Posted: 09-May-25
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Type: Full Time
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Required Education:
Reporting to our Director of Middle and Upper School, you’ll bring your experience to the team to lead a cohort of students as part of the upper school team of teachers beginning in the fall of 2025-2026. Most importantly, you’ll act as advisor to the students in a cohort, leading a group as a mentor through all elements of the school experience. As a teacher, you’ll also design and teach courses, both in Project-Based Learning environments and through traditional seminars, based on the needs of our students and in your field of expertise. You’ll act as a mentor to new colleagues as our school grows in future years.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
As one of our teachers, you’ll be intimately involved in every aspect of our growing school, and have input into major pedagogical and/or curricular decisions that the high school makes. You’ll simultaneously develop your pedagogical and design skills free from many outside constraints that you find in traditional schools, as you will be designing and implementing a project-based curriculum in a competency-based school. You’ll have the opportunity to develop meaningful educational relationships with students in your work as an advisor in addition to teaching classes. You’ll also learn from your colleagues during our professional development time, which occurs on Wednesday afternoons. We are a small team and collaborate constantly on pedagogy, educational design, and student support. This position is ideal for someone who thrives when given the opportunity to make close connections and develop relationships with students, families and colleagues.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- “Polymathness”: having wide ranging interests and experience across different content silos
- Dedication to designing innovative and nontraditional curriculum
- Knowledge and experience in the teaching of mathematics and/or science
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 3+ years experience working with middle school students in an education setting
- Recognition that your primary role is an advisor and that your content expertise is secondary to the position
- Experience teaching math or science courses in a middle school setting
- Success in, or deep interest in, designing and teaching project-based learning and competency-based learning programs
- Interdisciplinary and/or team teaching experience
- Interest in/Experience working in teams
- Successful experience working as a mentor/advisor to middle school students within an academic setting
- Interest in/Experience designing innovative and experimental curriculum in a collaborative setting
- Commitment to continual development of one’s cultural competence
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
STRONGLY PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Comfort in a startup culture
- Experience in both mathematics and science education
- Experience or education in, or professional passion for, multiple content areas across traditional silos
- Experience designing online learning experiences
- Interest in the Science of the Adolescent Brain/Learning Science
- Working knowledge of one additional language (desired, but not required)