Middle & High School ELA Teacher 2025-2026 School Year Job at Centner Academy - Miami, FL, Miami, FL

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  • Centner Academy - Miami, FL
  • Miami, FL

Job Description

Middle & High School ELA Teacher – 2025-2026 School Year

Job Description

We are seeking an energetic and creative Middle School & High School Language Arts Teacher to join our growing faculty for the 2025-2026 school year. This position requires in-person teaching on campus.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement a Language Arts curriculum that focuses on developing strong readers, writers, and critical thinkers and exposes students to a range of literature representing diverse backgrounds, cultures, and voices.
  • Guide 8th-grade students through their high school application process, including writing letters of recommendation and providing individualized academic support.
  • Develop and implement a culturally responsive curriculum for either a middle school and high school arts elective or middle school and high school advisory class for students at varying levels of progress from grades 6 through 12. This includes creating schemes of work and lesson plans, identifying, and selecting instructional resources and methods to meet students’ needs, and preparing the classroom for activities.
  • Collaborate with colleagues on curriculum development and on enhancing instructional practices and strategies.
  • Regularly assess students’ progress by observing and evaluating performance and development, assigning and grading classwork, homework, tests, and assignments, and providing appropriate feedback to students, their parents, and colleagues.
  • Communicate regularly with the relevant people (learning support specialist, counselor, principals, and parents) about student progress.
  • Establish and enforce school rules for students with a positive style and strong classroom management skills.
  • Attend faculty meetings, departmental planning sessions, team collaborations, and parent-teacher conferences as required
  • Participate in required non-classroom activities, including Back to School Night(s), parent/student conferences, retreats, faculty and meetings, field trips, and special activities and performance events.
  • Maintain knowledge of and competency in relevant classroom technology and have a passion for recent developments in teaching resources and methods with the flexibility to incorporate changes into instructional plans and activities.
  • Be strictly vigilant about student health and safety.
  • Fulfill other responsibilities as assigned by the school administration.

Essential Skills and Experience

  • Hold a bachelor’s degree in English or a related field from an accredited college or university with teaching credentials. A master’s degree and teaching certificate (preferred).
  • Have 2-3 years in a lead teacher role, preferably in Language Arts at the middle school and high school level.
  • Strong communication skills (oral and written).
  • Deep dedication to learning and developing as an educator.
  • Collaborative work style paired with the ability to take initiative.
  • Strong classroom management skills and expertise in differentiating instruction.

Nonessential skills and experience

  • Eagerness to learn new technology and systems.
  • Strong understanding of teaching through a balanced literacy approach.
  • Experience with a problem-solving and discussion-based mathematics approach.
  • Strong analytical abilities and enthusiasm for data-driven instruction.
  • Very resourceful and adaptive, eager to embrace change, growth, and learning.

To apply, please submit a copy of your resume. Please also provide professional references (name and full contact information) with application. Compensation is competitive and based on experience. This is a year-round position.

Centner Academy is an equal opportunity employer. We believe every employee has the right to work in an environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination. It is the policy of the school that employment decisions for all applicants and employees will be made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, disability, or other characteristics protected under local, state, or federal law. No employee will be retaliated against for raising concerns under this policy. We seek each employee’s contribution and assistance in helping us maintain equal employment opportunity.

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