Secondary School ELA Teacher (2025 - 2026)

Company Description

Do you want to be part of an educational system preparing generations of students in the Central Valley to be equipped for college, career, and life’s successes? If you are a qualified Secondary School English Language Arts Teacher, you could be part of a nurturing, engaging, community-centered school environment.

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Job Description

Wonderful College Prep Academy (WCPA) is a free public charter school, located on two, new state-of-the-art campuses, TK through Grade 12 in Delano, CA serving 2000 students, and TK through Grade 12 in Lost Hills, CA serving over 400 students. The longer school day and extended school year give our students an academic edge, preparing them for college and beyond.

The ELA Teacher's role will be to create a supportive learning environment in which you will help your students meet their learning goals through CCSS. Through interesting and diverse methods, you’ll teach them the important aspects of the content while using a real-world lens, critical thinking,  and problem-solving skills.  You’ll oversee their progress by tracking their assignment and exams, in order to provide useful feedback. WCPA teachers are results-driven educators with experience in, and commitment to, standards-based curriculum and the use of data and assessments to drive instructional decisions.

Essential Job Functions:

• Shared Vision: Supports a vision of excellence for all students, with an urgency to maximize every opportunity necessary to achieve ambitious student outcomes
• Culture of Excellence: Fosters a safe, culturally responsive, and nurturing community where students love learning and are excited to attend school daily
• Teaching and Learning: Creates powerfully engaging experiences aligned to our academic model, and designed to accelerate student learning and achievement
• Data & Assessment: Regularly engages in individual student case management, by proactively making data-driven decisions
• Innovation: Develops and executes innovative teaching and learning strategies to ensure a world-class and well-rounded education.
• Professional Growth: Committed to continuous growth, actively engages in professional development opportunities, and contributes to our professional learning community
• Community Outreach: Demonstrates commitment to the community by communicating regularly with families and attending key community events
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Education and Experience: 

• Current California teaching credential in related content
• 1 year of classroom teaching experience preferred
• Proficient in technology
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Skills and Traits:

• Demonstrates mastery of related subject matter, instructional skills, and resource materials for course(s) taught
• Participates in development and teaching of cross-curriculum projects that incorporate technology and/or digital arts into all subject areas.
•  Creates lesson plans, aligned with CCSS and departmental standards.
• Familiarity with growth mindset, project/inquiry-based learning, core competencies, and authentic assessment
• Proven record of developing clear and highly organized yearlong curriculum maps, units and lesson plans tied to goal/objectives and student expectations
• Maintains a safe, organized classroom, which supports students’ independent learning, collaboration and choice.
• Utilizes a variety of effective instructional and management techniques.

Pay Range: $68,969.96 - $113,824.10. Final compensation will be dependent upon skills & experience.

Additional Information

Compensation:

• Wonderful College Prep Academy offers highly competitive compensation, commensurate with experience, which includes generous performance bonuses.
• Full-time staff benefits include medical coverage, dental, vision, and life insurance at no cost for the employee. We also offer an optional 403b, with company match, as a supplement to STRS retirement pension. In addition, employees have free access to the Wonderful Wellness Center and gym.

Quality of Life in the Central Valley:

Framed by the Sierra Nevada to the east and the Coast Ranges to the west, California's Central Valley is one of the world's most productive agricultural regions and the base of The Won