8th Grade Teacher Needed in Berwyn

The Children’s School seeks an 8^th Grade Classroom Teacher. The ideal candidate has experience with and is passionate about progressive education and what it can offer adolescents.  This person has experience leading a classroom with 15 students.  Supervised by the Director for Curriculum and Instruction and in collaboration with the Middle Level Curriculum Coordinator and other faculty, this person will work with students to develop emergent curriculum while aligning with national, state, and school-level curriculum goals to help each student prepare for high school.

Essential Job Functions

• Generate thematic teaching that springs from students’ curiosity
• Integrate writing, reading, math, social studies, and sciences into thematic project- or problem-based study
• Be flexible in allowing students room to grow at their individual pace, attending to the social and emotional as well as academic life of each student
• Incorporate inclusive and justice-oriented teaching and learning into day-to-day life of the classroom
• Use careful observation, anecdotal notes, artifacts of the student’s own work, and other forms of assessment to document and nurture each student’s progress
• Employ creative and alternate teaching strategies to foster each student’s talents
• Help guide students in independent research or arts projects in which they explore in depth a topic or idea of their own choosing
• Help guide students’ high school search and application process and help students prepare for high school success
• Express ideas in a clear and timely manner in written home/school communications
• Write on average three narrative reports (to accompany three parent-teacher conferences) for each student annually
• Foster a collaborative culture and work closely with colleagues

Qualifications

• B.A. or M.A. in Education or related field preferred
• Experience in teaching children in the upper elementary/middle level grades
• Ability to organize and manage classroom for purposeful, project-based and problem-based inquiry
• Commitment to and understanding of child-centered teaching and learning

To apply, please submit resume and cover letter to:

        
            The Children’s School
            Attn: Human Resources
            1428 S. Wesley
            Berwyn, IL 60402

Or electronically to:  cmartin@thechildrensschool.info