ESL Teacher (2025-2026)

Overview _____________________________________________________________________

Memphis Rise Academy’s instructional positions provide ambitious and committed teachers with an opportunity to make a uniquely substantive impact on the lives of our students.  We are looking for individuals who are motivated to work in an environment that is focused on preparing students for post-high school success, as well as who have a passion for impacting students beyond just the execution of their curriculum.  Responsibilities of instructional positions are detailed below.

Responsibilities ________________________________________________________________

·      Co-teach 4-5 class periods each day, collaborating closely with general education teachers on curriculum planning, lesson execution, and implementation of accommodations and modifications.

·      Lead pull-out/resource activities during an intervention block called Focus, which meets four times per week, remediating student learning on grade level or foundational literacy and mathematics content.

·      In collaboration with our school’s authorizer, complete all tasks related to ESL compliance and record-keeping, including creation and maintenance of individual learning plans (ILPs), administration of annual ESL testing, and collection of data throughout the year

·      Maintain a well-managed classroom environment, consistent with Memphis Rise Academy’s core values of Responsibility, Excellence, Ambition, Commitment and Honesty, as well as our school’s expectations of structure and urgency.

·      Collaborate with members of the school Leadership Team and other support staff to identify and address challenges in a solutions-oriented, student-centered manner.

·      Serve in tandem with another teacher as a classroom advisor in Memphis Rise Academy’s Advisory program, helping students prepare for college through thematic activities such as goal-setting, self-reflection and betterment, and peer collaboration.

·      Participate in Memphis Rise Academy Professional Development, beginning in summer and continuing each Friday afternoon (after early dismissals) throughout the year.

·      Assist with school operations related to Registration, Parent-Teacher Conferences, school arrival and dismissal, and parent/community events during school hours.

·      Other reasonable duties designed to complement those above, assigned by the Principal or members of Memphis Rise Academy’s Leadership Team.

Ideal Candidates _______________________________________________________________

Memphis Rise Academy is open to a wide variety of candidates and has a history of hiring candidates with vastly disparate background and experience.  All candidates for instructional positions at Memphis Rise Academy must hold, at minimum, a bachelor’s degree, and must enter the school year either with a valid Tennessee teaching license holding the necessary endorsement(s), or enrolled in a job-embedded Educator Preparation Program (EPP) which has been confirmed will lead to the issuance of a practitioner license during the first year of employment.

Our ideal candidates are individuals who understand that doing the best we can for students every day is the ultimate goal, and reaching that goal requires flexibility, creativity, true belief in the potential of our students and school, and an asset-based mindset towards all school stakeholders.  We are looking for people who want to commit themselves to preparing our students for college and being engines for them to, in many cases, begin believing that college is not just a possibility, but a realistic and achievable goal.

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