Posted: 18-Jul-25
Location: Strafford, Pennsylvania
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Required Education:
Lower Division Teacher
ABOUT WOODLYNDE SCHOOL
Woodlynde School welcomes and serves students who learn differently and empowers them to become strategic thinkers and self-advocates in a challenging and supportive college preparatory environment. An independent, coeducational school for students in kindergarten through grade 12, Woodlynde School is located in suburban Philadelphia. Founded in 1976, the school is nationally recognized for its expertise in serving students with language- or math-based learning differences, executive function challenges, ADHD, auditory processing disorder, or a need for a small classroom environment.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide direct instruction to students in reading, mathematics, writing, social studies, and science.
- Develop an ongoing working knowledge of each individual student’s educational and emotional needs.
- Effectively collaborate with learning specialists to integrate recommended teaching strategies into content area classes.
- Communicate with parents to address learning concerns of students.
- Provide individual student assessment as needed.
- Shows evidence of adapting and differentiated instruction for all students.
- Maintain complete and accurate records that are reflective of a student’s performance and growth in knowledge.
- Develop and maintain genuine, positive, and consistent communication with parents.
- Contribute to and benefit from the campus community.
- Practice professionalism through ongoing professional development, reflection, and continuous improvement.
- Participate in curriculum and other developmental programs and activities.
- Other duties as assigned.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Education or related field is required for consideration.
- K-4 or K-8 Teaching Certification
- Special Education Teaching Certification and/or Reading Specialist Certification.
- Additional but not required:
- Wilson Reading System Level 1 certification
- Experience with students with learning differences and ADHD
- Responsive Classroom Experience
- The ideal candidate is outgoing, well organized, competent in basic computer skills, and is an individual who is eager to work in a highly dynamic, energetic school setting.
COMPETENCIES DESIRED
- Expertise in the relevant subject area.
- Understand learning differences and emotional difficulties.
- Ability to mentor as a positive role model.
- Commitment to continuous improvement.
- Self-directed, proactive, intelligent, knowledge of curriculum and assessment, multi-tasker, problem solving skills, professional written and verbal communication skills, ability to connect with students with patience and compassion.
- Ability to manage stress, and self-regulate with a consistently positive attitude,
- Possess a strong sense of teamwork
- Passionate, genuine, organized, internally motivated, and service oriented
- Ability to reserve judgment and respond with curiosity and compassion
TO APPLY:
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume
to Pamela Lasco, Executive Assistant to the Head of School,
at lascop@woodlynde.org.
MISSION STATEMENT
Woodlynde School welcomes and serves students who learn differently and empowers them to become strategic thinkers and self-advocates in a challenging and supportive college preparatory environment.
DIVERSITY STATEMENT
Woodlynde School is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion in order that its students and employees achieve their full potential.
We believe that everyone’s unique life experience and background adds valuable perspective to our community and that our community is stronger because of the differences represented by our students, colleagues, and families. We embrace community members of different backgrounds and do not discriminate against employees or students?on the basis of race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, religion,?or disability.