Details
Posted: 11-Apr-22
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Type: Full Time
Preferred Education: Masters
Salary: commensurate with experience
Categories:
Elementary Teacher
Salary Details:
Highly competitive salary, commensurate with experience and credentials
Additional Information:
2 openings available.
The Roberts Field School is an independent, K-5, elementary school located in Park Slope, Brooklyn unifying academics, creativity, and nature through interdisciplinary education, promoting a more peaceful, just, and innovative world.
In all areas of our programming, we are dedicated to:
- progressive education
- Peace-based, social justice curriculum
- culturally and racially diverse classroom populations
- a highly differentiated, enriching, and engaging experience for all students.
- equity in education for children throughout Brooklyn and the world
The nexus of the Roberts Field curriculum is an interdisciplinary approach in which the academic curriculum becomes one with the creative process. Each blended-grade class of approximately 16 students is co-taught by two teachers.
We seek an experienced elementary school teacher to collaborate in designing unit and lesson plans across the year and within each thematic unit of study. Each co-teacher sculpts and facilitates instruction with small groups of students across all subject areas.
Our ideal candidate has robust, multidisciplinary, classroom experience, a commitment to collaboration, and a strong interest in the integration of arts, sciences, and nature.
Responsibilities:
- Plan and guide all disciplines of instruction
- Prepare student materials and provide regular feedback on student work.
- Establish and manage classroom social-emotional and behavioral expectations.
Mindset:
- Commitment to collaborative team planning and teaching
- Interest and experience in teaching interdisciplinary curricula
- Skill and proficiency in social-emotional curriculum and classroom management
- Self-reflective, growth mindset open to support and feedback
All applicants must be excellent communicators, team players, and inspired by an innovative, interdisciplinary, program.
Master’s Degree in Education, Teaching Certification preferred