Elementary School Teacher

About the Role

Success Academy Charter Schools is hiring for its Founding Team of Teachers in Miami. This is an opportunity to help establish Success Academy's model in a new community, focusing on a joyful, rigorous, high-expectations education.

Key Responsibilities

• Ambassador of SA Winning Adult Culture
• Collaborate with colleagues and leaders to strengthen instruction and student outcomes, actively seeking and applying feedback.
• 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.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor’s degree before your first day of work.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Ability to work in person in Miami, Florida.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual fluency in Spanish and/or Haitian Creole.

Qualifications

• Resilience, drive, and a winning mindset.
• A commitment to excellence, attention to detail, and belief in structure and consistency.
• Total belief in every student and a commitment to getting all students into 4-year colleges.
• Passion for content and curiosity to grow, with a positive reception to feedback.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Passion for learning and commitment to student development.