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Posted: 02-May-22
Location: Lyndhurst, Ohio
Type: Full Time
Preferred Education: Masters
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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 an individual to continue to build and grow our middle school computational thinking program alongside a team of thoughtful, innovative individuals committed to making our computational and design thinking initiative an integrated part of the Hawken experience. With the addition of an Innovation Lab in the 2018-19 school year, and personnel to support this lab, the opportunity to work collaboratively across the campus and School will only continue to grow in the coming years.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
- Teach middle school Computer Science classes
- Serve as an advisor, overseeing the academic and social growth of a group of advisees
- Serve as a member of the Computational and Design Thinking team, attending team meetings, developing and updating course curricula, and supporting the work of the initiative across the campus and School
- Serve as a member of a Middle School grade level team of teachers meeting on a daily/weekly basis to plan, develop, and assess co-curricular activities and coordinate student support in alignment with Hawken’s mission
- Coach or lead a significant co-curricular activity within the Middle School
- Perform other non-teaching duties as assigned by the Directors or Head of School
QUALIFICATIONS
- A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field required; an advanced degree is preferred but not required.
- Demonstrated experience and leadership in Computer Science curriculum development, instruction and pedagogy
- Exceptional understanding of the developmental needs of middle school learners
- A joyful enthusiasm for middle school learners
- Flexibility, energy, creativity, high expectations and a sense of humor
- Facility with dynamic educational technologies for enhancing the exploration of computational thinking across disciplines and learning, especially grade appropriate graphical and written coding software tools, as well as robotics environments, leagues, and competitions
- Expertise in constantly discovering, disseminating, and evangelizing new computational tools to help students and faculty stay current across disciplines
- Experience in mentoring independent student research for science fairs, competitions, and Olympiads is also a plus
- A willingness and eagerness to assist in the life of the School
- Experience in dealing and partnering 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: Dr. Michelle Harris, Director of the Middle School, at middleschoolemployment@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.