Upper Elementary Teacher (4th-5th grade) -- URGENT HIRE

About the role

The Upper Elementary Teacher at High Meadows School is responsible for supervising and directly instructing students, conducting assessments, communicating with parents, and designing learning environments focused on creativity and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to the school philosophy recognizing the developmental nature of childhood growth and each child's need for belonging.
• Work in accordance with the mission, vision, and values of High Meadows School around approaches to learning/teaching, project-based instruction, and the Positive Discipline approach to.
• Be responsible for supervision and direct instruction, student assessment, narratives, communication with parents, and parent-student-teacher.
• Be responsible for student learning, classroom instruction, and curriculum implementation in the core subject areas or in a specialty area, depending on the teaching role and grade-level position.
• Work with a 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.

Requirements

• Minimum of three to five current, consecutive years as a full-time teacher in 4th or 5th grade.
• 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.
• Preferences given to applicants with experience as a teacher in a progressive school setting.
• Experience as a constructivist educator.
• International Baccalaureate School (PYP) experience.
• Current GA Teaching Certification.

Qualifications

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. Ability to clearly communicate, collaborate, and work effectively in a teaching partnership. Ability to nurture and challenge each student. Model continuous learning, and demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. Understand academic, social, behavioral, and emotional development milestones of children. Understand positive discipline in a progressive educational.

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