Overview

Start Date: Immediate

The mission of BUGS is to provide a hands-on, interdisciplinary education to young adolescents of all abilities and backgrounds, with a focus on real-world problem solving and the exploration of environmental, economic, and social sustainability.  BUGS students will excel in the core academic subjects and become engaged community members who are critical thinkers prepared to achieve excellence in high school and beyond.  As staff members we actively work to realize this mission while embodying the BUGS C.A.R.E.S Values.  

 

At BUGS, we value and respect teachers as educators, professionals, and individuals. As a growing faculty and community, we offer many opportunities for innovation, professional growth, and teacher leadership.  We feature a strong, supportive community of learners, an active parent-teacher organization, and a positive student and staff culture. Educators are supported in using standards based learning and project-based methodology and designing on-going fieldwork to enrich the units of study.

 

BUGS team members are:

  • Passionate about environmental justice and stewardship
  • Enthusiastic about field study expeditions on a regular basis all over NYC and beyond!
  • Willing and excited to design coursework in the context of an interdisciplinary sustainability-focused curriculum
  • Models of sustainability actions and beliefs in and out of the classroom
  • Dedicated to regularly assessing students and using the results to inform instruction
  • Committed to school-wide behavior systems that consider adolescent development and promote holistic, socio-emotional responses through restorative justice and collaborative problem solving
  • Committed to coaching adolescents to find their voice and take charge of their learning
  • Collaborative with colleagues, students, and families
  • Innovative self-starters who are reflective, open-minded, and results driven
  • Passionate about hands-on learning and real-world problem solving 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

  • Develop knowledge and understanding of prioritized skills in ELA and Mathematics. 
  • Provide push-in and pull-out instruction to at-risk students based on their academic data. .
  • Support teachers with 
  • creating supplemental curriculum, 
  • implementing pedagogical practices, 
  • maintaining learning environment, and 
  • scaffolding assessments
  • Maintain records for each student’s individual and academic instructional program.
  • Facilitate frequent and effective home-school communication by coordinating: conferences; written communication; other meetings/events; and administrative support for interpreting, translations, etc.
  • Participate in in-service and teacher training.
  • Meet with your supervisor at regular intervals.
  • Periodic walk-throughs with supervisor using the BUGS Learning Environment Checklist.
  • Align ELL curriculum to Interdisciplinary Sustainability  Competencies and grade level Interdisciplinary Sustainability Themes .
  • Assist the student recruitment department with ELL student recruitment as needed.
  • Provide support with administering school-wide and state assessments.

 

Selection Criteria:

  • Valid New York State Special Education certification, highly preferred
  • New York State Teaching certification, required
  • Three years of teaching experience, highly preferred
  • Bachelor Degree required
  • Experienced in planning and teaching academic interventions in Literacy and/or Math 
  • Previous experience in implementing Orton Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, or Leveled Literacy Intervention
  • Experience in implementing support around computation, number sense, and building mathematical vocabulary
  • Desire to work in a classroom with a range of ability levels and students of diverse socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds
  • Commitment to collaboration, sustainability, continuous professional growth, and student achievement
  • Proven track record in data collection and corresponding student achievement
  • Experience using Renaissance Learn Platform (STAR Math/Reading)
  • Familiarity with the Desmos Math curriculum a plus

BUGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to building a culturally diverse faculty and staff.  

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