STRIVE Prep SMART (Science, Math, & Arts Academy)
MISSION STATEMENT: Through a challenging and relevant liberal arts education of high
standards, structure, and accountability, STRIVE Prep SMART prepares scholars in grades
nine through twelve for purposeful social agency to and through graduation from four-year
colleges and universities.
JOB OPENING:
9TH GRADE ALGEBRA AND GEOMETRY FOUNDING EDUCATOR FOR 2012-2013
REPORTS TO:
SCHOOL DIRECTOR
JOB GOAL:
Through a challenging and relevant liberal arts education of high standards, structure, and
accountability, STRIVE Prep SMART Educators will prepare our scholars for purposeful social
agency to and through graduation from four-year colleges and universities.
OVERVIEW:
Vision
In preparing our scholars for graduation from college, STRIVE Prep SMART provides a
challenging and relevant liberal arts educational community that fosters disciplined inquiry in
tandem with critical and innovative thinking. To this end, STRIVE Prep SMART promotes a
foundational mastery and appreciation of the hard sciences, advanced mathematical reasoning
and problem solving, as well as the production of exemplary artifacts from the humanities. Lastly,
STRIVE Prep SMART honors its numerous forms of diversity, and we provide supplemental
opportunities for our scholars to act upon their social agency with dignity and purpose.
Core Beliefs
As a network, STRIVE Prep supports every scholar who chooses to enter through our doors by
passionately committing to Three Core Beliefs:
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Every scholar deserves a demanding, standards-based education.
Accountable community develops character.
Great educators are essential for academic excellence.
These three Core Beliefs underpin our entire school design, for college readiness is the goal of a
STRIVE Prep SMART education. This simple commitment drives the development of our school
and the daily execution of our mission.
STRIVE Prep SMART will consider candidates for the listed content area positions who:
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Are dedicated to educational success for (first-generation college-bound) urban students of color;
Have the highest commitment to improving curriculum and instruction through collaboration, best practices, and
regular assessment; exhibit a growth mindset and unconditional resolve for setting up all scholars for success;
Are dedicated to leading a year-long SMART Advisory and SMART Seminar;
Communicate effectively with scholars, parents, and colleagues;
Hold a B.A./B.S. degree in subject area intended to teach preferably with demonstrated qualitative and quantifiable
success in a similar educational setting;
Speak Spanish or have experience working with bilingual students (preferred).
Have urban teaching experience (preferred).
STRIVE Prep SMART Educators commit to ensuring that all of our scholars attain an excellent and purposeful education on the
path toward college completion. The Commitment to College Completion Contract is signed by all incoming scholars, educators
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and families each school year. The educators’ responsibilities in the STRIVE Prep SMART Commitment to College Completion
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We will attend and participate in all staff meetings and professional development.
We will teach STRIVE Prep SMART scholars in the best way we know how, and we will exhibit an unconditional resolve
for empowering our scholars to learn by providing them with our appropriate contact information for questions about
homework after school.
We will always make ourselves available to work with scholars and parents, and we will address any concern(s) they
might have.
We will be the first to both correct and congratulate with context for our scholars.
We will provide tutorials for our scholars to support their learning.
We will respond to communication from scholars, parents, and fellow staff members within 24 hours.
We will always protect the safety, interests, and rights of all individuals in the classroom.
We will provide a challenging and relevant college prep curriculum along with necessary support in order to prepare our
STRIVE Prep SMART scholars for unconditional acceptance into and graduation from a four- year college or university.
To apply visit www.striveprep.catsone.com/careers/
To learn more about STRIVE Prep visit our website at www.striveprep.org
Questions? Contact Travis Lockhart at tlockhart@striveprep.org
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