Careers
Passionate about urban education? Inspired to change children’s lives? Bright, motivated, and willing to get better? We want you. Learn more about what it’s like to work at CA.
Citizens Academy & Citizens Academy East, nationally recognized community public charter schools are currently accepting applications for the 2013/14 school year in the following positions:
- Licensed Elementary School Teachers Grades K – 5
Check out this video to see one of our former teachers (now Assistant Principal, Citizens Academy East) working with students:
Our schools have built our success by demanding excellence from its students, teachers, and leaders. The school’s students have thrived in our no-excuses, highly structured college preparatory environment, which emphasizes high academic and personal standards, continuity and uniformity of expectations, a focus on core skills, and high marks on the State’s achievement tests. Rigor and high expectations are combined with warmth and compassion to create a place where students can excel, academically and personally.
Watch this video to hear about how our teachers are committed to always improving:
Qualifications:
We are seeking bright, passionate elementary school teachers with a minimum of 3 years experience, who strive for excellence in an urban no excuses setting. Candidates must share our commitment to children’s education in an Excellent rated school.
About Citizens Academy & Citizens Academy East
Citizens Academy of Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the top-performing urban schools in the state, and since 1999 has developed a national reputation for its commitment to academic excellence and responsible citizenship. Citizens Academy East is our second campus, founded in 2011 by our Citizens Academy faculty and staff. Citizens’ has recently been recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School by the US Department of Education (2011), “Cleveland School of Excellence” by The Cleveland and Gund Foundations (2008), selected as a “School of Promise” by the Ohio Department of Education (2007), and was one of nine schools chosen nationally for the Charter School Growth Fund’s Business Planning Cohort, eligible for a major expansion grant. Ninety-seven percent of Citizens Academy’s students are African-American and 80% are economically disadvantaged.
To Apply: Click here to start the application or forward your cover letter and resume to Jennifer Taylor at:
fax: (216) 791-3013
email: jtaylor@citizensacademy.org
mail: Attn. Jennifer Taylor
Citizens Academy
10118 Hampden Ave
Cleveland, Ohio 44108