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Special Area/Performing Arts Teachers 2025/2026 School Year

Enterprise Charter School

275 Oak Street

Buffalo , NY 14203

Certified - Teaching - Other

Job Number 3300050931

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Enterprise Charter School (ECS) Overview:

Enterprise is a public charter school in Buffalo, New York educating children in kindergarten through eighth grade. Founded in 2003, ECS is committed to "Engaging young minds through projects and partnerships."

We pursue our mission through our Charter's key design elements, with our primary focus on highly engaging project-based learning, comprehensive arts education, and individualized instruction for enrichment and acceleration. We celebrate diversity and inclusion and engage a variety of partners to support our students academically, socially, emotionally, and culturally.

Enterprise Charter School is seeking talented and creative special teachers for the 2025-2026 school year. The ideal candidate will be passionate about delivering instruction to students in a particular discipline (such as music, theater, dance, art or physical education). As part of our specials department, this team member willlead engaging classes, contribute to student performances, and support the holistic growth of our students. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience teaching in their preferred content area as well as teacher certification.

SCHOOL-WIDE COMPETENCIES:

+ Articulates and applies historical context of racism and understands the current reality of students and communities of color in order to support racial equity

+ Accountable for students' success and believes Enterprise's students must receive the highest quality education possible in order to close the achievement gap

+ Relentless commitment to mission of educating Enterprise's students

+ Actively demonstrates a commitment to supporting diversity, equity and inclusion

+ Serves as an advocate for racial equity with the school's colleagues, parents, students, community, and external stakeholders to promote equity in education and closure of the achievement gap

+ Demonstrates a racial equity mindset through awareness of biases and leads with a racial equity lens

RESPONSIBILITIES

+ Preparing students to demonstrate their unique talents and skills in formats that are appropriate to their discipline (for example, team sports competitions, musical productions, concerts, dance recitals and art shows).

+ Demonstrating an interest in working with students from diverse economic and cultural backgrounds.

+ Remaining empathetic to students' previous experiences and, at the same time, holding our students to high expectations.

+ Creating a positive, safe and collaborative classroom environment for students.

+ Continuously strengthening their classroom community by investing students and families in our school values.

+ Attending all required meetings to ensure strong schoolwide communication and professional development.

+ Participating in meetings with their coach to support their development, including observation and feedback meetings and planning meetings.

+ Collaborating with coaches and peers to share best practices and build a strong adult culture.

+ Adjusting instruction as needed to meet the unique needs of our students, including by adjusting to support the different learning styles and academic readiness of their students.

+ Modeling, teaching and upholding the use of school-wide systems and structures

+ Participating in whole school events and home visits to help build strong trusting relationships with students and their families

Enterprise Charter School offers a competitive salary, health benefits and is a member of the NYS Teacher Retirement System. Our teaching salary scale starts at $45,900 for the 2025-2026 school year. We take pride in offering salaries that are competitive across the region and take into account each candidate's education level, prior experiences, and certification status.

Enterprise Charter School is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the community we serve. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals.

Please make sure to complete an application by clickinghere (https://wnyric.atenterprise.powerschool.com/ats/app\_login?COMPANY\_ID=00005387) for this job posting.

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Salary Competitive Y

Contact Person's Name Jeremy Esposito

Contact Person's Title Chief Executive Officer

Contact Person's Phone 314-223-9716

Contact Person's Email [email protected]