<p>Empowerment Academy Charter School is hiring a Spanish teacher for our Middle School for the 2025/2026 School Year and beyond!</p> <p>Base Salary SY25/26: $67,000-87,000</p> <p>Hours: 7:15-3:45</p> <p>Competitive Raises year to year, many BONUS and Stipend opportunities, no Master's needed.</p> <p>OUR SCHOOL</p> <p>Empowerment Academy is a dynamic and successful charter school that truly supports its teachers and staff. Empowerment has three of its own campuses, and BelovED is our "sister school." We serve a mix of students that are among the most diverse in America while enjoying the cultural vibrance of Jersey City, Hoboken and New York City. Our staff is a dedicated group of individuals passionate about closing the achievement gap and providing a quality educational program.</p> <p>WE VALUE OUR FACULTY</p> <p>At Empowerment Academy, we emphasize teamwork and community and truly value our faculty:</p> <ul> <li>Evidencing this, compared to those with similar experience, OUR FACULTY MEMBERS ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST PAID IN NEW JERSEY; </li><li>Moreover, we seek to achieve academic success without burning out teachers by meshing an effective education program with effective teacher supports and professional development. </li></ul> <p>TEACHER SUPPORTS</p> <p>Teachers at Empowerment Academy are part of a school-wide team. They receive career-long coaching and professional development support from school leaders; work with their peers in professional learning communities (PLCs) to plan lessons and solve problems; and partner with an array of specialists to meet scholars' diverse needs.</p> <p>Examples of such teacher supports include:</p> <ul> <li>Abundant planning periods during the school day; </li><li>A research-based curriculum and supporting curricular materials; </li><li>High-quality formative assessments, aligned with the curriculum, that help identify when students have not achieved mastery of a skill, concept, or knowledge item; and </li><li>Full-time reading and math specialists who tutor students struggling to master an essential skill, and counselors and social workers who help students struggling with non-academic problems. </li></ul>