Computer Science Teacher -Elementary, Middle- (NY)- SY 24-25 Job at Excellence Community Schools, Bronx, NY

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  • Excellence Community Schools
  • Bronx, NY

Job Description

Who We Are

Excellence Community Schools (ECS)is a Charter Management Organization (CMO) supporting schools in the Bronx, NY and Stamford, CT. Our programs are based on a proven, nationally recognized model, which originated in our flagship school, the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, a National Blue Ribbon School.

Our Mission and Vision

Our schools prepare young scholars to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private, and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, emotional, and ethical development. We accomplish this by offering a challenging and rigorous academic curriculum, which at the earliest of grades has an eye towards college preparation. To achieve this, our schools create a supportive and caring environment that at all times has high expectations of all students. We offer a differentiated, project-based learning environment that seeks to develop high-level analytic and critical thinking skills in all of our students. Our engaging and rigorous approach to educating our scholars is implemented by a collaborative team of teachers.

Who We Need:

We are seeking individuals who are dedicated, ambitious, and committed to student success and education reform. Qualified candidates must demonstrate records of achievement, high degrees of personal responsibility, and the drive to do whatever it takes to ensure that every child achieves academic success. This individual must be committed to excellence, lead by example, and see collaboration as a key component of success.

Job overview:

The Computer Science Teacher will teach Computer Science to students in grades K-8 and create a curriculum to follow with the students to teach students how to write computer programs, algorithms, computer system design, and also teach computer programming languages.

Responsibilities:

  • Teach Computer Science classes for grades K-8.

  • Assist and or teach advanced algebra and trigonometry to scholars.

  • Assist in assessing changing curricular needs and offer plans for improvement

  • Desire to plan product architecture and roadmap

  • Work alongside ECS staff and teaching team to best meet the needs and learning of students.

  • Facilitate a dynamic and collaborative classroom community.

  • Help build software programs to improve student learning.

  • Work on software programs to assist staff and faculty.

  • Assist students outside of class as necessary.

  • Serve as a project manager for students during project Development.

  • Develop and maintain genuine, positive, and consistent communication with parents.

  • Build a classroom culture that promotes active learning and computer science.

  • Learn a new programming language or skill every quarter as part of professional development.

  • Make direct technical contributions (writing, debugging, reviewing, and deploying code).

  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.

  • Ability to learn and teach new technologies with limited guidance.

  • Experience with HTML5, CSS3, & JavaScript.

  • Excellent understanding of JavaScript Frameworks and libraries along with their related tooling (ex: React, Redux, Webpack, and ES6).

  • Experience working on front and backend applications.

  • Proven track record of high achievement in the classroom.

  • Evidence of self-governance and willingness to be a team player.

  • Experience with one or more general-purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Java, C/C++, C#, Objective C, Python, JavaScript, or Go.

  • Modern Web Framework experience ( Vue, Angular, Ember).

  • Experience in iOS and Android development.

  • Strong mathematical background with strong knowledge in at least one of the following fields: statistics, data mining, machine learning, statistics, operations research, econometrics, natural language processing.

  • Hands-on work experience working on development projects run using an Agile methodology, familiarity with DevOps

practices.

  • Proficient in big data ecosystem programming languages (e.g. Python, Ruby, Java, Scala).

  • Some teaching experience.

  • Knowledge of an MVC framework such as Ruby on Rails a plus.

  • Must provide a portfolio site and a sample for consideration.

  • Be prepared for a coding challenge.

Benefits

Compensation

  • Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications. Salary range ($56,811-$154,961)
  • Health Insurance, dental, vision & 403b Retirement Plan
  • Paid Time Off/Paid Sick Leave/Parental Leave/FMLA
  • Short-term, Long-term Disability benefits and Life Insurance

To learn more about our schools, please visit .

Job Tags

Temporary work, Work experience placement,

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