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Are you a masterful science teacher that is known for cultivating students' curiosity, engagement, and growth?  Are you a competent, compassionate, creative, and enthusiastic educator who is committed to continual growth and improvement? Do students and parents rave about their experience with you and your classroom?  Are you known for amazing time management, organizational skills and flexibility? 

If this describes you, we can’t wait to meet you!

Diversity and inclusion are core to our school. We are passionate about building and sustaining a diverse and inclusive working and learning environment, it is definitely a work in progress!  Every member on our team enriches our community by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world. We don’t just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and thrive because of it. Smith Street Arts et Lettres is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and promotes affirmative action. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and military and veteran status.

If this inspires you, please apply to join our team.

Smith Street Arts et Lettres is a progressive French-American K-8 program located in Brooklyn, NY. Our bilingual curriculum emphasizes a Reggio-Emilia inspired, holistic approach to education. The importance of a child’s intellectual and creative life—of thought, curiosity, exploration, multilingualism, and artistic expression—infuses everything we do across all aspects of our curriculum.

We are looking for a part-time science teacher in grades K through 4th,  in a push-in model twice a week, in close collaboration with the homeroom teachers. Please email us with your resume and cover letter at hr@ssaetl.org. 

Thank you for your interest in becoming a part of our wonderful community!

Our Teachers’ Responsibilities:

• Classroom Strategies and Behaviors: Communicating learning goals and feedback, establishing rules and procedures; helping students interact with new knowledge, practice and deepen new knowledge, and generate and test hypotheses; engaging students; recognizing adherence to norms and procedures; establishing and maintaining effective relationships with students; communicating high expectations for all students.
• Planning and Preparing: Planning and preparing for lessons and units, resources and technology, needs of English language learners, needs of neurodiverse learners and differentiated learning styles, implementation of culturally responsive classrooms, working in close collaboration with the homeroom teachers. 
• Reflecting on Teaching: Evaluating personal performance as well as developing and implementing a professional growth plan.
• Collegiality and Professionalism: Promoting a positive environment; promoting an exchange of ideas and strategies; promoting our school and its community’s development.

• Education, Experience, and Qualifications: 
• Required: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.   
• Preferred: postgraduate degree; teaching credential or license, generalist or domain specific.
• French speakers preferred.
• 3-5 years classroom experience.
• Evidence of content mastery.
• Experience with FOSS (NGSS Certified Science Curriculum) preferred
• Proficient use of Google suite.
• Grant permission for a criminal background check upon hire.
• Meet physical demands to perform essential functions of the role.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions: Ability to work full-time, including occasional evenings and weekends; work in person/in the school building; speak for long periods of time. Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, or crouch.  Frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds; occasionally life up to 50 pounds.

About Smith Street Arts et Lettres

Smith Street Arts et Lettres is a progressive French-American preschool-8the grade program located in Brooklyn, NY. Our bilingual curriculum emphasizes a Reggio-Emilia inspired, holistic approach to education. The importance of a child’s intellectual and creative life—of thought, curiosity, exploration, multilingualism, and artistic expression—infuses everything we do across all aspects of our curriculum. At Smith Street Arts & Lettres, we care deeply about creativity, inquiry, and multiculturalism. We are seeking full time French-speaking Lead Teachers for the 2023/24 academic year. We encourage you to visit us at www.smithstreetartsetlettres.org or contact us at bonjour@smithstreetartsetlettres.org.

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