Teaching Duties

• Design and teach three sections each day. Utilize Universal Design for Learning method of planning and instruction to reach all learners.
• Build relationships with all students. MESA teachers believe that strong rapport is key to student engagement and motivation.
• Attend, participate in, and facilitate team meetings and professional development opportunities, as well as common planning times. MESA believes that good professional development is interactive, practical, and teacher-driven.
• Communicate regularly with caregivers about both positive and negative interactions with students, making a minimum of two positive contacts (phone, email, or text message) with families per week.
• Hold office hours before or after school, at least once per week, to provide extra help and opportunities for reassessment.
• Teach one week of Intersession enrichment program based on teacher interest (additional stipend provided).
• Maintain duties as Advisor.

Coaching Duties

• Regularly observe and provide feedback to teachers within the Science Department. This observation may be done independently, or may be done in conjunction with the Instructional Coach or the Principal.
• Collaborate with Science Department Coordinator and Director of Math and Science on vertical alignment.
• Support Science teachers in development and delivery of science curriculum. Advise Principal on scheduling and programming decisions to ensure they are driven by instructional needs of students.
• Assist instructors across all subject areas in integration of NGSS into their curriculum.
• Attend weekly coaches’ meetings
• Regularly monitor data relating to Science department
• Provide additional coaching and support to teachers outside the Science department as directed by Principal.

Additional Duties

• Maintain duties as Advisor.
• Other duties, as assigned by the Principal.
• Assist with recruitment of other high-performing staff, either through recruiting top-quality teachers or serving on hiring committee.

(1)Minimum Bachelor’s degree in subject area to be taught, Master’s Degree preferred; (2) Preferred minimum of three years teaching experience in an urban public or charter school setting, or similar background; (3) Proven track-record of high achievement in the classroom and commitment to accountability; (4) Belief in and alignment with MESA’s core values, educational philosophy and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion; (5) Valid New York State Certification strongly preferred; (6) Spanish speaker a plus.

MESA is committed to attracting, hiring and retaining a diverse and inclusive staff. It is MESA’s policy to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Please email your resume and cover letter to Arthur Samuels, Co-Executive Director, at hiring@mesacharter.org with the subject heading “26-27 High School Science Department Lead” Cover letter should specifically indicate why you want to work at MESA. APPLY BY EMAIL ONLY. Due to the nature of the position and the volume of applications received, MESA will not be able to reply to all submissions. MESA will contact candidates with next steps.