Elementary School ELA Teacher

As Friendship’s founding campus nestled on Capitol Hill, Chamberlain Elementary and Middle shines as a beacon of exceptional student achievement. A multiyear, top-performing Tier 1 campus, Chamberlain places students on a proven pathway to academic success.In an era where teacher-to-student ratios are increasingly more difficult to manage, Chamberlain places two teachers in each classroom to provide superior instruction. This approach affirms that each Chamberlain Elementary student in pre-K3-3 receive individually paced instruction instilling the knowledge, skills, success habits and character traits that lead to scholastic excellence for years to come.Consistent with Friendship’s college preparatory approach, grades 4-8 at Chamberlain Middle follow a robust and culturally diverse curriculum that builds a mastery of core academic content, introduces prerequisites for Advanced Placement courses and nurtures students who will approach Friendship’s high-performing high school environment with confidence.Praised as a wellspring of great teaching, Chamberlain is home to Friendship’s 2015 and 2016 Teacher of the Year winners.

• →Create a classroom culture of high achievement and student ownership of their learning that helps foster students’ intellectual, social and emotional development.
• →Provide daily instruction, including clear learning outcomes, well-designed lessons and high-quality assessments that align to Friendship’s curriculum and standards.
• →Incorporate into lessons creative, hands-on learning experiences that broaden students’ exposure and interests, help foster student ingenuity and require application of knowledge and skills acquired through daily instruction.
• →Provide a classroom environment that is visually appealing, rich with resources aligned to curriculum and standards and honors student’s achievement with current and accurate displays of exemplary student work.
• →Communicate to students to understand their talents, interests and needs and to convey learning expectations and their progress toward meeting those expectations.
• →Communicate regularly with families to identify students’ talents, interests and needs and update parents regarding students’ achievements and progress.
• →Collaborate with school-based staff and throughout the Friendship network in staff meetings, regular analysis sessions and professional learning designed to enhance students’ learning experience and increase student achievement.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
• Commitment to providing a world-class education to students from historically underserved communities
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Experience in the role 
• Identified as “in field”
• Has a university degree in their field of teaching;
• Has an active certification in their field of teaching; and/or
• Has demonstrated at least one year of effective teaching in their field as measured by the LEA’s teacher evaluation system.
• Undergraduate GPA of 3.0 and above
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and/or continuing education

• For upcoming Praxis test date please visit the website at www.ets.org/praxis
• For HQ requirements visit http://osse.dc.gov

To learn more about our curriculum, consider the following links:

ELA - https://greatminds.org/english/witwisdom