Job Description

Job Location: Colorado Springs, CO 80916
Position Type: Full Time
Salary Range: $36,750.00 - $36,750.00 Salary/year
Who We Are
- A tuition-free, open enrollment, K-12 charter school in the southeast community of Colorado Springs
- Preparing and empowering all of our students for success on their post-graduate paths through educational excellence, character development, and community engagement
- Dedicated to student proficiency through academic rigor and robust family support through the Atlas family scholarship
- Dedicated to our staff through offering a competitive total rewards package and providing meaningful professional development
Who We Serve
- 92% Socioeconomically Disadvantaged
- 86% Hispanic, 6% African American, 7% White, and 1% Asian
- 56% English Language Learners
What You'll Do
- Embody the characteristics that the school wishes the students to uphold, especially respect, excellence, authenticity, curiosity, hard work, and professionalism
- Deliver prepared lessons in response to a teachers’ absence
- Manage and care for a class of assigned advises
- Provide engaging, motivating, and rigorous instruction in whole-class, small-group, and individual settings
- Assist in student arrival and departure, transitions between class periods, and lunch periods
- Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students
- Teach, support, and enhance school-wide systems and expectations at all times with all children
- Guide the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and objectives as indicated in the lesson plans for the lessons, units, or projects assigned
- Maintain a neat and orderly classroom via straightening chairs, tables, clearing whiteboard, etc.
- Ensure that the students are never left unattended in the classroom
- Maintain awareness and knowledge of emergency evacuation routes for the classrooms assigned, procedures for referring students with disciplinary problems, and all school procedures and regulations
- Perform other related duties as assigned
Compensation & Schedule
- Salaried/Exempt
- Annual Salary: $36,750
- Full Time; Monday – Friday; Occasional evenings and weekends as needed
Benefits
- Approximately 13 weeks of paid school breaks
- 30 hours of annual flex time and 48 hours of annual sick time
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account
- Participation in the Colorado PERA retirement program (required in lieu of social security as a public employee)
- 100% Employer paid short and long-term disability benefit
- 100% Employer-paid life insurance benefit of $25,000 (option to purchase more)
- Access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program
- Access to thousands of employee discounts
Annual Calendar and SY2026-27 Start Date
- Annual Workdays: 199
- - Following years will not include new staff orientation and will consist of 196 workdays.
- Start Date: July 13, 2026

QualificationsWho You Are

Required Qualifications:
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Ability to successfully pass all required background screening
- Committed to creating a rigorous, nurturing, and joyful education experience
- Dedicated to educational equity and promote related/procedure-aligned practices
- Demonstrate effective and consistent professionalism throughout all communication
- Ability to demonstrate evidence of self-motivation and willingness to be a team player
- Possess a growth mindset and experience using feedback as a way to improve practice
Desired

Qualifications:
- One or more years of substitute experience, especially within an urban classroom utilizing structure, incentives, and high expectations to drive student success
- Bilingual; Spanish & English
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods of standing and sitting
- Must be able to reach, stoop, kneel, push, and pull
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times
- Must be able to access and navigate all areas of the school and other facilities as needed
- Must be able to successfully abide by all policies and procedures of Atlas Schools
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.
Position Closes: When Filled