One-year Leave Sixth Grade Humanities Teacher 2025-26 SY
The Packer Collegiate Institute
Application
Details
Posted: 17-Jan-25
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Type: Full Time
Salary: $71,000 - $171,000 yearly
Categories:
History/Social Studies
Preferred Education:
4 Year Degree
The Packer Collegiate Institute seeks qualified candidates for a one-year leave replacement position teaching Sixth Grade Humanities during the 2025-26 school year. We invite applicants with English and/or History instruction experience to apply.
Anticipated start date: August 2025
Responsibilities:
This leave position entails teaching two sections of Sixth Grade Humanities, an interdisciplinary course that integrates both English and History. The role also includes serving as an advisor to a small group of sixth-grade students, collaborating closely with a grade-level partner who teaches the same course, and working with an interdisciplinary grade-level advising team.
Teachers at Packer are asked to be available to provide their students with sustained, individualized attention outside of the classroom and to maintain frequent written and oral communication with students’ families.
Applicants should possess:
Comfort with the use of educational technology in the classroom, facility with electronic communication and learning management platforms
Exceptional writing skills
A commitment to anti-bias and anti-racism work and to promoting an inclusive, just, and equitable school community
Experience with a broad range of instructional practices that support diverse learners
A demonstrated commitment to continuous professional growth and the advancement of their teaching practice
Comfort with and enthusiasm for working with students in an advisory capacity
At least three years of middle school teaching experience (preferred)
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Packer's values and vision of educational excellence include embracing diversity, fostering community, nurturing a sense of belonging, and ensuring all learners are valued and challenged. Faculty members are required to actively and thoughtfully engage in work around identity, anti-bias, and inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from candidates whose backgrounds and perspectives may be underrepresented.
Salaries are determined based on a scale reflecting years of teaching experience and level of education.
The Packer Collegiate Institute does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national and ethnic origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to, but is not limited to, educational policies, admission, financial aid, hiring and employment practices, use of school facilities, athletics, and other school-administered programs.
Grounded in rich traditions while embracing the future, Packer is a diverse community that balances the value of scholarship and the intellect with the importance of meaningful and sustained relationships. Guided by dedicated adults, Packer students are challenged to develop talents, pursue aspirations, and become empathetic, responsible, globally-minded women and men.
We educate students to:
Think Deeply
Speak Confidently
Act with Purpose and Heart