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Posted: 21-May-26
Location: Estes Park, Colorado
Type: Full Time
Salary: $ 50,000- $80,000
Categories:
Preferred Education:
The Societies and Cultures Instructional Specialist serves as part of Eagle Rock’s instructional team. The position includes creating and facilitating innovative social studies and civics curriculum, leading a school-wide Societies and Cultures program that offers a variety of learning experiences both in and outside of the classroom, and stewarding the care of the facilities and resources in the department.
The successful Societies & Cultures candidate will possess experience teaching high school social studies and civics with a wide variety of course designs and program models; experience in Big Picture Learning, Expeditionary Learning, or similar progressive school models; experience with competency-based and interdisciplinary curriculum design; a commitment to experiential education and project-based learning. In addition, candidates will have experience working with English Language Learners, as well as the ability to differentiate for students with a wide range of learning styles and needs; experience supporting students with learning interventions informed by academic data.
Responsibilities:
Curriculum:
- Commitment to and embodiment of creating a campus wide culture of belonging, competency based curriculum, and ERS instructional values
- Collaborate across departments to develop, implement, and refine an innovative Societies and Cultures program that centers and empowers students
- Develop culturally responsive and differentiated curriculum, instruction, and assessment practices that support a diverse range of learners
- Steward department budget, facilities, inventory, and resources
- Mentor/supervise/coach a teaching fellow each year as part of our licensure program; continue to grow coaching practices
Student Support:
- Build a toolbox of practices to support adolescents in their personal and academic growth
- Support students in leveraging strengths to overcome academic challenges, including 1:1 meetings and small group tutoring
- Participate in internal professional development to better support students
School-Wide Involvement:
- Participate as an active member of one of the residential house teams including mentoring students through advisory
- Co-create and deliver engaging student programming opportunities as part of an evening program team; regularly work one night a week on this team and with students
- Engage in weekend programming and supervision of students through the rotating weekend staff schedule
- Perform other duties related to being an active community member at ERS including advisories, community meetings, service projects, house team participation, and other community events
- Be open to working as a residential Houseparent should the need arise. On campus housing is not guaranteed.
- Be an active member of the ERS community beyond this job description
- Other duties as assigned based on student and organizational need
Qualifications:
- BA/BS or equivalent experience required
- MA/MS or equivalent experience preferred
- License in teaching History/Social Studies/Civics preferred
- Strong speaking, writing, and teaching skills
- Experience teaching in mixed ability classrooms
- Extensive experience working with adolescents
- Strong organizational and leadership skills
- Commitment to personal and professional growth
- Experience living and working in a residential setting preferred