STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colorado
Posted: 09-Feb-26
Location: Denver, Colorado
Type: Full Time
Salary: $52,000 - $80,000
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ABOUT ST. ANNE’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
St. Anne’s Episcopal School is a vibrant, independent, preschool-8th-grade co-educational school located in the heart of the Denver metro area, serving approximately 450 students. Our school culture fosters a sense of belonging and community, builds character, and pursues academic scholarship, all rooted in our values of curiosity, humility, faith, compassion, and service. We are a supportive community that provides a program where students can thrive academically, athletically, spiritually, artistically, emotionally, and socially. We build character and integrity upon a spiritual, moral, and ethical foundation and strive to foster the development of people who make significant and lasting contributions to society.
MISSION
Grounded in our founding values, we cultivate a community of curious and compassionate learners who are inspired to serve and enrich our world.
VALUES
Community, Curiosity, Faith, Compassion, Humility
POSITION DESCRIPTION
St. Anne’s Episcopal School is pleased to announce an opening for a full-time 5th Grade Lead Teacher for the 2026-2027 school year.
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPECTATIONS
- Practice classroom management that centers on the social-emotional needs of children and embodies a joyful classroom environment with clear expectations.
- Incorporate a lens of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion across the curriculum in both planning and delivery.
- Implement effective teaching strategies such as small-group instruction, project-based learning, specific feedback, differentiation, and incorporation of student choice and voice.
- Engage actively with assessment practices to inform class-wide instruction and individual student growth in concert with learning specialists.
- Communicate effectively with families about student progress through both informal touchpoints as well as formal opportunities (report cards and conferences).
- Plan thoughtfully with the grade-level team to ensure horizontal consistency.
- Utilize technology intentionally and demonstrate an interest in learning about new tools.
- Mentor assistant teachers in their professional journey.
- Engage in professional development to stay informed on best practices in childhood education and curriculum innovation.
- Contribute to community-wide needs and other duties as assigned.
IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s Degree in education or related field required. Master’s Degree preferred.
- Minimum of three years of experience teaching lower school grades (1-5).
- Excellent organization, presentation and communication skills.
- Strong classroom management skills.
- Commitment to collaboration and team teaching across disciplines.
- Ability to build a strong rapport with students, families, school personnel and external support providers.
- Willingness to develop one's own knowledge and skills through professional development.
- Ability to work and communicate effectively and efficiently with and within a culturally diverse student body, staff, and community.
- Demonstrated ability to be flexible, visible, resilient, collaborative, and approachable.
- An enthusiastic and strong work ethic, a team player, and a self-starter.
St. Anne’s Episcopal School is committed to creating a supportive learning environment where all individuals are valued for their unique contributions and are able to achieve their highest potential. We strongly believe that a diverse and inclusive environment is the best learning environment for our students and prepares them to live, work, and thrive in an increasingly global and multicultural community. We reject all prejudice, particularly those based on race, nationality, and ethnic origin, religion, socioeconomic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and physical characteristics.
St. Anne’s believes that each individual is entitled to equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, gender or gender identity, national origin, age, sexual orientation, ancestry, disability, genetic information, veteran status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local anti-discrimination laws. The school’s equal employment opportunity practices extend to recruitment, hiring, selection, compensation, benefits, transfer, promotional opportunities, training, discipline, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment.
SALARY RANGE & BENEFITS
$52,000 - $80,000 Annually (Commensurate with Experience)
St. Anne’s offers a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 403(b) retirement inclusion, long-term disability, life insurance and free lunch.
Interested candidates can send their cover letter, resume, Philosophy of Education statement, and list of references to Rene Reynolds, Director of Human Resources, at recruiting@st-annes.org.