Bricolage Academy is searching for a Makerspace Teacher. Bricolage is a New Orleans charter school that started in 2013 with a Kindergarten and has been growing one year, and one grade, at a time ever since.

BRICOLAGE ACADEMY OVERVIEW

Instructional Model

At Bricolage Academy, students have four co-curricular experiences – visual art, music, physical education, and makers space (a combination of design thinking technology, and engineering basics). These classes are designed to introduce students to the basic concepts and principles of different types of art, music, innovation, and physical education so that they can make better informed decisions about which type to specialize in in high school.

The makers space teacher has a variety of tools at their disposal, including coding programs, an X-Carve CNC carving machine, Arduinos, and basic circuitry components. They are responsible for supporting students through the design thinking process to help achieve our mission of creating innovators who change the world.

DUTIES

Specifically, the Makers Space Teacher is responsible for:

Building an innovative program including:

• Scripting and communicating an overall mission and vision for the program at Bricolage

• Developing curriculum including grade level course descriptions, scopes and sequences/progression rubrics

• Selecting curricular resources, materials, and equipment

• Planning and leading lessons and activities that:

  • Emphasize innovation, problem solving, respect, and courage

  • Include a balance of sequential, age appropriate activities such as envisioning, planning, building, and creating

• Student outcomes. We use multiple measures to assess student learning and preparedness, but it’s on the lead teachers to deliver.

• Creating a classroom culture where students:

  • Share in its ownership

  • Treat each other with empathy and act with integrity

  • Learn how to be responsibly autonomous

• Providing appropriate safety instruction and performing routine safety checks

• Differentiating instruction to meet the needs of each individual student

• Integrating technology, innovation, and design thinking into instruction

• Being an active member of the school community including assuming before, during, and after school duty posts, advising/mentoring small groups of students and attending school activities and events

• Developing relationships with colleagues, students and their families

Some other things you should know about us:

Bricolage is a diverse community, but we are committed to being an anti-racist one. This means devoting time to understand what racism is, exploring how it manifests, and taking actions to dismantle it. Also, Bricolage's diversity is not itself an end. Rather, we believe our diversity is a means to amplifying empathy, advancing equity and facilitating creativity and innovation.

We’re looking for a special kind of teacher. If this sounds like you, please apply. We can’t wait to meet you.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• Strong belief in Bricolage Academy’s mission, vision and core values

• Strong belief in and commitment to diverse, equitable, and inclusive educational access and equitable outcomes

• Strong belief in and commitment to the city of New Orleans

• Bachelor’s degree

• At least 3 years of teaching experience

• At least 1 year of project-based teaching experience

Preferred

• Degree in an innovation a related field OR a portfolio of work demonstrating you proficiency in Innovation

• Success as a teacher with a predominantly middle to high income student population and success as a classroom teacher with a predominantly low income population

• Familiarity with/experience using one or more of the following: Responsive Classroom, Love & Logic, Restorative Practices

• Familiarity with/experience using culturally responsive teaching strategies

Bricolage Academy does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, gender or gender identity, age, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.