About the position: The Teacher (Guide) leads instruction in their certified subject area classroom, reports to the Principal, and works in collaboration with Classroom Assistant, SEL Team, and Coaches. This is a full time 10-Month (unionized) position through New Haven Public Schools with required August Training before the school year begins.

Required Qualifications: This position requires certification to teach in the public schools in the State of CT and experience with project based/land based/Montessori learning. Candidates should have a Bachelor's Degree in a related field.

Preferred Qualifications: The ideal applicant has a Master’s Degree in Education or a related field, has experience as a public school teacher and/or is trained in the Montessori method, is excited to collaborate as a member of a teaching team, supervising children, and supporting instruction for students with special needs and multilingual learners. S/he/they is kind, caring, compassionate, enthusiastic, well-organized, bilingual (Spanish), and creative with excellent written and oral communication skills.

Key Components of the Position:

• Planning and presenting instruction in academics and social emotional learning in the classroom, outdoors, and in the larger community
• Differentiating instruction to ensure growth for all students
• Collaborating with classroom, level, and school teams to plan curriculum, instruction, and assessment
• Partnering with families through regular communication to support children’s growth
• Participating in professional learning in social emotional skills, academics, and Anti-Bias Anti-Racist work

Areas of Responsibilities:

Instruction

• Developing and modifying instructional materials to appropriately meet the academic, physical, and social emotional needs of all learners
• Developing instruction that supports learning in the garden, microeconomy, work in community
• Completing weekly lesson planning for all children, including Montessori lessons and reading and ABAR (Anti-Biased Anti-Racist) instruction
• Planning formative and summative assessments around benchmarks and measures of proficiency
• Collects data and progress using appropriate systems and tools on a weekly basis
• Commitment to engaging in outdoor learning (ex. gardening, hiking, camping)
• Is excited about building an interdisciplinary curriculum with colleagues

Anti Bias Anti Racist Work

• Plans and shares work with our ABAR Learning Themes, including One Book, One School into the monthly learning cycle in the classroom
• Integrates ABAR learning into the areas of Cosmic Education (History, Science, Geography, etc.) and into the work on the land and in communities
• Participates in monthly ABAR professional learning and actively commits to self work

Social Emotional Learning

• Plans lessons in social emotional learning that support children in following classroom procedures and grace and courtesy
• Helps maintain order and discipline and assists in managing the behavior of students, mediating conflicts and supervising for safety
• Communicates with families regularly to support social emotional growth and safety

Differentiation and Support

• Uses data and record keeping to plan differentiated lessons to support children in need of additional support
• Participates in SRBI/Intervention Planning to plan interventions, to collect data, and to monitor children’s growth
• Communicates with families about children’s needs, support plans, and progress

Family Partnership

• Shares weekly updates with families in Classroom Newsletter
• Proactively communicates about children’s progress using appropriate school wide tools
• Works collaboratively with families to plan for supports for children’s academic and social emotional growth

Collaboration and Professional Learning

• Communicates and interacts regularly and appropriately with students, faculty, staff and administration, maintaining positive relationships
• Meets regularly with classroom team, engaging in planning of activities
• Attends and actively participates in all require professional learning and events including work with Social Emotional Learning, Academics, and ABAR

Miscellaneous

• Maintains all professional certifications necessary
• Performs other duties as assigned

Compensation: Based on the unionized NHPS salary scale (aligned with experience and education) and additional 10% based on extended school day and required family events.

Interested applicants may fill out ECMS Application: https://forms.gle/Zh6YiNdAYaTe5AMs5

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $55,000.00 - $112,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Grade school specialties:

• 7th grade
• 8th grade

Physical setting:

• Charter school
• Public school
• School

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person