Empowerment Academy Charter School is growing and hiring ELA Teachers for the 2026-2027 School Year and beyond at our High School! As our school is growing, we will have vacancies at various grade levels for ELA and Writing. We will also have a vacancy for a dual teaching and department chair role at the 9th and 10th Grade Campus. You would still have a teaching load, but also take on the role of Department Chair over the ELA Department at the Lower High School Campus.

PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF CERTIFIED BY THE NJ DOE OR YOU ARE GRADUATING IN MAY WITH TEACHER CERTIFICATION. THANK YOU! You can apply here for either the Teacher Role, DC Role, or both.

Base Salary: $70,500 - $90,000+

Department Chair Stipend: $3,500-$5,000

Competitive Raises Year to Year and Paid Summer Training!

OUR SCHOOL

Empowerment Academy is a dynamic and successful charter school that truly supports its teachers and staff. Empowerment has 3 of its own campuses, and BelovED is our “sister school.” We serve a mix of students that are among the most diverse in America while enjoying the cultural vibrance of Jersey City, Hoboken and New York City. Our staff is a dedicated group of individuals passionate about closing the achievement gap and providing a quality educational program. 

WE VALUE OUR FACULTY

At Empowerment Academy, we emphasize teamwork and community and truly value our faculty:

• Evidencing this, compared to those with similar experience, OUR FACULTY MEMBERS ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST PAID IN NEW JERSEY;
• Moreover, we seek to achieve academic success without burning out teachers by meshing an effective education program with effective teacher supports and professional development.

TEACHER SUPPORTS

Teachers at Empowerment Academy are part of a school-wide team.  They receive career-long coaching and professional development support from school leaders; work with their peers in professional learning communities (PLCs) to plan lessons and solve problems; and partner with an array of specialists to meet scholars’ diverse needs.

Examples of such teacher supports include:

• Abundant planning periods during the school day;
• A research-based curriculum and supporting curricular materials; 
• High-quality formative assessments, aligned with the curriculum, that help identify when students have not achieved mastery of a skill, concept, or knowledge item; and
• Full-time reading and math specialists who tutor students struggling to master an essential skill, and counselors and social workers who help students struggling with non-academic problems.