Due to expanding enrollment, Greenwich Country Day School seeks Middle School Humanities Teachers, Grades 6-8, to start August 2019. Successful candidates will possess content and pedagogical expertise in one or more of the following subjects within the Humanities: English, History, Ethics, and Philosophy.  Interdisciplinary proficiency is highly desirable.

In addition, each GCDS faculty member is expected to demonstrate ability in the following areas:

• Understands, champions, and implements GCDS Design Principles
• Fosters and stewards a culture of mutual respect, equitable practice, and joy in and out of the classroom
• Cultural competency skills to collaborate effectively across difference
• Sets high expectations for learning, academic achievement and character development
• Exhibits strong working knowledge of student cognitive development and learning preferences
• Identifies and supports students’ social, emotional, and academic needs
• Provides timely feedback to students, and collaborates with faculty to offer specialized support in pursuit of each student’s learning goals
• Implements a wide array of pedagogical tools and strategies in appropriate and effective combinations  
• Facilitates and designs effective group/collaborative work and productive dialogue among students and teachers
• Communicates effectively with students/families about classwork, learning goals and student progress
• Demonstrates content knowledge and expertise; and scaffolds curriculum to ensure progress towards mastery
• Ensures that reading and writing are aims across the curriculum and learning design
• Collaborates and plans actively for learning with teachers and students
• Implements backward design to align all lessons, activities, and assessments
• Designs formal and informal assessments that measure student progress; employs a variety of formative and summative assessments to gauge student progress toward mastery
• Fosters student growth through structured opportunities for reflection, including Student-Led Conferences and Presentations of Learning
• Provides opportunities for student engagement through “Voice and Choice”
• Creates relevant and authentic learning experiences; is able to include and/or connect with outside experts and resources towards this aim
• Showcases student work within the community and prepares students to exhibit and communicate effectively

Responsibilities Include:

• Instructional responsibility in content area
• Serving as an advisor for 6-12 students
• Supervision of a homeroom
• Oversight of the development and progress of each child
• Assessment of all students’ progress in both written and verbal reports
• Communication with parents
• Collaborative work with colleagues on grade level, departmental and interdisciplinary faculty teams, Middle School faculty and staff, and the broader school community
• Daily supervision of a lunch table

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree or demonstrated professional competency
• Minimum of 3-years successful classroom teaching experience with students in this age group
• Experience with inquiry-based learning and/or project-based learning
• A passion for learning and the ability to motivate and inspire students
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Commitment to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive school community
• Willingness to take on multiple roles within the school
• Personal traits appropriate for nurturing the growth of children - must be energetic, creative, flexible, patient, and have an inexhaustible sense of humor

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in field
• Capacity to teach multiple disciplines/subject areas
• Work experience outside of education
• Mentoring or advising experience (with adolescents)
• Athletic coaching experience valued and welcome
• Demonstrated experience in establishing collaborative relationships with external partners/organizations in the design and implementation of learning experiences

Interested candidates are invited to send a cover letter and resume to:

Susan Fahey Khanna, Director of Human Resources