Job summary: 

St. Johnsbury Academy seeks a dynamic, creative, and innovative Social Studies teacher.  Responsibilities include teaching up to 4 Social Studies sections each semester.  In addition to teaching responsibilities, full-time faculty members are expected to serve as an advisor to a group of 8-12 students during their four-year tenure at the Academy and to participate in campus and residential life programs as assigned.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties: 

Teaching

• Teach up to 4 sections each semester. Class assignments are based on disciplinary expertise, interest, and the needs of the involved departments each semester; all faculty are expected to be able to teach at the Basic, Standard, and Accelerated levels.
• Prepare syllabi and daily lesson plans for above.
• Assess and provide evaluation information back to students in a timely manner according to the school calendar.
• Communicate with case managers for students in the special services program as mandated by IEPs and 504 plans, and as needed for the best outcomes for students in the program.
• Be available daily during the conference period time at the end of the school day and require students to attend who need to make up work or who need extra assistance.
• Maintain communication with parents as needed throughout the school year, including up to 4 parents’ afternoons/nights and one resident parents’ weekend in the fall semester.
• Maintain classroom decorum in accordance with Academy standards, including recognizing dress code violations, with the support of department chairs and deans.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues within the department and throughout the school.

Other

• Serve as an advisor to a group of 8 -12 students during their four-year tenure at the Academy, including morning attendance and weekly advisory periods.
• Participate in the resident life program as assigned. Resident Life duties may include additional compensation or benefits, depending on the position. Specific assignments may consider faculty interest and lifestyle constraints as well as current school needs. They may consist of a position on regular dorm staff, after-school supervision of academic, athletic, or recreational activities, and serving as chaperones for student trips or events.
• Attend assigned monthly meetings for all faculty, department, advisory class, and ad hoc committees. Time for department, advisory class, and ad hoc committees is generally allocated during the regular school day.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Be committed to the idea of diversity in the classroom, such as the creation of a diverse and varied reading list, and he acknowledgment and acceptance of our students’ diversity of culture, gender, sexuality, as well as their varied economic and educational backgrounds.
• Be collaborative and open to the idea of team-teaching and/or working regularly with peers,
• Be proficient in the teaching of writing and able to differentiate instruction to accommodate students at different stages of their writing development,
• Be skilled in teaching contemporary forms of communications such as video creation, podcasts audio recording, and oral and visual presentation,
• High degree of competence with contemporary educational technologies such as electronic gradebooks, digital whiteboards, and learning management systems.
• Help students navigate digital and non-digital information and discern credible sources from those that are not,
• Teach close-reading skills and analysis of printed texts, video and films, audio and/or oral presentations,
• Teach critical thinking skills and original idea generation,
• Be creative and encourage creativity and out-of-the-box thinking in our students,
• Be excited to work one-on-one with our students outside of the classroom using technology when appropriate,
• Flexibility to work occasional evenings and weekends for campus life events,
• Demonstrated character and ability to serve as a mentor and role model for young people.

About St. Johnsbury Academy

St. Johnsbury Academy is an independent, coeducational, boarding and day school for grades 9-12 and postgraduate year, located in the beautiful Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. St. Johnsbury Academy combines the opportunities and resources of a large independent school with the personal attention and support of a small boarding school. The beautiful and safe village campus provides exceptional facilities. Students from 50 Vermont and New Hampshire communities, 25 countries, and as many U.S. states form a diverse and supportive community. Over 220 courses are taught at four levels. Highlights include an extensive Advanced Placement program, diverse fine and performing arts courses, four foreign languages and ESL, and many technology, engineering, and computer science courses. Extracurricular opportunities abound with approximately 40 teams and 50 organized activities. St. Johnsbury Academy is a diverse, comprehensive, and independent educational community grounded by our traditions, our deep optimism regarding young people, and our commitment to academic excellence. Our aim is to teach good character by modeling and fostering compassion, respect, responsibility, and integrity; t...o foster a love for learning by challenging individuals to pursue knowledge, creativity, and intellectual self-reliance; and to encourage each individual to understand his or her relationships, rights, and responsibilities within a community that is itself part of the larger world. St. Johnsbury Academy is an equal-opportunity employer. SJA prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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