ESL/Bilingual Certified Teacher

International Charter School of Trenton (ICST) is a public charter school that has been a staple in our South Trenton community since 1998. We are an elementary school serving students in grades kindergarten through fifth with 18 students per class. ICST is a friendly and warm working environment that makes employees feel welcome and respected. We are looking for a new team member ( ESL/Bilingual Certified teacher- or someone currently/or planning to enroll in an ESL teacher certification program) who maintains a growth mindset toward student learning, teaching practice, and personal/collective professional development.

Teacher Responsibility

• Contributes to student learning, growth, and advancement.
• Contribute to MLs program development and plan, organize, and provide instruction in Spanish/English that meets state and federal standards.
• Demonstrates a high degree of self-efficacy (agency); holds themselves accountable for learner outcomes and advocates for their students; works efficiently; and believes in their ability, the capability of their students, and themselves to succeed and excel.
• Facilitates problem-solving, with a curious mind and critical thinking skills, showing a high degree of creative application in the implementation of data-driven curriculum and practice.
• Serves as a role model and an innovative and creative learner with an insatiable thirst for knowledge, personal growth, and being on the cutting edge of instructional practice and pedagogy.
• Collaborates effectively with a variety of stakeholder groups within the organization and with external partners to increase student performance and contribute to advancing the teaching and learning craft.
• Looks beyond the walls of the classroom and demonstrates global competence and how their work will expand the impact of students’ work to their families and local and global communities.
• Invests in the learners’ well-being, health, and safety, physically, socially, and emotionally.
• Recognizes the relationship between social-emotional learning and academic performance, and aspires toward developing and teaching the whole child.
• Designs and facilitates differentiated and personalized learning goals and activities that follow a coherent sequence, are aligned to instructional goals, and engage students in high-level cognitive activity.

Work hours and Benefits

Working hours are Monday-Friday 8:00-3:15 for the months of September through June (typically 180 days).

ICST offers a strong starting salary of $61,391 and a full benefits package. Under the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program, if you teach full time for five complete and consecutive academic years at ICST and meet other qualifications, you may be eligible for forgiveness of up to $17,500 on your Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans and your Subsidized and Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans. ICST employees are also eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program