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Posted: 16-Jan-23
Location: Carbondale, Colorado
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Summer Position
Preferred Education:
4 Year Degree
Each summer, the [HS]² Program at Colorado Rocky Mountain School hires teachers to instruct courses in Biology, Computer Science, Chemistry, Robotics, Mathematics, and Writing. In addition to teaching responsibilities in the classroom, teachers are also asked to support students in Study Hall two nights per week. Some teachers will also serve as mentors to a Teaching Assistant. [HS]² teachers do not have any dormitory duties during the summer; however, they are asked to chaperone students on one off-campus trip and one on-campus social event. [HS]² teachers are hired to teach one or two courses which meet for 110 minutes each per day, Monday through Friday.
Strong teaching candidates have significant teaching experience, strong content knowledge of one of the [HS]² subjects, and genuinely enjoy working with high school students. Salary is commensurate with teaching experience.
About Colorado Rocky Mountain School- HS2 Summer Program
The Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS) is a college-preparatory independent high school located thirty miles northwest of Aspen in the mountains of western Colorado. CRMS’s average enrollment is 175 students in grades 9-12 from various countries. Key to the underpinnings of our progressive and experiential program is close faculty-student relationships and a skill-based academic curriculum balanced with outdoor activities that challenge young people to develop skills, judgment, responsibility, as well as a service ethic. Also significant are tasks related to daily life and the well being of the community. Our balanced curriculum of rigorous college-preparatory courses, wilderness education, and service learning, all in a residential setting, allows students to cultivate academic excellence, critical thinking, and community-mindedness.
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