What is teachNOLA?
teachNOLA Overview
Public Education in New Orleans
The Recovery School District
New Schools for New Orleans
Teaching in a New Orleans Public School
Who We Want
Living in New Orleans
In the Press
Why Join?
Address Inequalities in Education
Securing a Position
Teacher Resources
Teacher Salary and Benefits
Profiles of Current teachNOLA Teachers
Teacher Talk
How Do I Apply?
Program Eligibility
Louisiana Teacher Certification
Application Process
Application Deadlines
Information Sessions
Interview Events
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teachNOLA Overview
teachNOLA seeks the nation's most outstanding certified teachers to make a difference by teaching in New Orleans' charter schools and the Recovery School District. This highly-selective initiative recruits the most talented teachers to drive the city's rebirth by boosting academic achievement for all students.
This is a critical time for New Orleans and a potential watershed moment for public education in the United States. The reconfiguration of the city's schools following Hurricane Katrina provides a historic opportunity to transform one of the nation's lowest performing school systems. That transformation will not be possible, however, without a cohort of accomplished, goal-oriented teachers.
As a teachNOLA teacher, you will use your experience, knowledge, and record of achievement to improve the lives of the city's neediest students. You will also become part of a powerful network of education leaders working to build a model for urban education reform.
Candidates will benefit from a quick, streamlined, and personalized application and selection process as well as placement assistance to seamlessly connect them with all of the city's highest-need charter schools and schools in the Recovery School District. If selected into the program, teachNOLA teachers will be connected with a network of talented, committed teachers, driven to bringing excellence into all classrooms in New Orleans.
Certified teachers from any state who want to make a difference in New Orleans by addressing educational inequalities are encouraged to apply. We want teachers for all subjects and grade levels and are particularly interested in outstanding candidates in the high-need subjects of science, math, special education, foreign languages, and early childhood education.
The task of rebuilding our city - and our schools - is monumental, and it will not be easy. We are calling on you to take up this challenge to improve academic outcomes for all of our children. Apply now.