Third Grade Lead Teacher

Bentley School is a K-12 co-educational, independent day school located on two campuses in Oakland (K-8) and Lafayette (9-12), California. Founded in 1920, Bentley School's legacy of excellence in teaching and learning maximizes student success in college and throughout their lives. Bentley is an inclusive community that shares a vision of academic achievement, balance, and the cultivation of character.

About the Role

Engaging in continual reflection, re-assessment, and pursuit of mission-driven pedagogical practices, Bentley faculty members maintain a growth mindset by observing and learning from each other and participating in robust professional development. Teachers are expected to align unequivocally with student growth and success, establishing pedagogical objectives consistent with students’ development, reflecting high expectations along with demonstrated flexibility based on student achievement.

Beyond the classroom, Bentley faculty members participate meaningfully in aspects of student and campus life, serving as role models of compassion, respect, justice, and inclusivity as citizens of the world.

This is a full-time, exempt faculty position reporting to the K-8 Director.

Responsibilities

• Planning and implementing core curriculum as a lead teacher
• Working collaboratively with administration, grade-level teachers, specialists, and teaching associates
• Developing and maintaining positive relationships with colleagues, students, and families
• Working and communicating effectively with parents in formal and informal conferences, written reports, newsletters, and other school-approved channels
• Supporting and following school policies and procedures
• Creating a positive learning environment both remotely and on campus, where students thrive academically
• Planning, implementing, and assessing grade-level language arts, math, social studies, and science curricula
• Collaborating with the team to implement innovative curricula in which both academic and social-emotional growth are considered
• Engaging in regular supervisory duties, including drop off, recess, lunch, and pick up
• Attending regular faculty, grade-level, and weekly department meetings
• Attending and participating in various school events as needed, including but not limited to: Open Houses, Curriculum Nights, Admissions events, assemblies, and other special events
• Being a positive and contributing member of the Bentley community
• Communicating effectively with parents through conferences and report writing
• Mentoring a Teacher Associate and supporting them in their professional development

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (Master's in elementary education or related field preferred)
• Three to five years’ experience in an interdisciplinary elementary environment
• Ability and willingness to work with students in large and small group settings using multiple teaching methods to reach a broad range of students
• Passion for working with young children

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of educational technology
• Experience with Responsive Classroom, Reading and Writing Workshop, as well as inquiry-based instructional practices in math
• Desire to continually examine one’s practice with the goal of improving student learning
• Experience in innovative course design, planning, implementation, and assessment
• A desire to collaborate in a dynamic community of teachers and administrators
• Excellent interpersonal, writing, and communication skills
• Commitment to issues of diversity, leadership, inclusion, and equity

Benefits

Bentley School offers a commitment to issues of diversity, leadership, inclusion, and equity, and encourages candidates who reflect the broad range of diversity of the Bay Area to apply.

Pay

Bentley uses a competitive salary scale, which takes into account experience, education, and skill level. The salary scale for this position ranges from $72,685 for teachers with no prior teaching experience to $140,000 for teachers with over 40 years of prior experience.

About Bentley School

Mission: Scire Desidero: I Desire to Know. Bentley School inspires inquiry, academic excellence, personal achievement, and character by engaging students’ intellect and creativity, and by encouraging them to embrace values that enrich their community and the world.

Core Values:

• Integrity: Honor, character, dignity, compassion, and ethical responsibility is a fundamental ideal in our community and in our approach to teaching and learning.
• Excellence: Our comprehensive and academically rigorous curriculum promotes a lifelong pursuit and love of learning; provides a range of challenging opportunities in academics, athletics, and the arts; encourages balance in students’ individual interests and goals.
• Ingenuity: The support of intellectual inquiry is developed by encouraging students to explore their individual skills and talents and by provoking a willingness to articulate ideas and to engage critical thought.
• Courage: We provide an environment that allows students to take risks and to confront challenges in creative and individual ways. This environment allows students to develop a capacity to overcome and to be strengthened by experiences of adversity.
• Inclusion: We are a community with multiple perspectives, representing diverse backgrounds and experiences. We welcome unfamiliar and dissenting ideas, always promoting respectful and compassionate relationships among students, teachers, and parents.