2025-2026 Lower Elementary School Second Grade Teacher

Lower Elementary School Second Grade Teacher

(2025 - 2026 School Year)

Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter School

Brooklyn New York

What is the Role

Join us in welcoming our youngest scholars and their families into education and carve out their pathway to success in Kindergarten through second grade and beyond. As an educator of early learners youre passionate about providing consistency and building the youngest minds investment in math and literacy skills. Dedicated to content knowledge you drive your instruction toward the main point and bring joy to the learning process. Youre a school teacher as opposed to a classroom teacher and together with your team you hold the bar for success for all scholars.

What Youll Be Asked To Do

• Internalize standards-aligned curriculum and content and on a daily basis teach academically rigorous and culturally relevant lesson plans materials and assessments and differentiate as needed
• Provide a safe welcoming and joyful learning environment for our youngest learners
• Communicate effectively with all scholars their families and staff
• Commit to a culture of consistently implementing school-wide systems structures and procedures
• Eradicate the effects of racism poverty and other forms of oppression in our school community by making resources opportunities support systems and classrooms equitable and accessible for all our stakeholders
• Analyze instructional and culture data to action plan and improve teaching practice and strengthen student outcomes
• Be proactive in creating a positive structured results-oriented and fun learning environment that supports the needs of students with various abilities and experiences
• Participate in school community responsibilities such as lunch duty arrival dismissal and hallway duties daily homeroom weekly advisory groups weekly content team meetings whole-staff professional development lesson internalization and practice and weekly grade team meetings
• Develop students literacy skills across all subjects by applying the Science of Reading and integrating content-specific strategies to support comprehension vocabulary and critical thinking

What Youll Need

Who are we

Coney Island Prep Lower Elementary School blends joy rigor and high expectations to ensure our 320 scholars in K-2 are ready to succeed. With two teachers in every classroom smaller teacher to student ratios help accelerate learning and allow for tailored instruction for each scholar. We leverage a research-backed approach to teach the science of reading and focus heavily on phonics instruction word recognition vocabulary background knowledge and comprehension skills to cultivate our young learners strong reading abilities from the moment they step into our building.

Commitment to Anti-racism Diversity Equity Inclusion and Justice

Coney Island Prep is committed to building a team that collectively reflects the various backgrounds experiences and identities of our scholars. We recognize and respond to different points of access so that everyone maximizes their highest potential. We also recognize that because of institutionalized racism and systemic oppression historically marginalized groups are at a disadvantage when it comes to most application and hiring processes. We want to ensure that all candidates regardless of their identity are able to demonstrate their qualifications and are not limited by a lack of opportunity or access. We are committed to creating a space where everyones identity is acknowledged respected and welcomed. We are intentional about creating an environment where people feel comfortable being their authentic selves at work by constantly examining our organization culture and challenging our traditions.

Benefits and Compensation

Are you All In Our 2025-2026 school year starts immediately . To apply head to our Careers Page!

Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter School is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race religion color age sex sexual orientation marital or familial status national origin citizenship or disability. We want Coney Island Prep to be a place where students and staff of all backgrounds experiences and identities feel as though they are valued and can excel.

Key Skills

Experience Working With Students,Classroom Management,Algebra,Behavior Management,Classroom Experience,Computer Operation,EDI,Lesson Planning,Special Education,Teaching,Cordova,Writing Skills

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 71250 - 97750