The 15th Annual Metro NY Charter School Career Fair News Release
Charter School Jobs™ (CharterSchoolJobs.com) held the 15th Annual Metro NY Charter School Career Fair this afternoon at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City. Sixty public charter school organizations were recruiting certified classroom teachers (all subjects and grade-levels), instructional coordinators and leaders, and non-instructional school professionals. The event takes place between the hours of 1:00 pm and 3:30 pm.
The event is produced in partnership with the Office of Career Services at Teachers College. A mix of Teachers College students and alumni together with pre-screened candidates from the general public had the opportunity to meet face-to-face with hiring managers from a highly diverse group of public charter schools. Many of the school organizations attending manage multiple school locations, hence the recruiters at this fair actually represented 100s of charter schools in the Metro New York City region and beyond.
The Metro NY Charter School Career Fair is the premier job fair event for NYC charter schools. Employer tables have sold out completely every year for a decade. It is the longest-running charter school career fair event in the nation. K12connect (parent company of Charter School Jobs) CEO Kent Strong says “We have been at this for a long time and our success is built on a long history of attracting highly qualified teachers and other professional educators to this event.” He adds that “our relationship with Teachers College Career Services has been highly productive and beneficial for both of us - we get access to extremely talented and qualified students and alumni and they get access to hiring managers at many of the most successful K-12 public charter schools in the nation.”
As has been the case for the past several years, demand for certified teachers and instructional coordinators and leaders is very strong. The NYC Dept of Education has picked up its hiring and recruitment efforts in response to a job market that has grown extremely competitive. With the retirement of Baby Boomers and a dip in the number of graduates of teacher preparation programs across the country, “it’s a real dog-fight for talent these days” according to Mr. Strong. As usual, competition for Science, Math and Special Education teachers is very intense - particularly at the secondary level. “There simply are not enough STEM and Special Ed teachers to go around and people are scrambling to fill positions that often remain vacant for months” Strong says. “We don’t see it getting any better for a while and expect the Metro NY Charter School Career Fair will continue to be a highly successful event due to the very strong demand for qualified teachers for years to come.”
The complete list of schools attending the 15th Annual Metro NY Charter School Career Fair:
Achievement First |
Brooklyn |
NY |
AECI Charter High School |
Bronx |
NY |
Amani Public Charter School |
Mt Vernon |
NY |
Amber Charter School |
New York |
NY |
Ascend Public Charter Schools |
Brooklyn |
NY |
Aspire Public Schools |
Oakland |
CA |
Atmosphere Academy Public Charter Schools |
Bronx |
NY |
Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School |
Brooklyn |
NY |
Brilla College Prep Charter School |
Bronx |
NY |
Bronx Charter School for Better Learning |
Bronx |
NY |
Broome Street Academy |
New York |
NY |
Capital Preparatory Schools |
New York |
NY |
Citizens of the World Charter Schools New York |
Brooklyn |
NY |
Community Roots Charter School |
Brooklyn |
NY |
Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter School |
Brooklyn |
NY |
DC Prep |
Washington |
DC |
Democracy Prep Charter Schools |
New York |
NY |
DREAM Charter School |
New York |
NY |
East Harlem Scholars Academies |
New York |
NY |
Explore Schools |
Brooklyn |
NY |
Family Life Academy Charter Schools |
Bronx |
NY |
Growing Up Green Charter School |
Long Island City |
NY |
Harlem Village Academies |
New York |
NY |
HCZ Promise Academy Charter School |
New York |
NY |
Heketi Community Charter School |
Bronx |
NY |
Hoboken Charter School |
Hoboken |
NJ |
Hyde Leadership Charter School - Bronx |
Bronx |
NY |
Invictus Preparatory Charter School |
Brooklyn |
NY |
Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School |
New York |
NY |
KIPP NYC |
New York |
NY |
La Cima Charter School |
Brooklyn |
NY |
Launch Charter School |
Brooklyn |
NY |
Legacy College Preparatory Charter School |
New York |
NY |
Manhattan Charter School |
New York |
NY |
Merrick Academy |
Queens |
NY |
MESA Charter High School |
Brooklyn |
NY |
Mott Haven Academy Charter School |
Bronx |
NY |
New Heights Academy Charter School |
New York |
NY |
New Visions Charter High School for the Humanities |
Bronx |
NY |
New Visions for Public Schools |
New York |
NY |
Our World Neighborhood Charter School |
Astoria |
NY |
PAVE Schools |
Brooklyn |
NY |
Propel Schools |
Pittsburgh |
PA |
Public Preparatory Network Inc. |
New York, NY and Bronx |
NY |
Renaissance Charter High School for Innovation |
New York |
NY |
Rosalyn Yalow Charter School |
Bronx |
NY |
School in the Square Public Charter School |
New York |
NY |
South Bronx Classical Charter School |
Bronx |
NY |
Storefront Academy Harlem |
New York |
NY |
Success Academy Charter Schools |
New York |
NY |
Summit Academy Charter School |
Brooklyn |
NY |
The American Dream Charter School |
Bronx |
NY |
The Bronx Charter School for Children |
Bronx |
NY |
Hellenic Classical Charter School |
Brooklyn |
NY |
The New American Academy Charter School |
Brooklyn |
NY |
Uncommon Schools |
New York |
NY |
Unity Prep Charter School |
Brooklyn |
NY |
VOICE Charter School |
Astoria |
NY |
Washington Heights & Inwood (WHIN) Music Community Charter School |
New York |
NY |
Williamsburg Charter High School |
Brooklyn |
NY |