Details
Posted: 06-Jun-22
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Type: Full Time
Required Education: 4 Year Degree
Salary: TBD
Categories:
English/Language Arts
Salary Details:
Competitive benefits
The Crefeld School seeks an experienced Upper School English Teacher to begin August 2022 for 2022-23 school year.
Serving students in grades 7 through 12, The Crefeld School's mission is to graduate self-aware, empathetic, lifelong learners, who possess an appreciation for diverse perspectives, their role in society, and their ability to act as agents of change. Towards this end, we seek the same attributes in our staff. Located in Chestnut Hill, Crefeld is a gender inclusive school, providing an intentionally different college preparatory program to help students become their best selves.
Responsibilities include:
- Teaching 4 sections of combined 9/10 grade language arts classes. Curriculum is literature-based, thematic, and college preparatory.
- Designing and teaching 2 semester-long elective courses.
- Advising 6-9 upper school students, typically for their entire high school career.
- Leading a year-long service learning group as well as running co-curricular activities.
- Robust collaboration with team teachers and support staff.
Ideal candidates will possess the following credentials / qualities:
- MA or BA in English (or English Education)
- 2 or more years teaching literature-based, college preparatory classes
- Expertise at designing curriculum that is student-centered and differentiated
- Strong advocate for meeting the needs of diverse learners; experience with Universal Design for Learning a plus
- Passionate about social justice and using literature to understand diverse perspectives
- Pedagogical principles align with The Crefeld Approach (see school website)
- Experience with restorative practices (Crefeld is a restorative practices community that highly values student voice and collaborative problem solving)
The person we are seeking will possess demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and social justice and will be able to model anti-racist and anti-sexist practices with both students and staff. The Crefeld School provides a strongly collegial professional environment, where collaboration, participation, creativity, and flexibility are highly prized attributes. Competitive benefits. Please send a cover letter, resume, and list of three references to Marcus Bonner at frontoffice@crefeld.org.