2024-2025 School Year Middle and High School Teachers (Any Subject Area)

Date Posted	April 05, 2024
Industry	K-12: Charter Schools
Certification Needed
Job Status	Not Specified
Salary	Not Specified

Description:

POSITION: 2024-2025 School Year Middle and High School Teachers Positions (Any Subject Area)

GRADE LEVEL: Middle or High School Positions available

LOCATION: Hiring at multiple locations. Learn more about our 16 schools here. See currently posted postions here.

SALARY: $58,000-$80,000 based on years of aligned experience up to 10 years. We also offer a relocation stipend if you are moving from a location greater than 75 miles from Denver!

STATUS: Full time school year, benefits eligible, exempt, in-person position

START: Our new staff will attend a New Staff Institute at the end of July 2024. You can get a better idea of our school year by viewing the current School Year Calendar here.

TIMELINES FOR 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR APPLICATIONS

Interested in joining us for the 2024-2025 School Year? Submit your application here today! Applying to this pool gets your application into our system. Our team will be reviewing applications from this talent pool as our roles become available, and should a role come available that may be a good mutual fit, we will reach out to you directly to move forward with your application.

Have more questions? Email us at humancapital@scienceandtech.org. We’d love to connect with you.

Interested in an immediate start or mid-year opening? Check out these opportunities on our DSST Job Board!

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree (Any Area)

• By 10/1/2024, demonstrate In-Field Status: There are multiple ways to demonstrate content knowledge to serve as a teacher with DSST Public Schools! Please review this document to understand how you are qualified to teach with DSST. On your application you will be asked to select one of the options below that best describes how you are qualified as “in field.”

IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven commitment to and experience with serving students of color, students with disabilities, and/or multilingual students

KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Using data to analyze and drive their daily practice.

• Taking personal accountability for their impact to improve the minds, outcomes and lives of youth, and are reflective of their practice in order to be responsive to their students.

• Creating learning environments to support youth in owning their learning & academic success.

• Modeling and maintaining high expectations for all learners

• Identifying personal strengths that will support the school’s core values, guiding philosophy, expectations, and school spirit.

• Engage in feedback sessions with an instructional coach.

• Seek out and request opportunities for growth and continuous self-improvement in teaching, both in and out of the classroom.

• Willingness to engage in constructive dialogue with students, colleagues, and school administration.

• Actively support and participate in the school’s professional development programs

• Support the school’s core values and policies inside and outside the classroom with colleagues, students, parents, and the larger community.

• Additional duties as assigned such as supporting student recruitment, running a small group advisory class, after school tutoring, etc. See many of our possible duties here.

WHO WE ARE

At DSST Public Schools, we are proud to be the largest and highest-performing network of public charter schools in Denver and Aurora with 100% of our students having been accepted into college or post secondary programs since our inception in 2004. When you join DSST, you play a part in ensuring ALL students at our 16 schools have access to a transformational and joyful education. We encourage you to visit our website to learn more about why we’ve been selected as the 2018 Broad Prize Winner and as a Denver Post “Top Place to Work”.

Not interested right now but might be in the future, or want to learn about other positions? Complete our Interest Form to connect with a member of our Talent Team.

INTERVIEW EXPECTATIONS

For most of our positions, we hire on a rolling basis. Therefore, we recommend that you submit your application as soon as you are able! You can learn more about what to expect in our interview process here.

TOTAL REWARDS

At DSST, we know that our people are the greatest asset we have in reaching our mission of eliminating educational inequity. We work hard to build a work culture that allows our staff to not only feel fulfilled by the work they do but also feel supported to live a joyful, healthy life. We want this work to be your life’s work. Check out our website and our benefits highlight guide to learn how we deliver on our commitment to the human condition.

Some Highlights:

• Staff Experience Bonus: DSST celebrates staff that continue to choose our network by rewarding a bonus every 3 years in increasing increments from $3,000-$6,000.

• Excellent Healthcare Plan: We encourage you to check out our benefits guide to see the ways we are committed to the wellness of our staff. We are always looking to improve how we care and, through staff feedback, we’ve been able to implement innovative new benefits such as Fertility Benefits as well as staffing a Mental Health Counselor that is dedicated solely to DSST Staff.

• Time Off: DSST Staff enjoy 11+ weeks off per year + paid PTO (from Day 1!)

• Career Development: In addition to weekly coaching from a designated coach, you’ll have access to internal training and development pathways designed by our Professional Development & Training Team as well as external development opportunities.

REFERRAL

Know someone who would be a great fit? Refer them here! Anyone can refer a candidate and we offer a $500 referral bonus for every successful referral.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

DSST Public Schools is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not exclude participation in, deny benefits to or discriminate on the basis of, race, color, religion, National origin, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions, sexual orientation, or gender identity), Age (40 and older), Disability, Genetic information (including employer requests for, or purchase, use, or disclosure of genetic tests, genetic services, or family medical history), retaliation for filing a charge, reasonably opposing discrimination, or participating in a discrimination lawsuit, investigation, or proceeding in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in its programs and activities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is active and may require standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, and crouching throughout the day. The employee must lift and/or move items up to 30 pounds. The employee must have sufficient hand, arm, and finger dexterity to operate a computer keyboard and other office equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.