# Chess Teacher

**Company**: Success Academy Charter Schools
**Location**: Bronx; Brooklyn; Manhattan; Queens
**Salary**: $65,000-$65,000 USD
**Category**: Education
**Industry**: Education

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## Description

We are seeking a results-driven Chess Teacher to join our community of educators who are passionate about providing a fun, rigorous, whole-child education to students. As a Chess Teacher, you will build a classroom culture that fosters a love for chess and enhances critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities:

- Build a classroom culture in which scholars develop a love for chess and enhance critical thinking and problem-solving skills;

- Teach a rigorous chess curriculum to scholars that begins with chess basics and progresses to checkmate patterns and tactics;

- Coach and develop a high-performing team of scholars to compete in city, state, and national chess tournaments;

- Invest parents by coordinating and leading family chess nights and internal network chess tournaments;

- Engage in training and collaborating with chess teachers and leaders across the network to benefit from targeted feedback and professional development related to instruction and content;

- Support our high performing competitive teams by coaching at tournaments at least 12 Saturdays per school year.

Requirements:

- Achieved outstanding academic results;

- Have an advanced understanding of the game of chess (tournament experience a plus);

- Are passionate about chess and learning;

- Have teaching experience with a record of propelling student’s understanding and love of chess;

- Set ambitious goals for yourself and others, and are not afraid of putting in the hard work it takes to achieve them;

- Have confidence and presence -- You enjoy taking the lead and inspiring others with your passion and commitment;

- Enjoy collaborating with others;

- Have leadership experience;

- Pay strong attention to detail, and have experience juggling multiple responsibilities and planning around competing priorities;

- Have experience working with a group of children;

- Embody the character traits we value in our ETHOS - Excellence, Teamwork, Humor, Ownership, and making sure our Scholars are top of mind;

- A 2-year or 4-year degree is a plus, but it is not mandatory.

Compensation:

- $65,000 - $65,000 USD per year

## Skills

### Required
- chess
- teaching
- critical thinking
- problem-solving

### Nice to have
- tournament experience
- leadership experience
- collaboration

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