Details
Posted: 09-May-22
Location: Haverford, Pennsylvania
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Elementary Teacher
Additional Information:
2 openings available.
Elementary Lead Teacher
Friends School Haverford seeks an experienced, dynamic elementary educator to begin in August 2022. Major responsibilities include planning and implementing a creative, constructivist classroom program with daily lessons in literacy and mathematics; establishing a classroom culture that supports children socially, emotionally, and academically; creating an inclusive and culturally responsive classroom environment, working collaboratively and cooperatively with families, faculty, and staff, and partnering with other teachers and specialists to implement best practices.
Strong candidates will have:
- A minimum of 3 years of experience working with children in elementary school (grades 1-5)
- A love for teaching
- Experience giving and interpreting reading assessment tools
- Facility with a broad range of pedagogical practices and programs (including reading comprehension, writing, spelling, number sense, problem-solving, conflict resolution, emotional regulation, community building, etc.)
- An interest in and capability to work, plan and implement cross-curricular, project-based learning opportunities
- A broad repertoire of strategies to teach children with diverse learning styles
- Excellent organizational skills
- Excitement about working closely and collaboratively with other educators
- Experience teaching in a religiously and culturally diverse setting
- A high level of interest in Quaker education
- Experience teaching students through distance learning
- Experience with Fundations and Math in Focus curricula is a plus
Full-time teachers participate fully in the life of the School, including covering lunch and recess, planning and attending field trips, participating in admissions-related events, writing reports, and other related activities. All teachers are members of a faculty committee and engage in at least one other activity/job that benefits the school community, as determined by the Head of School.
Guided by Quaker principles since its founding in 1885, Friends School Haverford provides an intellectually rich program to students in nursery school through grade 5. We promote academic scholarship, creativity, respect, integrity, and self-awareness with a commitment to creating a culture of stewardship and kindness.
Friends School Haverford seeks candidates with a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Friends School Haverford believes diversity is an essential aspect of our lives and education, and we welcome faculty, staff, and students of any race, color, ethnic background, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, family structure, and socio-economic background.
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, and a list of three references to resumes@friendshaverford.org.