Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Previous classroom experience.
• Adept at both large and small group instruction.
• Proficient with using technology as an instructional complement.
• Experience teaching in an independent school preferred.

Skills

• Exhibit a love of working with children in this age group.
• Strong classroom management skills, commitment to safety and civility.
• Strong desire to participate in the whole life of the school.
• Exhibit willingness to grow with a hunger for learning new material and new ways of teaching.
• Show a great deal of flexibility to shift focus on the spur of the moment, in working with colleagues and students and in sharing classroom space.
• Willing and able to resolve conflicts with colleagues, parents and between students.
• The ability to build a strong rapport with colleagues and serve as a collaborative team player.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Strong organizational skills, efficient and accurate taskmaster.