Upper Elementary Maternity Leave (Grades 3-5)
Greenwich Country Day School
- Greenwich, CT
- Temporary
- Full-time
- Understands, champions, and implements GCDS Design Principles
- Fosters and stewards a culture of mutual respect, equitable practice, and joy in and out of the classroom
- Cultural competency skills to collaborate effectively across differences
- Sets high expectations for learning, academic achievement, and character development
- Exhibits strong working knowledge of student cognitive development and learning preferences
- Identifies and supports students’ social, emotional, and academic needs
- Provides timely feedback to students, and collaborates with faculty to offer specialized support in pursuit of each student’s learning goals
- Implements a wide array of pedagogical tools and strategies in appropriate and effective combinations
- Facilitates and designs effective group/collaborative work and productive dialogue among students and teachers
- Communicates effectively with students/families about classwork, learning goals, and student progress
- Demonstrates content knowledge and expertise; and scaffolds curriculum to ensure progress towards mastery
- Ensures that reading, writing, and math are aims across the curriculum and learning design
- Collaborates and plans actively for learning with teachers and students
- Implements backward design to align all lessons, activities, and assessments
- Designs formal and informal assessments that measure student progress; employs a variety of formative and summative assessments to gauge student progress toward mastery
- Fosters student growth through structured opportunities for reflection
- Provides opportunities for student engagement through “Voice and Choice”
- Creates relevant and authentic learning experiences; is able to include and/or connect with outside experts and resources towards this aim
- Showcases student work within the community and prepares students to exhibit and communicate effectively
- Management of Homeroom classroom of 18 - 19 students
- Instructional responsibility in Language Arts, Math, and Social Studies
- Selecting appropriate materials and resources to enhance curriculum
- Oversight of the development and progress of each child
- Coordination of Developmental Learning recommendations
- Assessment of all students’ progress in both written and verbal reports
- Ongoing communication with parents of homeroom students
- Collaborative work with colleagues on Grade Level Faculty Team, Upper Elementary School Faculty and staff, and the broader school community
- Maintaining neatness, organization, and decoration of classroom
- Mentoring assigned co-teacher, utilizing him or her effectively to enhance classroom environment
- Supervision of students on playground
- Daily hosting of a lunch table (under normal operation)
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Relevant coursework in Elementary Education
- Minimum of 3-years successful classroom teaching experience with children of this age
- Experience with inquiry-based learning and/or project-based learning
- A passion for learning and the ability to motivate and inspire students
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Commitment to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive school community
- Willingness to take on multiple roles within the school
- Personal traits appropriate for nurturing the growth of children - must be energetic, creative, flexible, patient, and have an inexhaustible sense of humor
- Advanced degree in field
- Experience implementing Fundations, Teachers College Readers, and Writers Workshops and administering assessments to determine leveled reading
- Knowledge of Investigations Mathematics, Number Corners, and Bridges Mathematics
- Demonstrated successful experience with facilitation of remote learning
- Demonstrated experience in establishing collaborative relationships with external partners/organizations in the design and implementation of learning experiences