Associate Teacher (2026-2027 SY)

Job Description

Location: Nashville, Tennessee Employment Type: This is a full-time, in-person support role for the upcoming 2026-2027 school year. Annualized Salary: Associate Teacher’s salary: $35,360. If confirmed in a long-term Instructional Support role, the salary will increase to $44,520. About Valor: Founded in 2014, Valor Collegiate Academies is a top-performing, public charter school network in Nashville, Tennessee, serving students in Grades 5-12 across three schools. Our mission is to create a community where students of all backgrounds have equitable access to an education that prepares them to live inspired and purposeful lives. This mission is made possible through an innovative school model that balances rigorous academics and whole-child education in an intentionally diverse environment. Learn more about Valor: https://valorcollegiate.org/our-model/ About The Role: Valor Collegiate Academies is hiring full-time Associate Teachers to serve as instructional support in the event of short-term teacher absences and long-term vacancies when a certified teacher is unavailable. Valor’s Associate Teacher model is similar to a teacher residency program, where individuals are not just substitute teachers, but receiving on-the-job experience as educators and applying that training as Instructional Support this first year before becoming a certified teacher in their second or third year as a Valor teacher. Associate Teachers will be assigned to a specific school campus to internalize the culture, integrate into that team, and provide instructional coverage for short-term teacher absences, though that assignment may change based on organizational needs. Short-term coverage assignment is at the discretion of each campus’ Principal and/or Dir