Assistant Teacher

   DO YOU WANT TO…

• Build strong relationships with Roots scholars and families

• Lead your own small group activities and whole-class lessons

• Co-teach with a lead teacher in classes of 20-24 scholars

• Teach like it’s soccer not tennis by joining a team of phenomenal educators (note: if you want to close the door to your classroom and be left alone to work your magic, Roots is not for you)

• Infuse every lesson with extraordinary intellectual rigor and limitless joy

• Constantly refine your skills through coaching, weekly professional development, data analysis and collaborative planning

• Use formal and informal assessments constantly to understand exactly what your scholars have learned, what they need to learn next and how you will ensure they learn it

• Be an innovator in your field, push the limits of what’s possible, try new things, fall on your face and try again

DO YOU HAVE…

• An unwavering personal commitment to closing the opportunity gap for all children in our time

• Experience presenting targeted, small group instruction to 4-8 scholars at a time

• A Bachelor’s degree (minimum 3.0 GPA) and either a Master’s degree in Education or student teaching experience

• Strong interpersonal skills, the ability to form strong working relationships quickly and maintain them through conflict

• Data in your veins:  you analyze, interpret, and use data to collaborate, identify gaps, and drive results

• Strong project management skills including goal setting, backwards planning, and executing consistently

• A commitment to flexibility, wearing many hats and pitching in where you can to reach our common goals

• Comfort with ambiguity, ability to operate in a fluid work environment, and confidence "building the plane while flying it"

   IS THIS YOU?

Submit a resume and cover letter to join@rootselementary.org.  This is a full time position available for immediate hire!