KP | ESL Teacher

Chattanooga Preparatory School and Knoxville Preparatory School are all-boys public charter schools located in urban core neighborhoods. Our mission is to engage young men in a rigorous yet supportive learning environment that nurtures resilience, promotes academic excellence, inspires leadership, and prepares critical thinkers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan, deliver, and assess highly effective instruction aligned to national and state content standards.
• Enact the Knoxville Preparatory curriculum using evidence-based instructional practices tailored to students' needs.
• Communicate specific learning objectives to students.
• Link lesson content to students' background experience and/or real-world application of content.
• Capture student attention through active involvement.
• Administer student assessments and utilize data to identify areas of growth.
• Establish clear content and language objectives for all lessons.
• Engage in continuous and sustained reflection on teaching practices and leadership behaviors, and adapt methods as needed to achieve school goals and performance objectives.
• Develop strong and sustained relationships with parents and members of the community by creating opportunities for involvement in students' learning and development.
• Plan and collaborate with Knoxville Preparatory teachers and colleagues to reach shared goals and objectives.
• Foster a motivating, supportive, learning-centered culture of excellence in a well-structured and managed classroom.
• Establish and enforce rules of behavior and procedures for maintaining order in their classroom.
• Be innovative. Create exciting and engaging, inquiry-oriented learning activities.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited institution.
• Current ESL certification through the State of Tennessee.
• Self-starter interested in working in a fast-paced, startup environment that requires flexible roles.
• High level of personal integrity and professionalism.
• Unwavering commitment to high academic achievement and high expectations of all students.
• Capacity to motivate and lead in order to yield the highest academic performance possible from all students.
• Team-oriented approach and the ability to effectively communicate.
• Ability to give constructive feedback to facilitate student growth and academic achievement.
• Openness to receive feedback on issues that will facilitate growth and achievement of both students and faculty.
• Experience in working with middle grades students in urban environments.
• Evidence of advancing student achievement on state assessments required if candidate has prior teaching experience. If candidate does not have prior teaching experience, evidence of achieving ambitious goals required.

Benefits:

PREP Public Schools offers competitive salary and benefits, competitive retirement plans through Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System, including a hybrid 401k and pension plan. TCRS has been ranked in the top five best funded State Pension plans by the Pew Charitable Trust