Preferred Employers

Our preferred employers understand that ABCTE alumni have completed a rigorous certification program. They have committed to providing ABCTE-certified teachers with $1,000 more than their school's usual base salary for new teachers. Please visit each school's website for more information. Some of our preferred employers have job openings right now!

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Challenge Charter School

Arizona's First Official Core Knowledge School, Challenge Charter School is a suburban school which was founded in 1996 and serves approximately 600 students.
Named National Charter School of the Year in 2007 by CER and a NCLB Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.

Apache Trail High School

Apache Trail High School's vision is to help all students succeed in academics, become life-long learners, positive contributors to society and to obtain life skills needed to prosper beyond high school. (grades 9-12)

Alta Vista High School

Serving grades 9-12, the mission of Alta Vista High School is to provide each student a diverse education in a safe and supportive environment that promotes respect, self-discipline, creativity, academic excellence and service to the community.

Apex Middle Academy

Apex Academy Middle School emphasizes the social, emotional and intellectual development of each child in order to help them successfully advance their education. Grades 6-8.

Desert Hills High School

Serving grades 9-12, Desert Hills High School is the premiere comprehensive charter high school in the East Valley. Desert Hills offers a college prep curriculum along with a full array of extra-curricular activities and an interscholastic athletic program.

El Dorado High School

Serving grades 9-12, the mission of El Dorado High School is to create a safe and challenging environment in which partnerships among community, parents, staff, and students promote life-long learning in every student.

Estrella High School

Serving grades 9-12, Estrella offers a safe community atmosphere preparing students for life through education. Our mission is not only to prepare students through curriculum, but also help them create life skills, a system of accountability, and a social services network.

Maya High School

Pride, Excellence, Success. Maya High School will prepare students for the challenges and choices of the 21st century by providing the tools and skills necessary to become life-long learners and positive contributors to society. Serving grades 9-12.

Montezuma Middle School

We invite you to Montezuma Middle School: an intimate learning environment focused on the education, growth and development of all of our students in grades 6-8. We are an excellent school for the teacher who wants to change lives at the most rewarding and critical middle school period. Grades 6-8.

Ocotillo High School

Serving grades 9-12, Ocotillo High School has created a small and safe learning community for students to prepare for higher education and real world expectations. Ocotillo students participate in college dual enrollment programs, student organizations, sports and community service projects under the guidance of a qualified and caring faculty.

Peoria Accelerated High School

Peoria Accelerated High School is a student-centered school acknowledged for its high standards, the quality of its staff, and the success of its students. Grades 9-12.

SEES High School

SEES High School, located in Tempe, Arizona, opened its doors in the fall of 1999 as an independent charter high school. In July of 2006, SEES High School joined the Leona Group, AZ. SEES High School serves approximately 70 students. Grades 9-12.

South Pointe High School

South Pointe High School promises - and delivers to our students - an excellent academic experience. We offer so much more than well-read books, interactive classrooms and highly qualified teachers. Serving grades 9-12.

South Pointe Middle School

Grades 6-8. "Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education." --Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

South Ridge High School

South Ridge High School is a college preparatory school that offers learners a rigorous curriculum in a safe and nurturing environment. Grades 9-12.

Summit High School

Summit High School is based on the belief that all students can and deserve to learn. Not only are high expectations held for all students, but equity and access is ensured for all students through dual accountability: The teachers’ accountability to meet the needs of students and the students’ accountability to their own behavior and learning. Grades 9-12.

Sun Valley High School

Serving grades 9-12, Sun Valley High School has been providing an innovative, effective school for over a decade. Committed to offering multiple instructional models, a smaller campus, block scheduling, dynamic educators and cutting-edge technology, SVHS genuinely cares for every student and demonstrates a deep commitment to success for all.

Tempe Accelerated High School

Serving grades 9-12, Tempe Accelerated High School is a small and diverse quality learning environment with high expectations combined with personalized attention. We are an excellent school for the teacher who wants to change lives through daily academic as well as interpersonal connections with students and families. Teaching with Leona Group is hard work, challenging and the best job in education.

Tucson Accelerated High School

Tucson Accelerated High School is committed to Improving Minds and Building Relationships. This is accomplished by providing a learning environment that is positive, safe and nurturing, and where students are inspired to think, grow and achieve their goals. Grades 9-12.

West Phoenix High School

West Phoenix School is a learning community that is dedicated to giving students the tools to be successful in and outside of the classroom. Our caring, highly qualified staff not only teaches in alignment to Arizona State Standards but will go above and beyond to help them envision goals they thought impossible to attain. Grades 9-12.