About Atmosphere Academy

Atmosphere Academy is a SUNY-approved charter school that serves Bronx School District 10 students and families in grades 6 through 8. Atmosphere’s mission is to provide an “atmosphere” for learning in which students and teachers realize their potential as collaborative leaders. To realize this goal, Atmosphere has developed a suite of robust academic and enrichment programming in conjunction with key partners that are designed to develop students’ skills, knowledge, and character. Similarly, the school promotes a professional culture for its faculty and staff that focuses on distributed leadership and continuous improvement through embedded professional development, coaching, mentoring, and teaming.

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Atmosphere teachers are professional and pioneering educators, who are given the support they need to develop their instructional practice and focus on continuous improvement. Coaching and mentoring is embedded in every teacher’s schedule. Moreover, observation and evaluation are approached as shared processes with an emphasis on collaboration, self-reflection, and accountability.

Why Atmosphere

Atmosphere has designed a work environment that makes it a destination workplace for a diverse range of highly qualified, innovative professionals. The school offers team members:

Culture – Atmosphere nurtures and promotes a professional and pioneering culture that is focused on continuous improvement and development. This is realized through embedded professional development, coaching, mentoring, teaming, self-reflection, self-evaluation, peer observation, instructional rounds, continuous feedback, and other important supports that promote participation in and contribution to a professional learning community.
Compensation – Atmosphere offers salaries that are competitive with those paid by other charter and public schools in the New York area. Moreover, the school also provides an annual increase of up to 4% and an annual merit bonus of up to 6% that are tied to each employee’s performance evaluation and ability to meet specific annual goals.
Benefits – Atmosphere provides a 401k plan (with employer matching up to 5%), health insurance plan (school pays 85% of premium), dental insurance plan (school pays 100% of premium), vision insurance plan (school pays 100% of premium), and flexible spending plan.
Flexibility – Atmosphere acknowledges that its staff needs to be afforded the flexibility to meet obligations they have to family and other responsibilities outside of work. By partnering with employees to customize their work schedules, Atmosphere is able to increase their productivity and level of satisfaction.

Qualifications

Relevant teaching experience in a charter school or other school setting
Proven track record of successfully working with Atmosphere’s student population
Experience working with diverse student groupings that may include a range of ELL students, special education students, general education students, and gifted students
Dynamic teacher persona that engages students and seamlessly manages the classroom
Strong lesson planning, curriculum development, and assessment development skills
Student-centered teaching philosophy and pedagogy that is compatible with both the SIOP and GRR instructional model
Strong interpersonal skills and track record of collaborating with diverse stakeholders
Strong communication, writing, and presentation skills
Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
Relentless determination to do whatever it takes to help Atmosphere students succeed
Proactive and creative problem-solver
Values input and feedback
Team-player capable of working both collaboratively and independently
Strong recommendations from prior employers, colleagues, or employees
Masters degree in related field preferred
Bachelors degree in related field required
NYS certification in field preferred

Responsibilities

Instructional Duties

Lead 6 periods of 6th grade Math Applications or Math Foundations per day
Develop daily lesson plans and unit plans
Create curricular documents that support students learning, including review sheets, worksheets, activity sheets, assignment sheets, rubrics, tests, etc.
Identify and implement multi-media resources and tools that enhance the learning experience by presenting students with blending learning opportunities
Work with and leverage pre-existing curricula from vendors like Pearson, Scholastic, etc.
Support the creation and improvement of curriculum guides, scope and sequences, etc.
Collaborate with co-teachers and other support staff to ensure all students’ needs are met
Maintain a highly-engaged classroom setting that promotes good order and a love of learning
Highlight student voices and promote student-led discovery of meaning
Serve as an advisor in tandem with a co-advisor by leading a daily advisory class focused on the underlying soft skills that all students need to succeed in school and in life
Teach an elective course that meets twice per week and focuses on an area of particular personal or professional interest (examples include TED Talk elective, Photography elective, Gardening elective, etc.)

Professional Duties

Serve as a key team member, striving to collaborate whenever possible
Seek out internal and external professional development opportunities that are either presented by Atmosphere or independently identified
Take part in school-wide special events or activities by serving as an advisor, coach, chaperone, etc.
Participate in and contribute to teacher team meetings, department meetings, data inquiry team meetings, coaching meetings, and mentoring meetings

Lead the self-evaluation portion of Atmosphere’s 50-50 professional evaluation system using the rubric and annual goals as the metric for success and growth
Actively contribute to a professional learning community by partaking in coaching, mentoring, teaming, and other activities and tasks focused on promoting professional learning and growth

Other Duties

Any and all other responsibilities as delegated and assigned by the Board of Trustees and the Principal

Start Date

July 1, 2015 or August 1, 2015

Location

Community School District 10 (Northwest Bronx)

Bronx, New York

How to apply

Additional Application Instructions

Please submit a resume and brief introductory email to jobs@atmosphereacademy.org in order to be considered for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Atmosphere Academy Public Charter School is an equal opportunity employer and hires without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability.