Website Head-Royce School
Responsibilities
The Head-Royce Lower School is seeking a dynamic, creative educator to join our first grade team. Our homeroom teachers have a contained classroom of approximately 20 students and deliver content and skills in language arts, social studies, science and math. In addition, teachers use the Responsive Classroom approach, Toolbox and our school’s mission to support social-emotional and character growth. Our faculty create classrooms that encourage students to participate in experiential learning, take risks, view the world through multiple lenses, utilize innovative tools, and demonstrate proficiencies through a range of assessments that include real world problems and performances. Beyond the classroom, teachers are expected to take on Lower-School-wide duties and participate in the life of the community.
Skills
Collaborative, collegial, and flexible teacher within the Lower School with other student-focused educators
Clear communicator with students, colleagues and parents/guardians, both orally and in writing
Demonstrates knowledge of a child’s physical, social and emotional development
Possesses a growth mindset, a love of learning, and patience
Uses technology to enhance the student experience
Practices in differentiated instruction
Strong organizational, planning, and classroom management skills
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree
Minimum 5 years experience teaching at the upper elementary level
Strong academic background, experience in equity and inclusion education and an awareness of ecological literacy
Genuine fondness for working with students of this age
Additional Qualifications we hope to find, but not required:
Advanced degrees in the field of education
Head-Royce School Overview
Located on a 22-acre campus in Oakland, California, Head-Royce is a pre-eminent, co-educational, independent, K-12 day school with a 135-year history. Our mission is to inspire in our students a lifelong love of learning and pursuit of academic excellence, to promote understanding of and respect for diversity that makes our society strong and to encourage active and responsible global citizenship.
Head-Royce enrolls 900 students in the three separate divisions — Lower, Middle and Upper Schools — and provides a dynamic, whole-child education to every student. With our Strategic Plan, Bridge to 2022, the school’s current initiatives include advancing an innovative, student-centered program, promoting an inclusive community, driving deeper civic engagement, sustaining a culture of balance and well-being and carefully stewarding our resources.
Other Considerations
Compensation: Competitive among comparable schools
Location: Oakland, California
Travel: (minimal)
Education: Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree(s) a plus
Start Date: August, 2022
Website: headroyce.org
To Apply
Interested candidates are asked to submit a letter of interest and a current resume. Application materials should be submitted through our website.
Head-Royce School is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best available person in every job. School policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on age, color, creed, disability, gender, marital status, national origin or ancestry, race, religion, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, a medical condition including genetic characteristics, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. Head-Royce School seeks to be a community in which every individual is treated with sensitivity, courtesy and respect.