Join Our Team
We look for a few key things in all our staff members at Maureen Joy Charter School. Before you consider applying to work here, please review the following list and consider if you can honestly say you meet or are willing to meet the following criteria:
- Mission oriented—focuses on achieving mission of school
- Results oriented—believes measurable student achievement is the number one goal
- Effective and competent—adds value in position and gets results
- Hard working—willing to go the extra mile, pitches in for good of whole
- Reflective, constant learner—takes the time and makes the effort to think hard about his/her work and is constantly working to become more effective
- Receptive to feedback—seeks out feedback from superiors and colleagues, gives feedback to superiors and colleagues, takes feedback in a positive way, implements changes based on feedback, improves
- Team player—wants to truly be part of a team and work together, cares about the whole school rather than just his/her island
- Flexible—willing to learn new curriculum, teaching strategies, and implement and try new ideas and systems
- Willing to work collaboratively to create, develop, analyze and implement curriculum plans, unit plans, lesson plans, interim and benchmark assessments
- Positive, can do attitude—remains positive in the light of significant challenges/inconveniences
- Uses standards, objective driven instruction, and appreciates accountability
- Passionate about urban education and working with our students
- Creates a structured, predictable classroom for students with tight discipline and culture
- Willing to invest time in student and parent relationships
- Respects students as individuals and people
- Proactive—sees problems, calls them out, confronts them, and poses solutions rather than just complaining, comes up with ideas on how to make things better
- Professional—conducts self with the utmost professionalism – arrives on time, doesn’t waste time at work, doesn’t gossip, keeps up with basic expectations (reading memos, responding to emails, fulfilling duties) dresses professionally, conducts self as a competent professional at ALL times
- Sense of humor—willing to laugh at self and with others