About this role
Position type: Full-time, Exempt, 10-Month
Reporting & Collaboration
Direct Manager: Principal
Direct Reports: None
Key Collaborators: Assistant Principal, Instructional Coach, Teachers, and Regional Support
Inputs: What will I be doing in my day-to-day work?
Grade-Level Rigor & Access
Plan and deliver instruction where all students engage in grade-level standards, texts, and rigorous tasks daily
Internalize curriculum to ensure alignment to standards, pacing, and high-quality outcomes
Design and execute tasks that require students to analyze, justify, and apply learning
Provide scaffolds that increase access without lowering rigor, including modeling, guided practice, and strategic supports
Anticipate misconceptions and plan targeted supports to ensure all students can access grade-level content
What will I be evaluated on?
Instruction consistently ensures that all students engage in grade-level standards, tasks, and content aligned to curriculum and pacing, with scaffolds that maintain rigor. Student work demonstrates analysis, justification, and application, resulting in increased access and success with grade-level learning.
Student Engagement
Design lessons where students do the majority of the thinking, talking, reading, writing, and problem-solving
Facilitate structured academic discourse that requires students to explain, justify, and build on ideas using academic language
Use questioning and task design to promote analysis, reasoning, and cognitive lift
Create opportunities for students to make connections, defend thinking, and engage in meaningful dialogue
Ensure engagement reflects cognitive work, not just participation or compliance
Students consistently do the cognitive work of the lesson, engaging in meaningful discourse, reasoning, writing, and problem-solving. Engagement is driven by rigorous thinking, with students independently explaining, justifying, and building on ideas using academic language.
Culture of Learning
Establish and maintain a classroom environment grounded in high expectations, strong routines, and productive struggle
Implement systems that maximize instructional time and ensure students remain focused, accountable, and independent
Create a safe and structured environment where students take academic risks and persist through challenging work
Reinforce consistent expectations for behavior and learning aligned to school-wide systems
Build strong relationships with students and families to support both academic and cultural outcomes
The classroom reflects high expectations, strong routines, and maximized instructional time, resulting in a focused and productive learning environment. Students demonstrate independence, persistence, and productive struggle, taking academic risks within a safe and structured culture.
Assessment for Learning
Embed frequent checks for understanding into daily instruction to assess student thinking in real time
Analyze student responses and adjust instruction immediately to address misconceptions and advance learning
Provide clear, timely, and actionable feedback that enables students to improve their work
Monitor student progress toward learning goals and ensure students understand success criteria
Implement data-driven cycles, including reteach and intervention, to accelerate student achievement
Instruction is continuously informed by frequent checks for understanding, with real-time adjustments based on student thinking. Students receive actionable feedback, engage in revision, and demonstrate measurable progress toward learning goals through effective data-driven instruction cycles.
Outcomes & Accountability:
Professional Practice & Contribution
Consistent alignment to the KIPP St. Louis Instructional Framework in planning, instruction, and reflection
Active participation in collaborative planning, data analysis, and professional learning
Responsiveness to coaching, with observable growth in instructional practice over time
Contribution to instructional coherence across classrooms and teams
Student Achievement & Growth
K-2: DIBELS proficiency and growth in early literacy
K-8: i-Ready Reading and Math growth and proficiency
3-8: Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) performance
9-12: End-of-Course (EOC) exam results in tested subjects
9-12: AP exam participation, performance, and pass rates (where applicable)
Demonstrated ability to translate strong Tier 1 instruction into measurable student outcomes
What skills should I already bring, i.e., what should I already have a track record around?
Demonstrated ability to drive measurable student achievement and growth
Strong classroom management and ability to create structured learning environments
Effective use of data to inform instruction and close learning gaps
Ability to plan and execute high-quality, standards-aligned lessons
Proven collaboration with colleagues to improve instructional outcomes
Strong communication skills with students, families, and staff
What should I know a lot about already, i.e., what should I have expertise in?
Deep understanding of grade-level standards and content in your subject area
Research-based instructional strategies and best practices
Data-driven instruction cycles, including assessment analysis and reteach planning
Curriculum internalization and lesson planning aligned to rigorous outcomes
Strategies for supporting diverse learners, including intervention and differentiation
Classroom culture systems that maximize learning and student engagement
Required
Bachelor’s degree in education or related content area
Minimum of 2+ years of successful classroom teaching experience
Valid Missouri Teacher Certification
Demonstrated commitment to improving outcomes for historically underserved students
Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
Preferred
State teaching certification
Experience in a high-performing, data-driven school environment
Track record of driving significant student achievement gains
Experience with standards-aligned curricula and assessment systems
Leadership experience within a grade level, content team, or school initiative
KIPP St. Louis is committed to pay equity and to ensuring that we do not unintentionally perpetuate historic wage gaps that persist due to individual negotiations. As a result, salaries are not negotiated. We are transparent about salaries in our job postings so that candidates can make an informed decision before beginning the hiring process. Starting salary for first-year teachers with a bachelor’s degree is $50,500.
We are a fast-paced, energetic team and family with passionate people who are leading a movement, and to cultivate their best working environment, we provide the following:
$0 deductible healthcare plan option, including medical, vision, and dental.
Employer Paid Short-Term Disability.
$50,000 life insurance policy at no cost to the employee.
Retirement plan through PSSRSSL with an employer match up to 14% and an optional 403b as a supplement to our pension program
Public Service student loan forgiveness program qualified employer.
Ongoing professional development.
Generous time off:
Paid leave for illness, personal days, bereavement, jury duty, and military-related leave
Paid parental leave for new families
Paid holidays, as well as a one-week Thanksgiving break, a two-week winter break, a week-long spring break
Wellness days provided throughout the year
If you are interested in working at KIPP St. Louis, please visit our website to find out how to apply!
www.kippstl.org/apply
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KIPP St. Louis is committed to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all our students, families, teachers, staff and community members. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.