Teacher Computer Science Teacher
Job Description
Who We Are:
Excellence Community Schools is a charter management, non-profit organization. The mission of the Excellence Community Schools is to prepare young people to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private, and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, and emotional and ethical development through the Bronx Charter School for Excellence (Bronx Excellence) and the Stamford Charter School for Excellence (Stamford Excellence). Our network of schools accomplish this by offering a challenging and rigorous academic curriculum – which at the earliest of grades has an eye towards college preparation. We achieve this in a supportive and caring environment that at all times has high expectations of our students.
Who We Need:
We are seeking individuals who are dedicated, ambitious, and committed to student success and education reform. This position is ideal for candidates that wish to fully pursue a credentialed lead teaching position. Becoming an educational associate serves as an internship for candidates who wish to develop their expertise through observation and experience in preparation for a meaningful and successful teaching career. This individual must be committed to excellence, lead by example, and see collaboration as a key component of success.
Our Mission:
The mission of Bronx Excellence is to prepare young people to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private, and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, and emotional and ethical development through the Bronx Charter School for Excellence (Bronx Excellence). Our schools accomplish this by offering a challenging and rigorous academic curriculum – which at the earliest of grades has an eye towards college preparation. We achieve this in a supportive and caring environment that at all times has high expectations of our scholars.
The Position:
The Computer Science Teacher will teach Computer Science to students in grades K-8 and create a curriculum to follow with the students to teach students how to write computer programs, algorithms, computer system design, and also teach computer programming languages.
Responsibilities:
- Teach Computer Science classes for grades K-8.
- Assist and or teach advanced algebra and trigonometry to scholars.
- Assist in assessing changing curricular needs and offer plans for improvement
- Desire to plan product architecture and roadmap
- Work alongside ECS staff and teaching team to best meet the needs and learning of students.
- Facilitate a dynamic and collaborative classroom community.
- Help build software programs to improve student learning.
- Work on software programs to assist staff and faculty.
- Assist students outside of class as necessary.
- Serve as a project manager for students during project Development.
- Develop and maintain genuine, positive, and consistent communication with parents.
- Build a classroom culture that promotes active learning and computer science.
- Learn a new programming language or skill every quarter as part of professional development.
- Make direct technical contributions (writing, debugging, reviewing, and deploying code).
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to learn and teach new technologies with limited guidance.
- Experience with HTML5, CSS3, & JavaScript.
- Excellent understanding of JavaScript Frameworks and libraries along with their related tooling (ex: React, Redux, Webpack, and ES6).
- Experience working on front and backend applications.
- Proven track record of high achievement in the classroom.
- Evidence of self-governance and willingness to be a team player.
- Experience with one or more general-purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Java, C/C++, C#, Objective C, Python, JavaScript, or Go.
- Modern Web Framework experience ( Vue, Angular, Ember).
- Experience in iOS and Android development.
- Strong mathematical background with strong knowledge in at least one of the following fields: statistics, data mining, machine learning, statistics, operations research, econometrics, natural language processing.
- Hands-on work experience working on development projects run using an Agile methodology, familiarity with DevOps
practices.
- Proficient in big data ecosystem programming languages (e.g. Python, Ruby, Java, Scala).
- Some teaching experience.
- Knowledge of an MVC framework such as Ruby on Rails a plus.
- Must provide a portfolio site and a sample for consideration.
- Be prepared for a coding challenge.
- **THIS POSITION REQUIRES YOU TO BE FULLY VACCINATED AND YOU MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF VACCINATION.**
Benefits
Compensation
- Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications. Salary range ($55,156.50- $136,493)
- Health Insurance, dental, vision & 403b Retirement Plan
- Paid Time Off/Paid Sick Leave/Parental Leave/FMLA
- Short-term, Long-term Disability benefits and Life Insurance
To learn more about our schools, please visit: www.excellencecommunityschools.org
