Uncommon Schools

When you meet an Uncommon recruiter, ask specifically which campuses are hiring, especially if you feel strongly about working with a particular age group. Since recruiters work region wide, they’re hiring for multiple positions at once. If you really want to work with high schoolers, you don’t w...

You shadow a class of any grade for the last 2 weeks of the school year with your mentor teacher in preparation for teaching summer school as your lead teacher. You also get weekly pd and teach like a champion training. You teach a month of summer school with the help of your lead teacher.

Amazing.

What is the range of subjects taught?

Uncommon Schools has campuses across several different cities and states in the Northeast. Each campus, even within the same city, is going to be a little bit different, although the recruiting process will be approximately the same. Every employee at Uncommon should be familiar with the educatio...

The Office Manager is the main point of communication between the school and families. You are the first source of information for families, you make sure that students have access to the information and resources they need, and you troubleshoot any day-to-day issues that arise. Every day is diff...

Before you interview, do your homework. Again, Uncommon Schools has a very specific educational philosophy. They want candidates who are bought into their particular approach. They also want people who are able to be flexible, communicate well with diverse populations, and who are not rattled eas...

- What roles is Uncommon looking to fulfill? I say that this is a good question because often times people do not realize that this is a charter school network, so as well as teachers, they need directors, people to run operations, etc. - I am not a junior so I do not qualify for the summer teac...