ENL Teacher
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Democracy Prep Public Schools is committed to ensuring all scholars succeed in the college of their choice and lead a life of active citizenship. As a teacher, you will play a vital role in creating a classroom culture that reflects high expectations and high support, fostering academic and personal growth for every scholar.
Anticipated Start Date: 2026–2027 School Year
Work Schedule:
Anticipated Start Date: 2026–2027 School Year
Work Schedule:
This is a fully on-site, school-based role that requires in-person attendance five days per week. The position does not include a remote or work-from-home option.
Who You Are:
- An educator with an unwavering commitment to the Democracy Prep mission of college success and authentic civic engagement for our scholars.
- An outstanding ENL teacher who holds scholars to consistently high behavioral and academic expectations while honoring scholars’ linguistic assets.
- A self-reflective and self-aware teammate who is dedicated to aligning their classroom to Democracy Prep's commitment to antiracism and who is eager to use these skills to contribute to a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- A results-driven educator with experience in, and commitment to, the use of data analysis and assessments to drive instructional decisions and teacher accountability.
- A graduate of a Bachelor’s degree program (required), with 2 years of urban teaching experience and state certification (preferred).
- Bilingual in Spanish or French (preferred).
What You’ll Do:
- Deliver push-in and pull-out ENL instruction across grade bands, aligned to scholars’ English proficiency levels and grade level content expectations.
- Work with 2+ campuses in Harlem and/or the Bronx to deliver targeted ENL support to MLL scholars, following a consistent rotation schedule with flexibility based on campus needs.
- Create an inclusive classroom and school community that promotes language development, academic rigor, and scholar confidence by engaging in training, reflection, and dialogue around issues of race, identity, diversity, equity, and inclusion for our staff and scholars.
- Plan and co-plan with general education teachers to effectively implement a coherent, research-based curriculum that supports MLLs’ access to grade-level content and development of English language proficiency.
- Monitor, track, and update English Language Proficiency goals (ELPs) for assigned MLL caseload, using progress-monitoring data to inform instruction, service delivery, and collaboration with general education teachers and school teams.
- Create, monitor, and sustain a disciplined school culture of high academic and behavioral standards.
- Develop and use a variety of assessment data to refine curricula and instructional practice.
- Communicate effectively and maintain strong relationships with scholars, families, and colleagues.
- Administer the NYSITELL/NYSESLAT/WIDA to MLL scholars in accordance with NYS protocols to assess English proficiency.
- Continuously improve your professional practice through weekly coaching sessions, professional development, and data-driven reflection.
Compensation:
The salary range for this role is $73,000 to $152,581. Our salary schedule is commensurate with years of lead teaching experience and your certification status. Our teaching salaries start at $73,000 for a first-year uncertified teacher and $76,000 for a first-year certified teacher and cap at $152,581 for a certified teacher with 29+ years of lead teaching experience. Democracy Prep employees are provided with a benefits package that includes medical, vision, and dental insurance, 403B matching, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, and a laptop.
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Democracy Prep is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Our mission is to educate responsible citizen-scholars who will change the world. We strongly believe that by building a DREAM team that represents numerous perspectives, backgrounds, and expertises, we can achieve this goal together. This is a value we highly support and strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.
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First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone, Resume/CV, Cover Letter
Short answers (10)
- Preferred first name optional
- Preferred Pronoun(s) optional
- In order to confirm your background check with the State of New York, we need your social security number. Please include your social security number below. optional
- If you indicated personal connection, professional connection, or other, please provide the name or source below. optional
- If yes, from which College or University? optional
- What degree did you receive and in what field? optional
- What was your graduation date?
- If N/A, what is your anticipated date of graduation?
- If you are currently enrolled in a post-secondary program, please share the degree you are working towards and your anticipated completion date. optional
- How many years of full-time teaching experience do you have?
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- How did you hear about this job? Please select:
- Are you a current member or alumnus of any of the following programs? optional
- Have you completed a 4-year bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university?
- Do you hold any professional teaching certifications?
- Are you authorized to work in the United States?
- Please note that these positions are available exclusively to permanent residents of the United States. Continued residency within the US is necessary for employment with us. Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or J-1 visa status) or Green Card sponsorship in order to work for Democracy Prep Public Schools?
- Have you previously been employed by our company?
- Consistent with applicable law, Democracy Prep employees are subject to criminal background checks. To the best of your knowledge, do you have a pending criminal charge or a criminal conviction in any jurisdiction?
- I certify that all the information I have provided in order to apply for and secure work with this employer is true, complete, and correct. I expressly authorize, without reservation, the employer its representatives, employees or agents to contact and obtain information from all references (personal and professional), employers, public agencies, licensing authorities and education institutions and to otherwise verify the accuracy of all information provided by me in this application, resume or job interview. I also understand that if I am hired, I will be required to provide proof of identity and legal authorization to work in the United States and that federal immigration laws require me to complete an I-9 Form in this regard. The information that I am providing here in the application and in the hiring process, including but not limited to information from the phone screen, demo lesson, and interview, will be used for research purposes to improve DPPS’s selection methods. I understand that all personally identifiable information will be kept confidential and will not be shared with non-research partners. Notice to applicants: An applicant who willfully provides false information or fails to disclose the information required is subject to criminal prosecution, as well as a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars and may face discipline up to and including termination or denial of employment.
Written answers (4)
- If yes, please list certification area, grade level, state, and expiration date. optional
- If you answered "no" to the question above, please provide an explanation below: optional
- If you answered "Yes" to the question above, please provide an explanation below. optional
- If you answered "Yes" to the question above regarding criminal history, please provide each of the following: (1) a brief summary of the conduct that led to the criminal conviction(s) and/or pending criminal charge(s), (2) the current status of the criminal conviction(s) and/or pending criminal charge(s), and (3) any other relevant information, including an explanation of how Democracy Prep can feel confident that such conduct will not be repeated and will not affect your work with Democracy Prep. Please note that one or more pending criminal charges and/or criminal convictions will not necessarily bar you from working for Democracy Prep. However, we prefer to know about such issues in advance of your background check. optional