What are the responsibilities and job description for the LS Fourth Grade Teacher position at THE KINKAID SCHOOL INC?
OVERVIEW
The Kinkaid School is seeking a Fourth Grade Teacher to join its Lower School starting in August 2026. This teacher must embrace and help advance the principles set out in Kinkaid's mission and core values, Lower School Educational Philosophy, and Portrait of a Teacher. The Kinkaid School is a co-educational non-sectarian day school enrolling over 1,500 students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. Located on a sixty-five-acre campus in the heart of Houston, Texas, the school offers a thriving intellectual community in the midst of a vibrant, urban, and diverse culture.
The Lower School fosters a learning environment centered on innovation, creativity, and personal attention. Teachers in each grade work as a close-knit team to support each other and collaborate on curriculum development. Teachers are assisted by learning specialists in arts, sciences, reading, music, and physical education and have access to generous resources including material and supplies, state of the art technology, and regular professional development seminars, which occur both on and off campus.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide daily instruction to a classroom of up to 18 students
- Create daily, differentiated instructional plans aligned with grade-level standards
- Collaborate with fellow teachers on curriculum development
- Assess student progress towards objectives, expectations, and/or goals for the purpose of providing feedback to students, parents and administration
- Prepare a variety of written materials (e.g. grades, attendance, anecdotal records, etc.) for the purpose of documenting student progress
- Collaborate with teaching specialists to foster a learning environment congruent with the specific educational objectives set by the administration and the grade team
- Actively participate in new faculty coaching
- Communicate with parents, counselors, and specialists regarding students’ educational objectives
- Attend and help organize parent-teacher conferences and school events as needed
- Use technology i.e. computer, iPad, Promethean Boards, audiovisual aids and other equipment and materials to instruct and support students
- Attend faculty/staff meetings, and serve on committees as required
- Plan and supervise assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers
- Fulfill weekly/monthly before and after school duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in education, Master's preferred
- Minimum of three years of experience teaching fourth grade, preferably at an independent school
- Experience with the workshop model of teaching
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Core knowledge of the development of intermediate-age school children
- Experience with integrating technology into the curriculum to serve the needs of all learns
- Lauded experience building relationships and working with students, parents, and colleagues
- Demonstrated eagerness to grow professionally
- Commitment to collaboration and high ethical professional standards
- Collegial, energetic, and engaging demeanor
- Commitment to being a full member of the community
- Exemplify Kinkaid's four core values of honesty, responsibility, respect, and kindness