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Lower School Division – LS Homeroom / Full-Time / On-Site
The Head-Royce Lower School is seeking a dynamic, creative educator to join our third grade team. Homeroom Teachers deliver content and skills in subject areas. In addition, teachers use the Responsive Classroom approach, Toolbox and our school’s mission, with core values rooted in scholarship, diversity and citizenship, to support our students’ social-emotional and character growth. Our educational philosophy focuses on helping students develop the skills necessary to succeed as responsible global citizens in the 21st century. Our faculty create classrooms that seek to inspire in our students a lifelong love of learning by encouraging them to participate in experiential opportunities, take risks, view the world through multiple lenses, utilize innovative tools, build empathy 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.
Responsibilities/Expectations
Teach content and skills for a contained classroom of about 20 students, in Language Arts, Social Studies, and Math.
Differentiate instruction in these subject areas to meet students where they are.
Setup and maintain an engaging classroom that draws students and creates an environment that feels safe to all learners and promotes authentic learning.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with students, parents and professional communityFoster communication with all teachers in order to effectively discuss and support student needs in/out of the classroom, ultimately developing the whole child.
Deliver a student-centered curriculum with opportunities for choice, real-world problem solving, creativity and intellectual engagement.
Foster the development of 21st century skills (Critical Thinking,Communication, Collaboration, Creativity) in lessons.
Plan and conduct field trips for Upper Elementary students.
Help develop student opportunities for authentic engagement in their community.
Help students develop self-awareness and healthy decision-making.
Other Lower School Job Responsibilities
Supervise LS before-school, recess and dismissals, as assigned by the LS Head.
Work with LS Head and Specialist faculty to ensure a coordinated and well-rounded experience for all students.
Attend events (Open House, All School Fair etc.) that support the wellbeing of our students.
Actively participate in the life of the community (sporting events, performances, committees).
Attend full community, divisional, and departmental meetings.
Skills
Collaborative, collegial, and flexible teacher with other student-centered educators.
Clear communicator with students, colleagues and parents, both orally and in writing.
Demonstrated success partnering with parents to support the educational needs of their students.
Possess a growth mindset, a love of learning, and patience.Demonstrated knowledge of a child’s physical, social and emotional development at this age-level.
Strong organizational, planning, and communication skills.
Flexible in pedagogical approach, using multiple modalities to deliver a concept.
Clear desire to use a variety of teaching approaches in order to reach different student populations and adapt to better serve their learning styles and needs.
Uses technology to enhance the student experience.Practiced in differentiated instruction.
Demonstrated understanding of curriculum design, pedagogical approaches and developmental appropriateness in order to deliver engaging, active, student-centered lessons, practice, and assessment
Familiar with and uses different kinds of assessment (formative and summative).
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree requiredMinimum 5 years experience teaching at the primary elementary level
Strong academic background, experience in multicultural 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
$78,400 – $122,000 a year
*Dependent on Years of Experience Teaching and Education Level
Location: Oakland, California
Education: Bachelor’s degree required
Start Date: August 2024
Website: headroyce.org
To Apply:
Interested candidates are asked to submit a letter of interest as well as a current resume.
Application materials should be submitted through our website.
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, 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.
Please note – the School is unable to provide immigration sponsorships such as H1B Visas.
HRS is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions including but not limited to employment, training, promotion, demotion, transfer, leaves of absence and termination based on qualifications and without regard to protected status. We will not discriminate based on age, color, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, marital status, national origin or ancestry, race (including include traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion, registered domestic partner status, physical or mental disability, a medical condition including genetic characteristics, military or veteran status, reproductive health decision making 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.