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Posted: 08-Mar-22
Location: Lyndhurst, Ohio
Type: Full Time
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Elementary Teacher
Hawken School is committed to doing school differently and better. This means developing an inclusive and accepting community where adults feel empowered to design educational experiences for students that deepen their learning, engaging their emotions as well as their intellects. Hawken School seeks culturally competent teachers who are committed to equity and social justice, comfortable taking risks, and who embrace a growth mindset. Our faculty members are constantly looking for new ways to inspire student curiosity while remaining dedicated to nurturing compassion and kindness in our students.
THE POSITION
Hawken School is seeking a dynamic and innovative individual committed to teaching the total child. Candidates should be eager to work in a collaborative team-based environment with thoughtful individuals committed to doing school better. With growing enrollment, we are looking for teachers with experience in grade 3 through grade 5.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
- Serve as a homeroom teacher to one section of Lower School students
- Serve as a member of the grade level team, responsible for developing, planning, and implementing classroom and grade level curriculum and measuring and reporting student progress
- Team plan and teach reading, writing, and/or math to all students in the grade level
- Serve as a member of a divisional curriculum team
- Perform other non-teaching duties as assigned by the Director or Head of School
Because Hawken believes in supporting teachers’ passions, in deepening their expertise, and in fueling their spirit of innovation, we provide substantive professional development opportunities that lead to the kinds of excellence that are a hallmark of our community.
QUALIFICATIONS
- An advanced degree in Elementary Education is preferred.
- Demonstrated competence and leadership in elementary curriculum development, instruction and pedagogy
- Experience with Responsive Classroom, Teachers College Writing Workshop and Reading Workshop, Bridges Math, and project-based learning preferred
- Exceptional understanding of the developmental needs of elementary level learners
- A joyful enthusiasm for elementary level learners
- Flexibility, energy, creativity, high expectations and a sense of humor
- Facility with dynamic educational technologies
- A willingness and eagerness to assist in the life of the School
Experience in dealing and collaborating with colleagues and parents
THE SCHOOL
Founded on the ideal that “the better self shall prevail and each generation introduce its successor to a higher plane of life,” Hawken School is a coeducational independent day school with 1,550 students from toddler through grade 12. Our four campuses are located within 25 minutes of downtown Cleveland, with two campuses in the eastern suburbs of Cleveland, a campus on Cleveland’s west side, and a campus in University Circle, home to the Mastery School of Hawken and also our school-wide center for experiential and service learning . A nationally recognized leader in innovative programming, Hawken prepares students to meet the challenges of tomorrow's world.
OUR CAMPUSES
Lyndhurst: Lower and Middle School (Toddler – Grade 8)
Hawken’s Lyndhurst campus houses programs for toddlers through grade eight that reflect the school’s dual commitment to academic and social curricula. Beginning in Early Childhood, students are taught in developmentally appropriate ways to make choices, manage time, think critically and creatively, develop ownership for their learning, and engage others with empathy. Hawken’s Lower School program focuses on building a strong foundation in basic academic skills with an increasing emphasis on personal responsibility. With a focus on hands-on learning and student choice, our Middle School program enables students to be active participants in their education. By exploring science, math, and the humanities using an interdisciplinary and experience-based approach, students dive deeply into subject areas and become immersed in the process of learning and discovery.
INTERESTED
Please send a resume, references, and a cover letter to: Mary Beth Hilborn, Interim Director of the Lower School, at lowerschoolemployment@hawken.edu
Hawken School is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to promoting all forms of diversity in the workplace and in our student body. We strongly urge all qualified individuals to apply.