Elementary Bilingual Teacher

Empowerment Academy Charter School is seeking a dedicated and passionate Bilingual (Spanish) Teacher to support students in Kindergarten through 3rd grade within a push-in and pull-out instructional model. The ideal candidate will provide targeted language support, promote academic achievement, and differentiate instruction to meet the diverse needs of multilingual learners. This role requires close collaboration with classroom teachers to ensure equitable access to grade-level curriculum for bilingual and multilingual students.

Base Salary SY27: $68,500 - $88,500

*Additional stipends and bonuses available.

Why Our School is Special

Empowerment Academy is a highly successful charter school that truly supports its teachers and staff. We serve a student mix that is among the most diverse in America while enjoying the cultural vibrance of Jersey City, Hoboken and New York City. If this appeals to you, then apply today! We have achieved academic success without burning out our teachers/staff by meshing an effective education program with effective support and professional development.

WE VALUE OUR FACULTY

At Empowerment Academy, we emphasize teamwork and community and truly value our faculty:

• Evidencing this, compared to those with similar experience, OUR FACULTY MEMBERS ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST PAID IN NEW JERSEY;
• Moreover, we seek to achieve academic success without burning out teachers by meshing an effective education program with effective teacher supports and professional development.

TEACHER SUPPORTS

Teachers at Empowerment Academy are part of a school-wide team. They receive career-long coaching and professional development support from school leaders; work with their peers in professional learning communities (PLCs) to plan lessons and solve problems; and partner with an array of specialists to meet scholars’ diverse needs.

Examples of such teacher supports include:

• Abundant planning periods during the school day;
• A research-based curriculum and supporting curricular materials;
• High-quality formative assessments, aligned with the curriculum, that help identify when students have not achieved mastery of a skill, concept, or knowledge item; and
• Full-time reading and math specialists who tutor students struggling to master an essential skill, and counselors and social workers who help students struggling with non-academic problems.

Candidates MUST either hold a New Jersey Department of Education CE, CEAS or Standard Certificate in Bilingual Education.

Candidate must be fluent in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities:

• Provide direct instruction to K–3 students in both push-in (in-class) and pull-out (small group) settings
• Deliver targeted English Language Development (ELD) and/or bilingual instruction aligned to grade-level standards, the WIDA Can Do Descriptors, and ELD WIDA Standards
• Support students in developing listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in both English and Spanish
• Differentiate instruction to meet diverse language proficiency levels and varied student learning needs
• Utilize scaffolded instructional strategies to support comprehension of academic content and explicit vocabulary development 

Charter schools ARE public schools. Our teachers are part of the New Jersey Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund (TPAF), same as teachers at traditional public schools, and can transfer their pension credits from a traditional public school to our school and vice versa. Additional benefits include:

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development

As an equal opportunity employer, Empowerment Academy hires without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability.

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