Middle School English Language Learner Teacher (Immediate)

Location: Nashville, Tennessee     

Employment Type: Full-time, in-person teaching position for the current 2024-2025 school year.      

Salary: Valor's certificated teacher salary scale ranges between $55,000 to $77,000+ and placement on the scale is based on years of lead teaching experience in a K-12 school. 

About Valor: 
Founded in 2014, Valor Collegiate Academies is a top-performing, public charter school network in Nashville, Tennessee, serving 1900 students in Grades 5-12. We operate two middle schools, Valor Flagship and Valor Voyager, that feed into our high school, Valor College Prep. Our mission is to create a community where diverse students of all backgrounds have equitable access to a high-quality education that prepares them to live inspired and purposeful lives. This mission is made possible through an innovative school model that balances rigorous academics and whole-child education in an intentionally diverse environment. Learn more about Valor here: https://valorcollegiate.org/our-model/     

Core Responsibilities Include:     

Planning, Instruction, and Collaboration (50%):     

• Provide a variety of EL supports based on school and student needs, such as push-in, pull-out, co-teach in core content classes
• Prepare, internalize, and plan daily lessons and student materials based on individual learners’ needs
• Partner and collaborate with other teachers to ensure all students are receiving appropriately scaffolded  grade-level content and academic support across class settings
• Use scholar work and data to inform instruction and intervention strategies in both general education and intervention settings
• Collect, enter, and analyze academic data to provide targeted instruction and interventions that promote a culture of learning 
• Submit lesson plans weekly for feedback and review by instructional coach
• Engage in weekly collaborative curriculum meetings (known as Intellectual Preparation) with a planning partner and instructional leader (for one or more co-taught content areas)
• Engage in weekly 1:1 coaching meetings to deepen content and case management expertise
• Proactively communicate academic progress with parents/guardians, other teachers, administrators, and/or school counselors 

Case Management Responsibilities (30%):     

• Collect and track data on individual student skills to determine the effectiveness of programming and measure progress toward learning goals
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and district ELL regulations
• Administer and implement accommodations for relevant assessments (e.g. WIDA ACCESS, TNReady, benchmarks, etc) 
• Collaborate and co-teach with general education/core content teachers to ensure the successful implementation of established curriculum and/or individual student plans

School-Based Responsibilities & Faculty Engagement (12.5%)     

• Enforce, uphold, and exhibit school’s values, student management policies, and culture
• Willingly, kindly, and actively upholding Valor’s organizational commitments
• Own an arrival duty, recess or lunch duty, transition, and/or dismissal duty
• Participate in and prepare for school events that occur outside of normal school hours, such as parent-teacher conferences, grade level student trips, report card conferences, and new student orientation. The estimated time commitment per school year is approximately 25 hours. 
• Engage in ongoing professional development, which includes attending 3 weeks of faculty training in the summer and participate in weekly professional learning sessions throughout the school year (i.e. weekly academic PL, culture PL, State of School meetings)
• Engage in faculty Circle once a week; complete and present 2-3 pieces of faculty Badge Work per school year

Family Engagement (7.5%)     

• Respond to students' behavior in real-time using school-wide intervention systems and classroom management practices
• Track and input student behavior feedback and data through KickBoard by the daily school deadline to share with families, school leaders, and the Compass Team 
• Maintain a 4:1 positivity ratio to strengthen school culture and student relationships
• Serve as the main point-of-contact for case load’s families to communicate any student-specific related information

Certification Requirements:
In compliance with Tennessee Department of Education’s requirements for teacher licensure, candidates applying for this position must:      

• Have an active Tennessee teaching license with an ESL K-12 endorsement, or 
• Be enrolled in an approved job-embedded licensing program and on track to obtain your ESL K-12 certification

Qualifications and Experience:
We believe diversity is what makes us strong and we are committed to building a team of educators with diverse skills and experiences. We invite you to apply if you:      

• Have authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship
• Have an active teaching license or are eligible and willing to pursue licensure 
• Have strong content knowledge and instructional pedagogy 
• Have a proven track record of high achievement in the classroom 
• Have an unwavering belief that all students can succeed in school and beyond
• Have a relentless drive to develop your practice to sharpen your skills as an educator
• Set ambitious goals for yourself and others and are not afraid of putting in the hard work it takes to achieve them
• Have the passion and commitment to serve a culturally and socioeconomically diverse community of students and families
• Have experience or willingness to quickly learn and adopt school-wide tech platforms, i.e. Kickboard, Infinite Campus, Google Suite, Google Classroom
• Enjoy cultivating meaningful relationships with students, families, and staff 
• Are able to model, live, and reinforce our school’s core values, commitments, and policies

Interview Process:     

1. Resume Review
2. Phone Interview
3. Teacher Performance Task
4. Virtual Sample Lesson & Leadership Interview
5. Reference Checks
6. Offer Extension

Compensation and Benefits:     

• Valor's certificated teacher salary scale ranges between $53,000 to $77,000+ and placement on the scale is based on years of lead teaching experience in a K-12 school. Pre-licensure candidates will start with a salary of $44,520 and transition to the certificated salary scale once their Tennessee teaching license is active.           
• We offer opportunities for teachers to earn stipends for taking on additional teacher-leader roles, athletic coaching positions, and/or doing project-based work that's outside of your core role
• Receive a Years of Service bonus for completing 3, 5, and 7 years of classroom teaching as a Valor teacher
• Comprehensive health (medical, dental, and vision) and retirement benefit, including a hybrid pension plan and 401K with 5% company contribution
• Have priority waitlist access for student enrollment
• 8 days of PTO (prorated based on start date for anyone onboarding after July 1, 2024)
• 8 weeks of fully-paid maternity and paternity leave
• Receive an employee laptop and unlimited classroom supplies
• Grow from more than 100 professional development hours each year and individualized coaching
• Free access to an on-campus strength & conditioning facility, Vanderbilt Health Clinic, retirement counseling, and mental health support and resources

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
Valor believes in the importance of being a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization that enables students and staff to thrive. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We actively seek applications from people of all backgrounds to strengthen our community and the perspectives needed to thrive in a diverse world.