Palm Lane Elementary Charter School seeks dynamic educators to teach our students. The primary responsibilities of all teacher are to ensure that students achieve and/or exceed grade level standards. Other responsibilities include: delivering a high-quality, rigorous, and effective curriculum; planning, implementing, and reflecting upon all aspects of instruction in the assigned areas in order to realize the school’s mission and vision. 

Duties & Responsibilities include:

• Teach the academic skills and foster the intellectual habits.
• Contribute to the design of a rigorous curriculum that includes the school’s standards as well as the California State Standards.
• Plan, prepare, and implement lesson plans that utilize a variety of instructional strategies and differentiate teaching based on the diverse and individual needs of all students.
• Implement classroom management techniques to create a nurturing, safe, and structured learning classroom environment.
• Maintain high expectations for students’ academic achievement and conduct.
• Develop and administer a variety of assessments to measure students’ growth towards goals and monitor student mastery of the content standards.
• Analyze informal and formal student assessment results and use this information to drive and inform instruction.
• Participate actively in all professional development sessions and reflect on teaching craft to make improvements.

Requirements & Qualifications for Teachers

• Possession of a valid internship, preliminary, or clear California teaching credential.
• Possession of a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution of higher learning.
• Preferred two years of successful, full-time, lead teaching experience required.
• Possession of either a Bilingual, Cross-cultural, Language and Academic Development (BCLAD) certificate; a Cross-cultural, Language and Academic Development (CLAD) certificate; a Bilingual  Certificate of Competence (BCC); or a Language Development Specialist (LDS) certificate.

The annual salary for teachers is based on the Board approved Teacher Salary Schedule. A comprehensive benefits plan (including CalSTRS participation), as well as the opportunity to impact a growing, mission-driven organization that is committed to the success of all students.

New Century Charter Public Schools (NCCPS) is a fair chance and equal opportunity employer. As such, NCCPS is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants, without regard to their actual or perceived race, religious creed (including religious dress or grooming practices), color, national origin or ancestry (including native language spoken), physical or mental disability (including HIV or AIDS), medical condition (including cancer or genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status (including registered domestic partnership status), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender (including gender identity and expression), parental status, age (forty (40) and over), sexual orientation, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, citizenship, immigration status or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local law. Please note that we are unable to sponsor H1-B Visa applicants