Lower Elementary Teacher

Bricolage Academy is searching for Lower Elementary Teachers. Bricolage is a New Orleans charter school that started in 2013 with Kindergarten and grew one year and one grade at a time. We now serve students in grades, PreK - 8th.

At Bricolage Academy, our LowerElementary Teachers are responsible for providing multi-tiered instruction that is culturally relevant.

Bricolage Academy is a school with a big goal: we aim to be the highest performing non-selective school in New Orleans. There are many people who contribute to making Bricolage special - parents, administration, students and community members - but teachers are at the center of it all. Bricolage teachers must demonstrate a deep commitment to our mission of advancing educational equity by creating innovators who change the world. Our teachers embody our organizational values (integrity, empathy and innovation). They are always trying to get better, have a deep love for children and approach everything with joy.

Specifically, the Lower Elementary Teacher is responsible for:

• Student outcomes. We use multiple measures to assess student learning and preparedness

• Creating a classroom culture where students:

  • share in its ownership

  • treat each other with empathy and act with integrity

  • learn how to be responsibly autonomous

• Delivering engaging, rigorous, and effective instruction

• Differentiating instruction to meet the needs of each individual student

• Integrating technology, innovation, and design thinking into instruction

• Being an active member of the school community

• Developing relationships with colleagues, students and their families

Bricolage is a diverse community, but we are committed to being an anti-racist one. This means devoting time to understand what racism is, exploring how it manifests, and taking actions to dismantle it. Also, Bricolage's diversity is not itself an end. Rather, we believe our diversity is a means to amplifying empathy, advancing equity and facilitating creativity and innovation.

• Strong belief in Bricolage Academy’s mission, vision and core values

• Strong belief in and commitment to diverse, equitable, and inclusive educational access and equitable outcomes

• Strong belief in and commitment to the city of New Orleans

• Bachelor’s degree

• Demonstrated success raising student achievement

• Louisiana teaching certificate or working towards it

• At least 3 years of teaching experience

• PreK-2nd Grade teaching experience

• Familiarity with/experience with Phonics and Guided Reading

• Familiarity with/experience using Personalized Learning

• Familiarity with/experience using one or more of the following: Responsive Classroom, Love & Logic, Restorative Practices

• Familiarity with/experience using culturally responsive teaching strategies

Bricolage Academy does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, gender or gender identity, age, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.