KIPP Austin Public Schools is a network of free, public, open‐enrollment schools for low‐income and historically underserved students in East Austin, Texas. Since 2002, KIPP Austin Public Schools has empowered students to strengthen the academic skills, intellectual habits, and character traits necessary to thrive in, and graduate from, four‐year colleges and universities, giving them the freedom to shape their futures and positively affect their communities. The students we target and serve are overwhelmingly low‐income and come from historically underserved Latino/a and African‐American populations in Austin, Texas. To meet the need of Austin’s large and growing population of underserved students for high‐quality college‐preparatory education, KIPP Austin Public Schools will expand its network to include ten schools that serve students from pre‐Kindergarten through twelfth grade. Our growth plan calls for phased development of two pods of five schools each—two elementary (pre‐K through 4), two middle (5‐8) and one high school (9‐12); each school will be founded with its base grade, and grow by an additional grade each year. When fully enrolled, KIPP Austin Public Schools will serve a total of 5,280 students.

KIPP Austin Public Schools Teaching Fellows work intensively with administrators and teachers to hone teaching skills while helping our students achieve the academic skills, intellectual habits, and character traits needed to succeed in the nation’s most competitive high schools and top colleges and universities. Teaching Fellows will learn data‐driven instructional strategies to develop structured and dynamic lessons to engage all students. The Teaching Fellow’s time is divided between assisting teacher advisors, lesson planning, whole group instruction, small group tutoring and grading. These duties provide an excellent training, preparation and practice for teaching positions that will be available in the 2011‐12 academic year.

• In partnership with a mentor teacher, develop academically rigorous lessons; create rubrics and assessments

• Assess students’ progress throughout the year

• Daily awareness of individual student’s progress and learning needs

• Work with the other teachers to create and implement interdisciplinary lessons and develop effective pedagogical strategies; work collaboratively with lead teacher to design, plan, implement and assess student learning

• Create professional learning goals each year; willing to offer support to and receive constructive feedback from colleagues in order to create a professional working atmosphere that is conducive to change and improvement

• Plan and supervise purposeful special projects

• Help to create a classroom climate and environment where students can safely develop ownership of their actions and learning

• Help shape and develop a school‐wide atmosphere that best suits the needs of our students, teachers, and families

• Communicate students’ progress toward realizing academic and character development goals with families on a weekly basis

• Seek to develop one’s own teaching capacity through making significant academic gains with students, developing rigorous lessons, seeking feedback and supporting school wide activities

• Demonstrate measurable success in previous experiences related to education or working closely with underserved middle or elementary school populations

• Experience with subject area of assignment

• Willingness to see Texas Teacher Certification appropriate for the level and/or subject area of assignment

• Strong desire to teach an academically intense curriculum and to commit to an extended school day, week, and year

• Demonstrate a commitment to the philosophy that every minute of every day is learning time by preparing and executing engaging lessons

• Willing to continue to develop and hone pedagogical strategies and classroom management techniques in order to create enriching learning atmospheres

• Demonstrate a commitment to continue their professional development individually, as well as to continuously strive to enhance the level of instruction at the school in general

• Implement classroom management practices that are consistent with the culture of the school

• Multi‐faceted, multi‐skilled, resourceful, and willing to do whatever it takes to help our students reach a level of academic excellence

• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit, be flexible, willing and able to play different roles at the school, and to go above and beyond to meet the varied and constant needs of the students of KIPP Austin

• Model positive and healthy character traits and habits, such as being organized, consistent and understanding

• Excellent organizational, communication and facilitation skills

• Unquestioned integrity and commitment to the KIPP Austin mission and community

• Bachelor’s degree (required)

• Spanish proficiency a plus