High Tech High
Location
San Diego, California
Salary
$64,735 - $115,369 / YEAR
Teachers are responsible for designing and facilitating meaningful project work, creating engaging learning environments, preparing lesson plans, assigning homework, grading tests, and documenting student progress under the guidance of the School Director. They must embody High Tech High’s design principles in all activities while guiding students to fulfill their academic potential.
Candidates must possess a Bachelor's Degree and a Valid California Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential or an out-of-state teaching license. Ideal candidates should demonstrate strong time management, professionalism, critical thinking, and the ability to manage diversity while incorporating project-based assignments into engaging lessons.
Elementary Teacher (Grades TK-2) 2026 - 2027 School Year
Reports To: School Director
Certificated, 188 - day
Full Time/Part Time Status: Salary, full time, exempt
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Application Opening: 2/27/2026
Application Closing: 6/30/2026
Developed by a coalition of San Diego civic leaders and educators, High Tech High opened in September 2000 as a small public charter school with plans to serve approximately 450 students. HTH has evolved into an integrated network of sixteen charter schools serving approximately 6,350 students in grades K-12 across four campuses.
Located in San Diego County, California, High Tech High (HTH) is guided by four connected design principles—equity, personalization, authentic work, and collaborative design—that set aspirational goals and create a foundation for understanding our approach. If you are motivated by these principles, we encourage you to join our team!
HTH seeks Elementary School Teachers to join the teaching team at one of our five Elementary schools.
Teachers at HTH strive to design learning experiences that reflect the HTH design principles of equity, personalization, authentic work, and collaborative design. With support and guidance from their school communities and director, teachers are responsible for designing and facilitating meaningful project work as well as creating and maintaining learning environments where students feel a sense of belonging, cultivate and expand their curiosities and passions, explore their identities and the identities of others, do work that matters, and grow as readers, writers, mathematicians, scientists, makers, artists, engineers, interdisciplinary problems solvers, question askers, friends, collaborators, and world changers.
Under the general supervision and guidance of the School Director, Teachers are responsible for preparing lesson plans and educating students. Their duties include assigning homework, grading tests, and documenting progress. Teachers must be able to command their classroom and reach students with an engaging project-based curriculum. Teachers are responsible for creating and maintaining a learning environment that guides and encourages students to develop and fulfill their academic potential and accomplish the learning goals of High Tech High.
Duties: include:
● Embodies High Tech High’s design principles of Equity, Personalization, Authentic Work and Collaborative Design in all work activities and actions
● Creates daily lesson plans with project-based assignments that are engaging, educational and exciting for the kids
● Plans, prepares and delivers instructional activities that facilitate active learning experiences
● Incorporates goals, competencies and objectives into lesson plans in ways that directly apply to the student’s life.
● Achieves school and course-wide performance goals for every student in class
● Grades assignments and homework regularly to keep students updated on how they are doing
● Identifies students who are struggling with learning, emotional problems, or situations at home, and finds them the resources they need
The ideal candidate would possess the following competencies: ● Ability to efficiently and effectively manage the time of self and others
● Ability to work with professionalism, discretion, sound judgment, equity, honesty and personal accountability at all times
● Possesses strong written and verbal communication skills
● Exceptional administrative and organization skills
● Proficient knowledge of teaching strategies and methods
● Ability to incorporate goals, competencies and objectives into lesson plans in ways that directly apply to student’s lives
● Critical thinking skills
● Ability to manage diversity
Education and/Or experience: ● Bachelor's Degree
● Valid California Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential or Out-of-state teaching license
Apply today!
If you fit the qualifications above and are looking for a forward-thinking, innovative institution that embodies visionary leadership and embraces diversity, then High Tech High is the place for you!
https://www.hightechhigh.org/about-us/join-our-team [https://www.hightechhigh.org/about-us/join-our-team]
High Tech High provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, High Tech High complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the practice has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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Market context
In California, classroom teacher roles often stay competitive because licensed centers look for candidates who can show early childhood classroom leadership, lesson planning, and readiness to meet state compliance steps such as background checks and immunizations. This posting’s requirements and benefits are AI-summarized from the original job description, helping you review the role faster and save research time. If you are considering applying, confirm your 12 ECE units and recent classroom experience before submitting.
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