Remote Teaching

Big social impact. 
Millions of American children are locked out of economic opportunity because of unequal access to quality public schools. When you bring your passion and talent to the classroom,
you have an indelible positive impact on the students you teach, opening up opportunities and experiences that can change their lives.

Built-in community.
Teaching is the best profession to ease into your post-college life. Not only does it offer a competitive salary, great benefits, and plenty of days off, but you have a built-in community where you forge close bonds with talented, diverse, and mission-driven peers.

Transferable skills.
Teaching rapidly builds vital skills that are relevant in almost any field, including public speaking, project and time management, data analysis, leadership, and interpersonal skills.

Equitable opportunity. 
Charter schools are unzoned public schools that by law must admit anyone who applies by blind lottery. Charters provide educational opportunity to historically underserved families that have been unable to access great schools due to high tuition or real estate costs in high-performing school districts.

Entrepreneurial culture.
Charter schools are funded and regulated by the state but are run (in most states) by non-profit organizations. In exchange for strict accountability for academic outcomes, parent satisfaction, and fiscal responsibility, they are freed from layers of top-down regulation that too often hamstring district schools. The result is an entrepreneurial environment where educators have the flexibility to innovate and evolve to better serve children and families.

Alternative route to teaching. 
Education degrees are not required to start teaching in most charter schools. Top-performing charter school networks offer individuals of all backgrounds preparation and training grounded in research-based best practices rather than credits and credentialing.

Proving what’s possible.
Educators at Success Academy work in a dynamic, innovative culture to help kids fulfill their highest potential. Through their commitment, their love, and their drive for excellence, our teachers are empowering kids to lead the nation in academic achievement.

Immersive training.
Success Academy provides unprecedented support to its teachers, making a background in education unnecessary. New teachers receive 20 weeks of training each year, starting with an immersive summer experience, and receive daily coaching, feedback, and guidance from a team of leaders and mentors. For educators who have completed one year of teaching, SA offers the opportunity to pursue a free master’s degree in education.

Whole-child model.
SA teachers have the pleasure of educating the whole child: Leading kids on frequent field trips, watching their talents and passions bloom in daily science, arts, chess, debate, and sports, and cultivating their unique ideas in classrooms focused on learning by doing.

SA is fun!
We take our commitment to kids incredibly seriously, but we never forget to laugh. Each day at SA is filled with fun: From dance parties and dress-up days to celebrations and snowball fights, our educators go above and beyond to make the school day fun — for both scholars and adults!

Diversity.
SA is deeply committed to building a highly diverse community of educators and roughly half of our school staff are people of color. All of us benefit from having colleagues with a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds. We cannot fulfill our mission of giving kids a world-class education without educators who reflect and enrich scholars’ lives with a diverse range of experiences and insights.

Leader for Equity and Change.
We are committed to helping educators across the country improve schools and close opportunity gaps. As innovators and thought leaders, we share our curriculum and approach on the Success Academy Ed Institute, provide free training and workshops for educators at The Robertson Center, and advocate to change policies that prevent children from having access to great schools.

Career Advancement.
SA is a fast-growing, entrepreneurial organization that recognizes, celebrates, and rewards strong performance. Educators who excel in their role enjoy rapid career growth.

Support for teachers in the remote environment is similar in many ways to support on our campuses. We have found that the biggest difference is that teachers require less help in the area of classroom management, thus support is even more targeted on content, planning, and instructional strategies. Teachers, including first-year teachers, receive coaching and feedback from instructional leaders in the following ways:

We recommend the documentary The Lottery to get a sense of what’s at stake for New York City kids and families as they seek out a great school. For reading, Founder and CEO Eva Moskowitz is a particular fan of the book The Classroom Management Secret by veteran teacher Michael Linsin. New SA teachers read this book and learn its methods during summer training — it is short, digestible, and offers a succinct how-to guide for creating classrooms where kids are engaged, invested, and having a great time. Finally, you might also read The Education of Eva Moskowitz to gain a deeper understanding of SA’s mission and the activism that enabled us to grow to 45 schools.

The most important thing we are doing for equity in the time of COVID-19 is providing a robust remote schooling experience for our scholars and holding ourselves accountable for their learning. Despite the pandemic, we are committed to ensuring our kids continue to learn and achieve mastery over essential skills and knowledge so they can progress and excel academically. We have also shared our approach to remote learning with other educators and parents, and we share online resources through the Robertson Center and the SA website.