, and grow daily.
• A commitment to excellence: You execute a proven playbook, plan ahead, stay organized, and sweat the details. You believe structure and consistency create space for kids to thrive and do not cut corners.
• Total belief in every student: You will never settle for average for yourself or your students, committing to getting 100% of students into 4-year colleges.
• Passion for content and curiosity to grow: You love learning and bring genuine enthusiasm to your subject, with a hunger to keep getting better. Feedback is accepted as fuel.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• A bachelor’s degree before your first day of work.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Bilingual fluency in Spanish and/or Haitian Creole is preferred.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Passion for learning and commitment to student development.
• Ability to work in person in Miami, Florida.

Qualifications

• Teaching certification and Master’s degrees are not required for this role.
• A background in education is not required.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base Salary: $55,000
• Accelerated Growth & Recognition:
• Intensive training, ongoing coaching, and leadership pathways (most teachers promoted to leadership within an average of three years).
• Significant yearly salary growth with opportunities for performance-based incentives.
• Employee recognition program.
• Health & Wellbeing:
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage through Cigna and VSP, effective on your first day.
• Free One Medical membership.
• $50 cellphone stipend per month.
• Pre-tax savings accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and commuter expenses.
• Free and confidential counseling through Employee Assistance Program and Talkspace.
• Backup care for children and adults, fitness and travel discounts.
• Paid time off during summer break, school vacation weeks, and holidays.
• Generous paid parental leave.
• Financial Security for Your Future:
• 403(b) retirement plan with a 3% employer match.
• Quarterly employer contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA).
• Employer-paid short- and long-term disability, and group life insurance coverage.
• Voluntary supplemental insurance plans.
• Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Teacher Loan Forgiveness.