Career Opportunities at DSST Public Schools
Join one of Colorado’s Most Successful and Celebrated Public Schools!
DSST Public Schools seeks highly effective teachers and administrators to join an outstanding team for the 2010-2011 school year at its flagship campus in Stapleton, at its new campus in Green Valley Ranch, and at the Charter Management Organization level.
DSST Public Schools Overview: In its first five years, DSST has been recognized locally, state-wide, and nationally as a new model for high-performing urban secondary schools.
- DSST was the top performing Denver Public School, high school and middle school, in the 2008-09 year.
- DSST has earned the highest student achievement growth of any high school in the state of Colorado over the last three years.
- 100% of DSST’s first three graduating classes were accepted to four-year colleges – the first Denver public high school to accomplish this achievement.
- DSST has been featured in Newsweek’s “Great American High Schools,” The Denver Post, and by the U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, and Colorado’s Lt. Governor as a national exemplar of school reform.
Working at DSST Public Schools: Professionals who work at DSST can expect:
- A Culture of High Expectations: All of DSST’s graduates are accepted and go to four-year colleges and they are expected to become our city, state and country’s next leaders.
- Amazing Colleagues: The DSST team is comprised of highly talented, successful, passionate educators who are committed to educating underserved students.
- A Supportive Team: DSST supports each one of its team members both in their professional and personal lives in a highly collaborative environment.
- Professional Learning: DSST is a learning organization which supports and challenges each staff member to learn, grow and become better educators daily.
- Professional Success: DSST provides everyone on our team the opportunity to succeed at the highest level – inspiring and changing the lives of our students.
What We Look For: DSST Public Schools seeks candidates with strong character, a passion for excellence, a relentless commitment to student achievement, willingness to take risks, a desire to be model learners in the school, and the capacity to work very hard to support exceptional student achievement. Teaching experience is strongly preferred, but not required. DSST Public Schools proudly values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.
Minimum Qualifications for Teaching Candidates: Applicants for teaching positions in core subject areas (Math, Science, English, History, Spanish, and Art) should generally meet the following requirements: The equivalent of a college major in the subject area to be taught (at least 24 credit hours) OR, A passing score on the appropriate subject-area Praxis or Place exam, OR Colorado teaching license. Candidates should also have a 3.0 college grade point average or higher.