Career Center

Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Crystal Springs Uplands School is a 6-12 co-educational, independent day school located on two distinct campuses in Hillsborough and Belmont, CA with 125 employees. Our deeply connected culture and community celebrates scholarship, strives for balance, and fosters inclusion. The Professional Adult Community (PAC) is an experienced, collaborative group of employees who are committed to the mission and core values of the school. Crystal is full of kind, curious learners (adults and students alike) who are passionate about the school’s mission of transformative teaching and meaningful connections. We are committed to the work required to create more equitable systems and foster inclusive environments so that all members of our community can thrive together.  

 CRYSTAL’S MISSION STATEMENT

Through transformative teaching and meaningful connections, we empower kind, curious learners to thrive together.

 CRYSTAL’S CORE VALUES

• We Celebrate Scholarship - The foundation of Crystal is academic excellence.
• We Seek Growth Challenges - Our culture says try it.
• We Foster Kindness & Inclusion - Crystal is a caring and diverse community.
• We Strive for Balance - A holistic approach to well-being is integral to our mission.
• We Engage with Enthusiasm - With unbounded spirit, we give our best effort every day and pay it forward to our community.
• We Lead with Humility - Being grateful and open-minded, we pursue lifelong learning.

JOB SUMMARY

Crystal seeks a .75 FTE Upper  /Middle School  Mind Body Program Teacher & Strength and Conditioning Coach (30 hours/week). This is a 10-month part-time faculty staff position, with an annual salary commensurate with experience within the range of $50,000 - $70,000.

Competencies

• Cultural Competence: Possesses and applies the skills, values, and principles that acknowledge, respect, contribute, and work effectively across cultural differences. Recognizes the unique value, perspectives, strengths, and challenges of every person who comes to the Crystal community.
• Instructional Delivery: Effectively implements essential practices for effectively instructing students to maximize knowledge and skill acquisition
• Formative Assessment: Supports competency-based education by ensuring understanding of students’ needs and modifies instruction as it is happening to guide and assess student learning.
• Critical Thinking/Problem Solving: Analyzes and integrates trends and patterns based on diverse information and perspectives to determine the root causes of problems, identify the best course of action, and prioritize efforts. Develops new insights and formulates creative solutions, considering the impact and implications of recommendations in the context of overall vision, goals, and objectives.
• Decision-Making: Generates and evaluates alternatives before making a decision or taking action, considering the risks associated with each option and selecting the option that has the best balance of risk and reward, encouraging input from others when it is appropriate, standing by decisions without reconsidering unless information or circumstances make it necessary to do so, and evaluating the effectiveness of decisions after they have been made.
• Quality Results: Ensures high quality results on projects/tasks, meets deadlines, and attends to details. Takes responsibility for the quality of work and achieves results with little oversight.
• Communication: Exceptional ability to articulate thoughts and express ideas effectively using oral, written, visual, and non-verbal communication skills, as well as deep listening skills to gain understanding.
• Cultural Competence: Possesses and applies the skills, values, and principles that acknowledge, respect, contribute, and work effectively across cultural differences. Recognizes the unique value, perspectives, strengths, and challenges of every person who comes to the Crystal community.
• Emotional Intelligence: Demonstrates high levels of self/social awareness, self-management, empathy, and curiosity.
• Relationship Management: Positively collaborates and builds/maintains authentic and trusting relationships. Demonstrates high levels of discretion and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Design inclusive lesson plans that cater to diverse skill levels, abilities, and interests of students in grades 6 through 11
• Ability to instruct activities that include but are not limited to lifetime fitness activities and sports
• Organize, design, and implement strength and conditioning programs for athletic teams, grades 9 through 12
• Teach students health, wellness,  and fitness-related concepts that align with MBP
• Create sport-specific workouts for athletic teams
• Provide appropriate biomechanical instruction
• Ability to manage large groups of students
• Motivate and inspire students to adhere to safe fitness protocols that enhance life-long fitness behaviors
• Collaborate with the Director of Mind Body Program to evaluate the curriculum and create age-appropriate activities and strength and conditioning  programs
• Educate coaches on appropriate injury prevention strategies (i.e., dynamic warmup, flexibility/mobility training, etc.)
• Ensure equipment is safe, clean, and in proper working order
• Supervise Fitness Center
• Daily maintenance and upkeep of Fitness Center facilities
• Act as an ambassador for the school’s mission and the philosophy of the Mind Body Program

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

• Able to occasionally lift up to 100lbs
• Able to demonstrate movement patterns and activities taught
• Able to bend, lift, and move freely
• Able to walk up and down stairs
• Ability to multitask and manage large groups of students in a fast-paced environment
• Light travel between the Middle School and Upper School campuses, as needed

Education, Certifications, and Work-Related Experience

• Bachelor's Degree: Kinesiology or related field
• Certifications: Current CPR/AED certification (required)

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications: NSCA, NASM, ISSA, ACE certification
• Operational knowledge of Google Suite and Gmail
• Operational knowledge of Microsoft Office

Travel Required
Occasional travel between the Middle School and Upper School campuses.

The recruitment period will remain open until sufficient resumes have been received and may close at any time a sufficient pool of highly qualified candidates has been established.   First consideration will be given to individuals that apply between August 4, 2023, through August 21, 2023.   Second consideration will be given to individuals that apply between August 22, 2023 through August 31, 2023.  The ideal start date for this position is September 18, 2023.

About Crystal Springs Uplands School

Crystal Springs Uplands School is a coeducational independent day school with an Upper School campus in Hillsborough, California and a Middle School campus in Belmont, California. Located on the Bay Area Peninsula and serving 566 students in grades 6-12 CSUS is an institution committed to diversity that encourages minority candidates to apply.

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