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Careers

I want to work in a school that could be described as a community of learners, a place where students and adults alike are engaged as active learners in matters of special importance to them and where everyone is thereby encouraging everyone else's learning.
Adapted from Roland Barth's Improving Schools from Within


    Anticipated Vacancies for 2008-2009
  • Middle School Science
  • Middle School English Language Arts
  • Middle School Special Education
  • Middle School Math
  • Middle School Social Studies

Selection Process Overview

  1. We invite candidates to learn as much about FLI as possible.
  2. Please click on the ‘Teacher Candidate Application” link and complete the online form (preferred method of submission).
  3. You may also submit a word version electronically to Patricia Charlemagne.
  4. If selected to move forward in the application process, a short phone interview will be conducted by a Director of Instruction.
  5. If the candidate is chosen to move forward in the process, an in-person interview will be conducted. The candidate will present a demonstration lesson and meet with various members of the staff.
  6. All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background check, recommendations, and verification of employment history.

Other Important Information

  • Unlike most charter schools, our teachers are in the UFT.  Compensation and benefits are defined by the UFT contract with the NYC DOE. 
  • As a charter school FLI can hire a small number of uncertified teachers each year.  However, NYS permanent certification is strongly preferred.

Characteristics of a FLI Teacher
FLI teachers…

  • Seek pedagogical expertise above all else.
  • Buy into a school-wide identity and believe they are responsible, not just for their class, but for the larger community.
  • Collaborate with colleagues to ensure consistency and continuity for instruction within a grade and from one grade to another.
  • Believe behavior is taught and find a balance between the social curriculum and the academic curriculum.
  • Believe it is their responsibility to foster student independence and school values.
  • Believe it is their responsibility to communicate regularly with families.
  • Understand that teaching responsibilities don’t fall into narrow parameters and often go “above and beyond.”