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Available Positions

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Thank you for your interest in joining The OJC School Team. There are currently no  positions available.  

Interested in learning more about CEEAS? Please visit our website at www.ceeas.org

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The Basics:
What We Offer, What we expeCT

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What We Offer

 

A Chance to Be a Part of Educational Transformation at the OJC and Beyond:  At CEEAS we envision a future when all students, including those who are incarcerated, will attend schools that value them and provide them with the tools they need to become free, contributing members of our democratic society. We pride ourselves on providing research-based, practitioner-ready support and training for direct service providers and policy-level organizations all around the country. Along with the Travis Hill School, the OJC School will be our model, or demonstration schools operating in adult facilities--what we learn and develop at the School will make its way to students and schools in locked adult facilities far beyond its walls. Working at the OJC School will be both very student and New Orleans focused, but the work will also have impact nationwide as a part of our commitment to transform education in criminal justice facilities around the country.

 

A Competitive Salary, Benefits: CEEAS will be offering staff at the OJC School a competitive salary and benefits package. Salaries for staff will be on par with education salaries in the greater New Orleans region, adjusted for our school calendar. Most staff will work on a modified 12 month calendar, but many teachers will have the option to work a 10.5 month schedule. CEEAS will offer a Simple IRA plan (similar to a 403b plan) with a 3% employer match after six months. CEEAS will provide health coverage to all full-time staff,  and will cover approximately 80% of the monthly premiums.  Additional information on salary and benefits will be available for founding staff by approximately June 16, 2017.

 

Opportunities to Grow and Develop: In addition, OJC School staff will have extensive opportunities to develop professionally while working at the OJC School.  CEEAS is a leader in the movement to reform and improve schools in juvenile justice facilities around the country.  OJC School staff will work closely with CEEAS’s national training team, and will have the opportunity to share practices that are working at the OJC School more broadly.

 

What We Expect

 

People Who Believe in Our Students: Students attending schools in juvenile and adult detention facilities historically have been terribly served. The list of failures is now well documented: low academic expectations, curricula that are neither relevant nor rigorous, insufficient focus on literacy, inattention to social-emotional wellness, poor special education services, little or no emphasis on career preparation, poor or nonexistent transition planning and support, and a deficit approach that views incarcerated teens and young adults solely as problems to be fixed.  

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What our students need is something radically different. They need the best teachers, best counselors, best curricula, best literacy programs, and best transition and community reintegration planning. Most of all, they need people and institutions who believe in them, their future, and their inherent value as young adults--who are willing to work tirelessly to make those beliefs hold true.

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That is what we expect
 

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Application process

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Getting the right staff on board to start the School is critical.  Our time is short but we are committed to evaluating potential staff thoroughly. The graphic below outlines our application and hiring process.

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Application Review Timeline

Positions at the new OJC School will be filled on a rolling basis. You will receive an immediate notification once your application has been submitted.  Once we have reviewed your application, we will reach out to you shortly if we are interested in scheduling a phone interview. In order to increase your chances of being selected for a given position we recommend that you submit your online application as early as possible--and that you be as thorough as you can with your application materials.
 

Application Feedback

Please note that we are working on a fairly tight timeline to find the right team to help us start our new school. We highly encourage you to complete your application with a high level of thoughtfulness, detail, and excellence. While we feel very fortunate to receive each and every application from interested candidates, we will not be able to provide feedback for candidates who do not move beyond the screening stages of the application process.​

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* Candidates who make it to the final stages of the application process will have their professional references checked and will undergo a criminal background check.