Position Overview
St. Philip’s seeks an experienced, passionate educator to join our team as a Lower School Co-Teacher. Co-teachers at St. Philip’s must be able to collaborate in designing and implementing curriculum, differentiate instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners, and communicate effectively with parents and colleagues. Our ideal candidate is industrious, cheerful, cooperative, and knowledgeable about educational best practices and child development.

Key Responsibilities

• Work in support of the mission of St. Philip’s to create an excellent educational experience in a safe, caring community
• Attend to the intellectual, spiritual and physical needs of students as outlined in our mission
• Provide a warm, inviting classroom community and a positive and productive learning environment
• Identify and respond to individual students’ learning differences and create varied enrichment opportunities
• In collaboration with fellow teachers, identify and respond to individual student’s academic and social-emotional needs
• Collaborate with teaching team to plan, deliver and enhance instruction in core subjects including Language Arts, Math and Social Studies
• Establish classroom routines and expectations with a positive and effective behavior management system
• Use a variety of teaching techniques and strategies to engage students in learning, including varied instructional methods that engage the students with different modalities – auditory, visual, kinesthetic, etc.
• Monitor student progress and develop effective support and/or intervention as needed
• Foster strong family partnerships through consistent, effective communication, modeling a spirit of hospitality and responsiveness in all interactions.
• Collaborate with special area teachers to plan and integrate units of study
• Utilize technology in the classroom in an authentic and effective way
• Maintain accurate, detailed records of student progress, parent communication and lessons
• Perform assigned, ongoing scheduled responsibilities with care (recess, lunch duty, dismissal, etc.)
• Participate in all team, grade level, and faculty meetings

Requirements & Qualifications

• Have a deep respect for children
• Bachelor’s degree in Education
• Minimum of 3+ years of classroom teaching experience (elementary experience preferred)
• Strong pedagogical skills
• Experience developing meaningful instruction and differentiated learning experiences
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively within a teaching team
• Demonstrated ability to build trusting, professional relationships with parents and caregivers
• Computer skills and experience with Google Classroom, Google Hangouts Meet, and Apple products preferred

About St. Philip's Episcopal School

St. Philip’s Episcopal School is a PreK3–5th grade parish school that provides an excellent educational experience in a safe, caring community. As the largest outreach of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, we are committed to educating each child intellectually, physically, and spiritually in an atmosphere of acceptance and inquiry—faithfully committed to excellence.

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