Teacher

Education: Classroom Teaching level3, Elementary School, Junior-High School

​​Who We Are
Atlas prepares and empowers all students for success on their post-graduate paths through educational excellence, character development, and community engagement.

• Atlas students are outpacing national average growth across all grade levels
• Atlas student proficiency has surpassed the district and state
• Atlas provides family-centered support services that consistently lead to over 90% participation in our parent advisor conferences
• Atlas teachers engage in ongoing professional development targeted towards instructional best practices and academic data analysis

Who We Serve

• Tuition free and open enrollment public schools serving 1,200 students in K-12th grades
• 92% Socioeconomically Disadvantaged
• 78% Hispanic, 12% African American, 9% White, and 1% Asian
• 56% English Language Learner

Responsibilities

• Embody the characteristics that the school wishes the students to uphold, especially respect, excellence, authenticity, curiosity, hard work, and professionalism.
• Teach at least four classes each day, an independent reading class, and a daily homeroom.
• Serve as adviser for a group of students and their families, including regular communication, problem solving, and hosting quarterly family conferences.
• Assist in student arrival and departure, transitions between class periods, and lunch periods.
• Communicate effectively and maintain strong relationships with students, families and colleagues.
• Assist in the design and implementation of research-based curriculum.

Qualifications and Experience

• Successful manager of an urban classroom who has used structure, incentives, and high expectations to drive student success.
• Experienced classroom teacher with demonstrated, quantifiable and objective student performance gains that surpass state or local averages.
• Three years of urban teaching preferred.

Compensation
Annual salary $38,000-$53,000 with signing bonuses range from $2,500-$5,000.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits. Plan options include PPO or High Deductible Plan with a Health Savings Account (HSA).
• Participation in the Colorado PERA retirement program, including a PERA 401k contribution option.
• Approximately 10 weeks of paid time off for holidays, scheduled breaks during the year and summer break, in additional to personal flex time.
• Flexible Spending Account (Medical or Child Care)
• Regular staff get togethers and celebrations.
• Early student release every Friday with staff professional development.
• Four designated industrial copy machines per school with unlimited copying for classroom instruction.

Additional benefits available to all team members include:

• Health Discount Program - savings on Lasik, prescriptions, teeth whitening, etc
• Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) - up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave
• Short Term Disability Benefit (Partial Paid Maternity Leave)
• Short Term Disability Benefit (Partial Paid Leave due to injuries)
• Long Term Disability Benefit
• Life Insurance Benefit of $25,000
• Additional option to purchase Life Insurance Benefits for employees and family members
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) which provides up to four free counseling sessions annually

Start Date
An exceptional candidate will assume a full time role in July 2022. The position will remain open until filled.
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