Are you interested in joining the Cypress team?  

We're looking for a few great people to help us continue to turn our vision into reality.  

Starting a school from scratch is one of the most exciting, challenging and rewarding things we've ever done.  Now that we are over halfway through our third year with students, we’ve started to think about next year. At capacity, 450 or so unique children in New Orleans will get an excellent education, every single day.  We're honored to have been given this responsibility and we're looking for the right folks to help us along the way.

We'd love to know more about you, but we also want to share a little about us:

• Favorite Adjectives: engaging, reflective, diverse, collaborative, creative, and focused.

• Professional Development Focus: positive teacher language, differentiation, classroom and school culture, using multiple sources of data to inform instruction, teacher collaboration, creating a learning community.

• Soapbox Issues: teachers as professionals, curriculum v. curricular materials, punctuality.

• Intrinsic or Extrinsic Motivation: Both.  But over the long-term we'll take intrinsic 9 out of 10 times.

• Would we send our kids to Cypress?  Yes, in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, they are too old.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the Cypress team to deliver special education services;

• Ensure accommodations and modifications are met in the general education classroom;

• Deliver special education for students with IEPs in a self-contained classroom;

• Provide input in the ongoing development, improvement, and evaluation of special education program;

• Serve as liaison to parents of children with special needs on caseload;

• Ensure delivery of all of the services prescribed in the individual education plans of students enrolled at Cypress Academy of students on caseload;

• Support and conduct IEP meetings;

• Coordinate plans, service delivery and professional development with the rest of the special education team;

• Other duties as requested by the Head of School or his designee.

Qualifications:

• Experience with and knowledge of best practices in special education;
• Experience and demonstrated ability in working with children;
• Experience and demonstrated ability in mentoring teachers;
• Demonstrated successful teaching experience;
• Demonstrated organizational skills;
• Louisiana special education certification; and
• Agreement with Cypress Academy academic goals and philosophy.

Cypress Academy does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, gender or gender identity, age, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.