Uncommon Schools

Uncommon Schools is a network of urban, college-preparatory charter schools working to close the achievement gap in the Northeast. Uncommon currently includes eleven schools in New York City, upstate New York, and Newark. The organization also has two associate member schools in Boston. Over the next ten years, the Uncommon network will grow to be a family of 30 schools, serving more than 10,000 K – 12th grade students.

Check out our results: http://www.uncommonschools.org/usi/ourResults/

Uncommon schools are built on the following principles:
• All students – regardless of race, class, or geography – are entitled to an excellent education.
• Closing the achievement gap is essential to making our society more just.
• The right measure of a school’s success is whether its students are equipped with the skills they need to enter, succeed in, and graduate from college.
• Great teaching and great schools are rigorous, engaging, and data-driven.
• There is always more we – teachers, school leaders, staff members – can learn to get better at what we do.

Uncommon is currently hiring for the 2009-10 school year. We are looking for committed Teachers, Deans of Students, and School Leaders (both instructional and operational) who want to join us in our work of providing a high-quality, college-prep education to students in urban communities.

If you are interested in learning more about working at an Uncommon school, please:

· Check out the following list of job openings: http://www.uncommonschools.org/usi/careers/

· Check out our website: http://www.uncommonschools.org/usi/home/index.html

· Check out our video: http://www.uncommonschools.org/usi/aboutUs/USIVideo.html

· Check out the professional development opportunities we offer: http://www.uncommonschools.org/usi/careers/PDOpportunities.html