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OUR MISSION   The BRICK Education Network (BEN) mission is to relentlessly knock down all barriers to students’ academic success. Our innovative model aligns an individualized excellent education with the necessary family supports to make sure each and every child can succeed. It’s our vision that each and every child will have an unimpeded path to unlocking their limitless potential.       To learn more about BRICK, please visit http://www.bricknewark.org   BRICK currently has schools in two regions: Gateway Academy in Newark, New Jersey, and BRICK Buffalo Academy in Buffalo, New York.   Gateway Academy Charter School was formed this past summer by merging Achieve Community Charter School (K-8) and People's Preparatory Charter School (9-12), two schools that having been serving students and families in Newark for 13 years. As a full K-12 continuum, we start our college-focused academic programming in kindergarten and yield better results for Newark students for generations to come. We are so much more than a school; we are a full ecosystem of supports that spans from cradle to career. We provide our families with free wraparound services like prenatal care, career services, and housing support. Our high school alumni receive up to six years of post-graduate assistance. Gateway Academy attracts a diverse staff devoted to nurturing our students’ intellect and identities in order to prepare them to graduate from college and to chart their own course.   To learn more about our Newark location, Gateway Academy, please visit https://www.gatewayacademy.org   Benefits Joining the BRICK Education Network is a great opportunity to be part of an exciting entrepreneurial organization. BEN’s unique approach to transforming public education puts successful students and world-class schools at the center of vibrant communities. Powered by diverse leaders and a commitment to fighting the status quo, BRICK is building resilient, intelligent, creative kids by equipping them with a high-quality, nurturing education and thriving, engaged families to support their success from cradle to career.   Overview   Role:The BRICK Education Network seeks to hire Physical Education teachers that have a passionate belief in BEN’s mission and a deep desire to work with underserved black and brown students and families. The ideal candidate is solution oriented, uses data to drive their instruction, has a collaborative mindset, takes and implements feedback quickly and has a sense of humility. The ideal candidate is culturally competent, solutions’ oriented, uses data to inform instruction, communicates and collaborates effectively with their team, and responds to feedback urgently.   A BRICK Teacher approaches the work with humility and maintains positive relationship with colleagues, students, families.  BRICK staff LOVE the community they serve. Teachers must be willing to do whatever it takes to ensure their students’ academic, behavioral, and social-emotional success.     Essential Functions   Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: ·       Demonstrating a proficiency in working with black and brown students from diverse economic and cultural backgrounds ·       Demonstrating cultural competence and knowledge of best practices to support students of various social-economic experiences when working with our students ·       Creating and maintaining a positive, safe and collaborative classroom environment for students ·       Continuously strengthening their classroom community by investing students and families in our iDream values (Innovation, Diligence, Respect, Empathy, A+ Self Control and Model Student), Core Values, Mission, and Vision ·       Executing the network adopted unit and lesson plans to accelerate student learning and social emotional development ·       Executes instructional practices as outlined with appropriate accommodations, modifications, and accelerat