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SLJ Seeks Passionate Teachers!

The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice (SLJ) is looking for committed and passionate teachers of all subjects. Candidates will also act as an advisor to eighteen students.

Work with a team of exceptional educators to grow a small law-themed school that opened in September 2004 to national recognition. SLJ features shared leadership, common planning time for teachers, small classes, personalized relationships through our Advisory program, and internships for students.

Math Teachers Wanted

SLJ is seeking 9th and 10th grade math teachers as replacements for the Fall 2010 semester! Must be currently employed by the NYC DOE as a math teacher as this position is subject to the hiring freeze. Additionally, SLJ is seeking a special education teacher and Physical Education teacher for the 2010-2011 academic year. These are possible positions at the moment and subject to the hiring freeze and budgetary restraints. Certified Special Education teachers are temporarily exempt from the hiring freeze restrictions.

Literacy Teacher Wanted

We are looking for a reading or literacy specialist to help our students have access to rigorous curriculum! Using a diverse set of strategies and methods, the literacy teacher at SLJ will deliver individualized lessons and support children needing to learn to read and comprehend across all content areas. As a literacy teacher, your day-to-day duties might include the following:

• * Teaching struggling readers in grades 9 - 11 in small class sizes (capped at 15 to 18) to allow for intensive small group instruction.
• * Collaborating with teachers in English and History courses to best support student learning in these content areas.
• * Conducting assessments to determine student reading levels.
• * Creating individual reading plans to match student ability and learning style.
• * Guiding children through reading and writing activities that help them overcome their specific literacy struggles.

How to Apply

Please send a resume and cover letter to: sljrecruitment@sljhs.org and be sure to write the subject you teach in the email's subject line.

Qualifications

• Teaching Certification A MUST.
• Understanding of and enthusiasm for the school's mission.
• Ability to integrate the law into the curriculum.
• Strong work ethic and a willingness to assume a variety of roles.
• Experience with teaching in cooperative learning environments.
• Clear conception of the integrated curriculum approach, backward design, and project-based learning.
• Ability and desire to teach in a heterogeneous classroom and to appropriately modify instructional approaches.
• Organizational skills that facilitate exceptional planning and preparation.
• Desire to integrate outside community into the classroom.

"We are so lucky to have a high school like this. To have teachers who won't stop teaching until we get it...I'm no longer on my own, I have teachers to guide me every step of the way."

—Roanda Vatel, Class of 2008

"What more could we ask for in this country than to have kids at wery one of our schools as pleased and excited as those we met at the Urban Assembly School for Law & Justice."

—William H. Gates, Chairman, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

"[The school] benefits from strong leaders with a clear educational vision, a hand-picked faculty, and community partners that...[contribute] time and resources."

—InsideSchools.org