High School ELA Teacher

The Queen City Difference
At Queen City Academy Charter School, teachers are our most treasured assets. We
expect academic and character excellence from QCACS students, and our teachers help
foster a dynamic learning environment where students receive the necessary
preparation and support to rise to that challenge. Therefore, teacher recruitment at
QCACS is a vitally important process through which we seek to attract and retain
educators with an immediately discernible passion for helping children meet their
highest potential. Teachers work in a collegial setting where the faculty and
administration collaborate to ensure a high quality education experience for students,
while benefiting from supportive parent partners who are deeply committed to their
children’s success.
The Queen City Academy Charter School is Plainfield, New Jersey’s first charter school.
QCACS serves scholars in grades K-10 and growing to K-12. Our mission is to create
lifelong learners and equip staff with the opportunities to successfully shape and
transform lives by cultivating learners that possess the ability to be critical-thinkers and
demonstrate leadership skills required to continuously open new doors which create
generational successes. All staff are expected to be committed to the mission of
QCACS, have a positive and professional attitude, exhibit a strong work ethic (including
a willingness to work long hours) and possess an inner drive for personal and
professional excellence. The Queen City Academy Charter School of Plainfield is an
equal opportunity employer.
High School ELA Teacher Position Overview
All teachers at The Queen City Academy Charter School advance the mission, goals and
educational philosophy of the school by planning and facilitating learning activities and
experiences that advance the intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth of
students, while enabling students to develop competencies, skills and disposition to
function successfully in society.
The High School ELA teacher should be able to:
High School ELA Teacher
● Develop students’ independent and collaborative reading, writing, and
discussion skills;
● Facilitate student-led discourse, teaching students to use evidence to make
sophisticated claims, and to synthesize and evaluate arguments and
rhetoric;
● Analyze student comprehension and writing regularly and determine how
to adapt and write your own lessons to maximize student learning;
● Partner with your department and your grade level team on content and
instructional strategies that support your students and help all students
succeed;
● Learn and implement strategies to differentiate instruction for all learners in
your classroom;
● Build positive relationships with students to ensure they feel seen, loved,
and heard;
● Partner with students’ families to ensure appropriate resources are
available to support their child’s learning needs;
● Engage in practice-based professional development, mentorship, and
coaching sessions.
Qualifications
The successful candidate will hold at minimum a Bachelor’s degree and certification as
appropriate. The expectation is that all candidates hold at least a Certificate of Eligibility
and QCACS leadership can provide guidance on obtaining full certification in the State of
New Jersey. Candidates should be prepared to provide a copy of a valid New Jersey
Certificate or proof of passing the required PRAXIS tests. Applicants must demonstrate
cultural sensitivity, ability to communicate with parents and students across lines of
difference, have mastery of subject matter content, be a team player, hold high
expectations of students and possess basic understanding of child development