Position Summary

The Miami Valley School is seeking a lower school teacher committed to developing critical and creative thinkers who collaborate and communicate effectively. This new faculty member will be joining a team  that strives to represent the diversity of the MVS community by creating and implementing culturally inclusive and responsive curricula as well as demonstrating a teaching proficiency and comfort with a variety of different teaching and learning styles. 

The Lower School Classroom Teacher must be a passionate and skillful teacher, who is eager to invest his/her talents in our lower school program. They must establish a supportive and engaging environment for lower school students (grades K-5), work collaboratively with colleagues and parents, have excellent communication skills, and demonstrate a desire to embrace immersion method into their teaching. In addition, this teacher will have completed coursework or possess teaching experience in specific subfields of elementary education (e.g.classroom/behavior management, social and emotional learning, child development, subject expertise etc.) related to his/her teaching responsibilities. 

Reports to: Director of the Lower School

Expectations: 

• Demonstrate a commitment to culturally inclusive curricula and inclusive classroom practices
• Demonstrate  a lifelong appreciation for healthy and creative decision-making in their students
• Build collaborative partnership with students, parents, and colleagues
• Demonstrate an ability to develop rapport with students
• Commit to lifelong learning through engagement in ongoing professional development

Primary Responsibilities:

• Teach a single grade classroom within grades 3-5
• Lead/Co-lead 2 week Winter Mini Immersion 
• Develop and propose new units each year, including new Mini Immersions
• Organize and Complete requests for class field trips and class purchase requests
• Update Canvas, MVS’ Learning Management Software (LMS), and MyBackpack regularly to keep both students and families informed about student progress,  performance, and news/happenings
• Attend faculty meetings

• Collaborate with the Heads of Department and Academic Team to develop a continuity of curriculum

• Fulfill all other faculty responsibilities that may occur outside the school day, including writing progress reports and planning, attending school-related functions, which include but are not limited to: Parent Information Night (PIN), Parent-Teacher Conferences, Promotion Ceremonies, Graduation
• Perform other duties as assigned.