Career Center

Science Teacher, Leave Replacement, Grades 6-8

The School at Columbia University is an independent K-8 school founded in 2003 with the goal of providing an excellent education to a diverse student body. Our intentional school culture embraces shared beliefs across disciplines and grades, which underlie important values expressed through everyday behaviors and visible symbols throughout our community.

We dedicate ourselves to fostering in our students personal resourcefulness and integrity, a sense of social responsibility, and a lifelong appreciation of learning through an innovative, socially and emotionally supportive, and academically challenging program. Our pedagogical and curricular philosophies embrace multicultural perspectives, which challenge educators and learners to examine their preconceived notions of race, gender, ethnicity, class, ability, religion, and sexual orientation. We adhere to a common code of civility among all constituents. We tailor our instruction so that the needs of the individual students are met. A committed faculty and administration strive to create a school that will stand as a model for what K-8 education can be, and serve as a genuine and enduring partnership between Columbia University and its neighbors.

While teachers have the ability to shift throughout the grades and can be assigned where there is a need, currently The School seeks a Science Teacher with Middle Division (Grades 6-8) experience in a one-year leave replacement capacity.

Responsibilities:

• Teach an integrated Middle Division (6-8) life science curriculum to students in a K-8 setting.
• Work to ensure academic excellence by fully knowing students and adapting curriculum to meet student needs
• Collaborate with a team of teachers in the design and implementation of an integrated curriculum
• Keep careful anecdotal and assessment records and use them to write accurate, comprehensive reports
• Act as an adviser to a group of Middle Division students (6–8 students)
• Possibly mentor a teacher in the Associate Teacher Program (if conditions and schedule allow)
• Fulfill duties, responsibilities, and commitments as outlined in the Working at The School at Columbia Guidebook

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.A. or B.S. degree in Education, Science or related field from an accredited college or university
• At least two years of full-time teaching experience in a Middle School (5-8) public, parochial, or independent school
• Teaching experience at the Middle School level, and demonstrated knowledge of child development
• Wide-ranging intellectual and educational interests and understanding of the nature of integrated curriculum
• Strong skills in science learning with inquiry, STEAM, and understanding at the core
• Commitment to excellence in teaching and the education of children
• Demonstrated knowledge of child development
• Experience working with web-based technologies and applications
• Commitment to equity and justice including knowledge and skills related to cultural competencies
• Strong writer and speaker

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in a related field
• Knowledge of latest research and thinking about world language education
• Familiarity with new technologies

Please use this link to apply: https://apply.interfolio.com/108972

Columbia University is an equal opportunity employer / disability / veteran.