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Posted: 06-Dec-22
Location: Roswell, Georgia
Type: Full Time
Salary: $41,700 to $45,700
Salary Details:
Required Education:
High Meadows School in North Atlanta (Roswell), Georgia seeks a Middle Years
Humanities--English teacher (grades 6-8) to start January 2023. The school takes pride in hiring dynamic, compassionate, and diverse faculty and staff who are among the finest in their areas of expertise.
Summary
Our educators are experienced, energetic, and collaborative individuals who follow a constructivist, progressive educational philosophy which is student-centered and holds kids to high and reasonable standards. We look for educators who maintain excellent relationships with families, work successfully within a team, understand developmentally appropriate practices for students, recognize the educational value of the natural environment and demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in their teaching practice.
At High Meadows, we believe that children possess a drive for cognitive, physical, and social engagement—a drive that is developed and enhanced by an environment that promotes academic challenge, creativity, personal responsibility, and a positive self-image.
Knowledge and Skill Set Requirements:
- Must be motivated, nurturing, creative, self-directed and a collaborative team member.
- Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as a passion and energy for teaching children. Desire to play a meaningful role in each student’s daily school life and the life of the school.
- Demonstrated ability to clearly communicate, collaborate, and work effectively in a teaching partnership.
- Ability to nurture and challenge each student.
- Models continuous learning, and demonstrates a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.
- Understands academic, social, behavioral, and emotional development milestones of children.
- Understands positive discipline in a progressive educational setting.
Essential Job Functions:
- The Middle Years Humanities--English teacher adheres to the school philosophy recognizing the developmental nature of childhood growth and each child’s need for belonging; they have a particular knowledge of, and appreciation for, the uniqueness of adolescents and adolescence.
- The Middle Years Humanities--English teacher works in accordance with the mission, vision and values of High Meadows School around approaches to learning/teaching, progressive teaching, and the Positive Discipline approach to behavior.
- The Middle Years Humanities--English teacher is responsible for supervision and direct instruction (including literature, writing, vocabulary, history, global studies), student assessment, narratives, communication with parents, and parent-student-teacher conferences.
- The Middle Years Humanities--English teacher works in collaboration with the Middle Years team, both within and across academic disciplines, and irresponsible for student learning, classroom instruction, and curriculum implementation in English.
- The Middle Years Humanities--English teacher provides instruction for Mini Courses, or electives, during each 6-week session.
- The Middle Years Humanities--English teacher chaperones overnight trips with 6th, 7th and/or 8th grade students.
- The Middle Years Humanities--English teacher will work with the Middle Years team to design learning environments that are focused on creativity and innovation, striving to challenge students to a deeper thinking level and to develop a yearning for greater understanding.
Minimum Education/Prior Experience/Qualifications Required:
Minimum of three to five current, consecutive years as a full-time teacher in Humanities-
English (Literature/Writing/History); Bachelor’s Degree required; Preference given to those with a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Education. Collaborative and interdisciplinary instruction experience a must.
