Positions in San Lorenzo

Please become thoroughly familiar with www.kippbayarea.org before applying. Candidates must have at least one year of full time teaching experience; those experienced in working with under-served youth strongly preferred. Submit your application online at http://www.kippbayarea.org/careers.html. Email Wendy Smith at teach@kippbayarea.org with any questions.

KIPP Summit Academy: General Teaching Position Description

KIPP Summit Academy (KSA) is a free public middle school founded for historically under-served students and families in and around San Lorenzo, CA. We serve students in grades 5 through 8. We define ourselves by our commitment to learning and the high academic and behavioral standards we hold for every member of our learning community. We have built a “team and family” centered culture based on clear, school-wide expectations for student behavior and a commitment to embodying four core values: responsibility, teamwork, curiosity, and integrity. KSA is especially interested in reaching historically under-served students who are struggling to reach their potential. At KIPP Summit Academy, students, families, and staff work together to prepare every child for college. Through hard work, high expectations, mutual respect, and discipline, we all realize our highest potential and become agents of social change.

Enrollment: 395 students, grades 5–8
Principal: Ric Zappa

KIPP teachers
• must hold a valid teaching credential (please see http://www.ctc.ca.gov/ to learn more)
• are committed to working with educationally under-served students
• hold high expectations for every student
• possess strong content area knowledge and classroom management skills
• teach in our extended day and year schedule
• contribute to a relentless and dedicated team of outstanding professionals
• communicate well with students, families and colleagues
• make achievement possible

KIPP King Collegiate: General Teaching Position Description

In the fall of 2007, KIPP King Collegiate opened its doors to 95 freshman in San Lorenzo. Our school community is very close knit, and we’ve grown by roughly 100 students per year until this year; in 2010-2011, we serve 400 in grades nine through twelve. One of King’s hallmarks is the incredible skill and dedication of the staff and our whole school engagement (students and staff alike) on becoming better tomorrow than we are today. At King, great teachers are challenged and supported in the process of growing their craft.

We are a high-performing college-prep charter high school serving a mixed community. We have students commuting from throughout the East Bay with a primary focus on the low income communities of Oakland and San Lorenzo. We have a formalized professional learning community that actually works and is teacher driven, a world class writing program based on the Toulmin model of argumentative writing, orchestra, art, and several athletics classes that range from team sports to yoga and martial arts. Above all, we expect 100% of our students to gain acceptance, be prepared to succeed, and graduate from college.

Enrollment: 400 students, grades 9 through 12
Principal: Jason Singer

KIPP teachers
• must hold a valid teaching credential (please see http://www.ctc.ca.gov/ to learn more)
• are committed to working with educationally under-served students
• hold high expectations for every student
• possess strong content area knowledge and classroom management skills
• teach in our extended day and year schedule
• contribute to a relentless and dedicated team of outstanding professionals
• communicate well with students, families and colleagues
• make achievement possible

KIPP Bay Area Schools is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, handicap, age, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin. We are strongly committed to hiring a diverse and multicultural staff and encourage applications from traditionally under-represented backgrounds.