Democracy Prep Public Schools is committed to ensuring all scholars succeed in the college of their choice and lead a life of active citizenship. As a teacher, you will play a vital role in creating a classroom culture that reflects high expectations and high support, fostering academic and personal growth for every scholar.
Anticipated Start Date: 2026–2027 School Year
Work Schedule:
This is a fully on-site, school-based role that requires in-person attendance five days per week. The position does not include a remote or work-from-home option.
Who You Are:
- An educator with an unwavering commitment to the Democracy Prep mission of college success and authentic civic engagement for our scholars.
- An outstanding ENL teacher who holds scholars to consistently high behavioral and academic expectations while honoring scholars’ linguistic assets.
- A self-reflective and self-aware teammate who is dedicated to aligning their classroom to Democracy Prep's commitment to antiracism and who is eager to use these skills to contribute to a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- A results-driven educator with experience in, and commitment to, the use of data analysis and assessments to drive instructional decisions and teacher accountability.
- A graduate of a Bachelor’s degree program (required), with 2 years of urban teaching experience and state certification (preferred).
- Bilingual in Spanish or French (preferred).
What You’ll Do:
- Deliver push-in and pull-out ENL instruction across grade bands, aligned to scholars’ English proficiency levels and grade level content expectations.
- Work with 2+ campuses in Harlem and/or the Bronx to deliver targeted ENL support to MLL scholars, following a consistent rotation schedule with flexibility based on campus needs.
- Create an inclusive classroom and school community that promotes language development, academic rigor, and scholar confidence by engaging in training, reflection, and dialogue around issues of race, identity, diversity, equity, and inclusion for our staff and scholars.
- Plan and co-plan with general education teachers to effectively implement a coherent, research-based curriculum that supports MLLs’ access to grade-level content and development of English language proficiency.
- Monitor, track, and update English Language Proficiency goals (ELPs) for assigned MLL caseload, using progress-monitoring data to inform instruction, service delivery, and collaboration with general education teachers and school teams.
- Create, monitor, and sustain a disciplined school culture of high academic and behavioral standards.
- Develop and use a variety of assessment data to refine curricula and instructional practice.
- Communicate effectively and maintain strong relationships with scholars, families, and colleagues.
- Administer the NYSITELL/NYSESLAT/WIDA to MLL scholars in accordance with NYS protocols to assess English proficiency.
- Continuously improve your professional practice through weekly coaching sessions, professional development, and data-driven reflection.
Compensation:
The salary range for this role is $73,000 to $152,581. Our salary schedule is commensurate with years of lead teaching experience and your certification status. Our teaching salaries start at $73,000 for a first-year uncertified teacher and $76,000 for a first-year certified teacher and cap at $152,581 for a certified teacher with 29+ years of lead teaching experience. Democracy Prep employees are provided with a benefits package that includes medical, vision, and dental insurance, 403B matching, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, and a laptop.
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Democracy Prep is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Our mission is to educate responsible citizen-scholars who will change the world. We strongly believe that by building a DREAM team that represents numerous perspectives, backgrounds, and expertises, we can achieve this goal together. This is a value we highly support and strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.
