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Bold Charter Schools

Lead Teacher: Speech & Debate

🇺🇸 Bronx, NY 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $85K - $110K 💻 Teaching 🗓️ February 25th, 2026
K-12

Edtech.com's Summary

Bold Charter School is hiring a Lead Teacher: Speech & Debate. The role involves creating an engaging, rigorous classroom culture and delivering a challenging curriculum that fosters critical thinking and high academic achievement. The teacher will collaborate with colleagues, use data-driven instructional strategies, and build strong relationships with students and families to ensure all students excel.

Highlights
  • Build and maintain a joyful, engaging, and rigorous classroom environment.
  • Teach through a challenging curriculum that promotes intellectual curiosity and critical thinking.
  • Analyze student data and work to drive high academic outcomes for all students.
  • Model core values and contribute to a positive school culture.
  • Participate in ongoing training and implement feedback to improve teaching practice.
  • Develop strong relationships with families and students, promoting high investment in school culture and academics.
  • Hold at least 2 years of lead teaching experience, preferably in a high-performing middle or high school with Regents and AP-level exposure.
  • Possess a Bachelor's degree; graduate degree and valid NYS teaching certification preferred.
  • Compensation ranges from $85,000 to $110,000 annually, with a comprehensive benefits package.
  • Start date for the position is the 2026-27 school year.

Lead Teacher: Speech & Debate Full Description

POSITION SUMMARY
As a Lead Teacher at Bold Charter School, you will help build a world-class school as we grow to K-12. You will ensure that every student experiences a joyful, engaging, and rigorous learning environment every day. You will model and inspire a love of learning that will equip each student to succeed in school and thrive in life. You will be part of a results-oriented and collaborative team of professionals who are relentless in their pursuit of educational excellence. You will receive regular coaching and feedback, and will have opportunities to grow into a master teacher and transformative leader within the organization.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
  • Building a classroom culture that is joyful, engaging, and rigorous, and in which students love learning
  • Teaching through a rigorous curriculum that inspires intellectual curiosity and develops critical thinking
  • Driving high academic outcomes for all students by regularly analyzing data, studying student work, and implementing high leverage instructional strategies to ensure gains for all students
  • Modeling Bold’s core values and building a positive student and team culture across the school
  • Training with colleagues and school leaders, which includes regularly implementing feedback with grace and urgency in service of student achievement, a values-based school culture, and a positive professional work environment
  • Developing strong relationships with families and students, including regular communication that creates high levels of investment in school culture and academics
  • Demonstrating a mission-first mindset to ensure all decisions and actions are rooted in ensuring that all students excel

Successful candidates should:
  • Have 2+ years lead teaching experience in a high-performing middle or high school environment; Regents- and AP-level experience preferred
  • Hold a Bachelor’s degree with an outstanding record of achievement and leadership; graduate degree preferred
  • Valid NYS teaching certification preferred

Start Date
2026-27 School Year 
Compensation
Bold Charter School offers highly competitive compensation, in the top range of comparable positions across New York City charter schools. The salary range for this position is $85,000 - $110,000 annually and includes a comprehensive benefits package.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Bold Charter School is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds.