Computer/Keyboarding Teacher

Currently serving 1, students in prekindergarten-8th grade as part of Tennessee’s Achievement School District (ASD) and Tennessee Public Charter School Commission (the Commission), CEG equips all students with the Wisdom and Knowledge necessary to succeed in college and to become leaders in their community.

With more than a decade of charter school experience in Memphis, CEG provides a distinctive, quality public education to low-income families in Memphis’ Binghampton, Frayser, Parkway Village and surrounding communities.

CEG’s structure, perspective, methods, and systems are based on successful urban schools around the country and includes :

• Intense focus on the core subjects : reading and math
• More time learning created by an extended school day
• Standards-based lesson plans, curriculum, and assessments
• Intentional character and leadership development
• Early dismissal on Fridays for planning and professional development
• Full behavior teams, counselors, a nurse and three academic coaches to support classroom teachers
• Opportunities for educators to have leadership roles in which they can lead and serve as grade chairs and master teachers

Results from TN Ready Assessments :

• Lester Prep earned a TVAAS 5, the highest score the state gives to a school, for a record 3 years in a row
• Cornerstone Prep Denver received a TVAAS 5 for three of the past four years
• Cornerstone Prep Denver earned the highest overall proficiency rate in the entire district, making it the highest performing school in the ASD and setting the ASD record for highest overall rate of proficiency in math ever recorded
• Lester Prep tied the ASD record for the highest middle school math score ever in the district
• CEG had the highest performing school in the district for the fourth consecutive year
• Since 2, CEG has successfully launched two elementary schools and one middle school, has launched a 4th school in the fall of 2, has set ASD records for math achievement and 3 consecutive years of TVAAS 5 growth, has earned priority school exit status by turning around the lowest performing school in the state, and has scored in the th percentile in growth for 3 years in a row on a nationally recognized test.

Mission :

Capstone Education Group equips all students with the Wisdom and Knowledge necessary to succeed in college and to become leaders in their community.

Nature of the Work :

Students engage in typing and open-ended activities that develop personal learning lessons as part of a technology workshop series.

Students will learn to :

• Apply technology safely, ethically, and responsibly
• Competently select technology to achieve a learning goal
• Combine multiple digital resources to solve a problem
• Express creativity using digital tools
• Access, analyze, and communicate information effectively
• Manipulate digital media to design publications
• Build graphic organizers to synthesize information
• Manage data to draw conclusions using spreadsheets
• Apply problem solving strategies to develop and test solutions
• Collaborate with others and work effectively in teams

Job Expectations :

• Provide keyboarding instruction using approved keyboarding curriculum
• Implement effective classroom management and high expectations consistent with the rest of the school
• Communicate regularly and effectively with classroom teachers, school based administrators, and the principal regarding student growth and needs
• Interact in a professional manner with students and parents
• Actively support whole school goals and values
• Support during Math or ELA intervention block
• Other duties as assigned by a supervisor or other member of the organization’s leadership team. These duties will be in support of the organization’s mission but may or may not be directly related to the other tasks or the job title found on this job description.

Requirements :

• Active TN Teaching license with appropriate endorsement
• Bachelor’s degree
• Passion to deliver an outstanding education to students from urban backgrounds
• Willingness to sweat the small stuff and utilize every minute of every day to accomplish the mission
• An unwavering conviction that all students can achieve at high levels when provided an environment of high expectations
• Growth mindset displayed by openness to feedback and immediate application of that feedback
• Strong communicator who is organized, reliable and detailed and effectively uses data for purposeful planning
• Belief in the CEG mission and best practices as found in the CEG Blueprint
• Value common language, assessments and systems in every CEG school

Capstone Education Group :

• Capstone Education Group leads four charter schools : Cornerstone Prep Denver Campus (prek-5), Cornerstone Prep Lester Campus (prek-5), Cornerstone Prep School in Parkway Village (k-2), and Lester Prep (6-8).
• Capstone Education Group’s Vision : CEG equips all students with the Wisdom and Knowledge necessary to succeed in college and to become leaders in their community.
• Visit for more information on Capstone Education Group and the schools.

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