Teacher - 6th Grade ELA

Charles R. Drew Charter School

Atlanta, Georgia

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Academic Background, Board of Education, Charter Schools, Computer Hardware, Computer Software, Education Regulations, Establish Priorities, Government Regulations, Identify Issues, Information/Data Security (InfoSec), Legal, Local Government, Manual Dexterity, Mathematics, Negotiation Skills, Office Equipment, Persuasion Skills, Physical Demands, Problem Solving Skills, Regulations, Risk, Safety/Work Safety, Security Equipment, Software Engineering, State Laws and Regulations, Team Player, Technical Operations, Time Management, Training/Teaching, Training/Teaching Curriculum
LOCATION
Atlanta, Georgia
POSTED
3 days ago

Join the Drew Charter School Community

At Drew, we are a unified Pre-K through 12 community where every individual is welcomed, valued, and belongs. We foster a joyful, restorative environment that balances academic focus with a commitment to innovation and celebrated growth. By centering our impact within the Villages of East Lake and serving a diverse student body, we create results that ripple across Metro Atlanta and beyond.

Working at Drew means being part of a thriving educational community dedicated to both student success and professional excellence. We offer our staff:

  • A Culture of Belonging: Join a mission-driven environment rooted in "Eagle Pride" that embraces differences and unity.
  • Empowerment & Innovation: We prioritize a talent strategy that values and empowers staff to lead with creativity and excellence.
  • Purpose-Driven Impact: Contribute to a strategic vision where staff are supported in cultivating resilient, community-minded, and self-aware graduates.
  • Collaborative Excellence: Work within a cohesive system that clarifies academic expectations and fosters meaningful relationships with families to accelerate student success.

 

DEPARTMENT:
 Junior Academy 
REPORTS TO:
Principal Cynthia Gunner
WORK SCHEDULE:
 195 days/year
COMPENSATION:
  Teacher Schedule
FULL/PART TIME:
  Full-Time
FLSA STATUS:
  Exempt
 

Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Education or a related field
  • Licensure: Valid Teaching Certification in appropriate content area
  • Previous Work-Related Experience: None
Preferred
  • Classroom Management Experience
  • Experience with Relevant LMS(s)
 

Knowledge & Skills

Knowledge
  • Operations and Technology Knowledge:
    • Computers/IT: Electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
  • Services Knowledge:
    • Customer and personal service: Principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.
    • Education/Training: Principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction, and measuring training effects.
  • Safety and Legal Knowledge:
    • Safety/Security: Equipment, policies, and procedures for the protection of people, data, property, and the organization.
    • Law/government: Relevant local, state, and national laws and government regulations including Board of Education policy.
Skills
  • Constantly (More than 5.6 hours or 69% of the day): Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Learning Strategies, Monitoring, Speaking, Writing, Instructing
  • Frequently (Between 2.6 hours and 5.5 hours or 33% to 68% of the day): Mathematics, Science, Reading Comprehension, Time Management, Coordination, Social Perceptiveness, Judgement and Decision Making
  • Occasionally (Up to 2.5 hours or 32% of the day): Active Learning, Complex Problem Solving, Service Orientation, Troubleshooting
  • Rarely (Less than 1 hour or 12% of the day): Negotiation, Persuasion
 

Work Environment and Physical Demands

Physical Activities/Sensory Abilities
 
Body Positioning, Physical Activities, and Sensory Abilities:
  • Constantly (more than 5.6 hours or 69% of the day): Sitting, Standing, Walking, Finger Dexterity, Multi-limb coordination, Hearing
  • Frequently (Between 2.6 hours and 5.5 hours or 33% to 68% of the day): Crouching/Kneeling
  • Occasionally (Up to 2.5 hours or 32% of the day): Color Vision, Carrying, Reaching, Balancing
  • Rarely: (Less than 1 hour or 12% of the day): Crawling, Lifting, Climbing, Pulling, Pushing,
 
Mental and Psychological Demands:
  • Medium demands: The job requires some mental effort and involves moderate levels of stress (e.g., Occasional need to deal with difficult customers or manage emotions when interacting with others, sometimes work under tight deadlines, limited or no exposure to public criticism, occasionally requires extended periods of concentration on complex tasks).
 
Work Type/Physical Demands
  • Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work.
 
Working Environment  
  • Everyday risk and discomfort level: The environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, libraries, residences, or commercial vehicles, e.g., use of safe work practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls, observance of fire regulations and traffic signals. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated.

 

EEO Statement

Charles R. Drew Charter School is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, or sex, including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity and other characteristics protected by law.
Last Updated: January 2025

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