Company Info

Digital Pioneers Academy

709 12th Street
DC, United States

Phone: (202) 677-3522
Web Site: https://www.digitalpioneersacademy.org/

Company Profile

Founding STEM Teacher


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Job ID:

16816

Location:

DC, United States 

Category:

Education

Salary:

per year
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Job Views:

7522

Employment Type:

Full time

Posted:

06.04.2022
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Job Description:

A successful Digital Pioneers Academy 6th, 7th or 8th Grade STEM Teacher will ensure that all DPA scholars meet the highest academic and behavior standards. We are committed to creating a community where every scholar and adult feels known, loved and respected. Teachers’ investment in building culture and character will prepare scholars to lead productive lives meeting the demands of the post-secondary arena and job market.

Teachers at DPA believe that all scholars can achieve at high levels. Teachers will hold primary responsibility for implementation of Digital Pioneers Academy's curriculum, creating corresponding STEM experiences, and ensuring the success of its scholars. Teachers will provide rigorous educational experiences to propel scholar intellectual growth and mastery of learning standards.

Through our semi-self contained structure, in which each scholar cohort has two primary teachers: a STEM teacher and a Humanities teacher, partner teachers are able to co-plan personalized, context-specific interventions and targeted, holistic supports that carry through for their scholars across all core content areas.

At DPA, we operate as a team with one mission. We attract leaders in teaching with a successful track record of developing authentic relationships with scholars, families and professional peers. With a collective mission to develop the next generation of innovators, our teachers will develop ours scholars to not only consume, but create the digital economy.

Job Requirements:

Our middle school teachers are results oriented and strive to improve the minds and lives of scholars in and out of the classroom:

  • Proven track-record of high achievement in the classroom

  • Minimum of two years teaching experience in an urban public or charter school setting

  • Evidence of self-motivation, diligence and willingness to be a team player

  • Strong interpersonal skills and high moral character

  • Bachelor's degree with an outstanding record of academic achievement and leadership is required; Master’s degree is preferred

  • Belief in and alignment with Digital Pioneers Academy’s core beliefs and educational philosophy is non-negotiable