Founding Teacher - ELA & Humanities

Founding Teachers, Ubuntu Academies

Overview
Ubuntu Academies is seeking a passionate, content driven Founding Teachers to help build a K-5 school where teaching and learning matter again. This is a rare opportunity to teach a small group of 20 students broken into smaller tribes.

Our model is intentionally small. Teachers focus on a primary content area to multiage groups, and work closely with students, families, and colleagues. This role is for educators who want to slow down, teach deeply, and reconnect with why they entered the profession in the first place.

Ubuntu Academies Teacher, Instructional Leader

Ubuntu Academies is seeking an experienced, highly effective teacher who can facilitate high levels of learning in a small, multiage classroom. This educator must understand that small class size does not mean lower expectations. We are looking for someone who can create rigorous, engaging instruction while knowing every student deeply.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and facilitate rigorous, standards aligned instruction
• Maintain high levels of student engagement and time on task
• Differentiate instruction effectively within a multiage classroom
• Use ongoing assessment data to adjust instruction and accelerate learning
• Establish strong classroom systems, routines, and positive behavior supports
• Maximize instructional time and maintain a strong academic sense of urgency
• Provide meaningful student discourse, productive struggle, and opportunities for higher order thinking
• Monitor student mastery and provide timely intervention and enrichment
• Collaborate with school leadership to continuously improve instructional practice

Skills and Qualifications

• Proven record of accelerating student achievement
• Strong classroom management and student engagement skills
• Deep understanding of rigorous instruction, assessment, and differentiation
• Experience teaching in multiage or diverse learning environments preferred
• Strong knowledge of literacy and mathematics instruction
• Ability to analyze student data and respond instructionally
• Strong instructional planning and execution
• School turnaround or school improvement experience strongly preferred
• Bachelor’s degree and appropriate teaching certification required

We are looking for a teacher who can:
Teach with urgency. Engage every student. Maintain rigor. Use data. Maximize every minute. And create a classroom where students are challenged, supported, and expected to do excellent work.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $49,000.00 - $51,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Childcare
• Health savings account
• Paid time off

Experience:

• Teaching: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• Teaching Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: In person