Job Summary

Ashbrook Independent School is seeking an enthusiastic, caring, and creative Science Teacher to teach in the Middle School that serves 6th through 8th grade students.  The Science Teacher will teach courses such as Life Science, Biology, Physical Science, and Earth & Space Science as well as some electives of their choosing.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

An Ashbrook Educator will:

• Be passionate about working with students of this particular age group.
• Know the appropriate knowledge and skills regarding developmental characteristics and needs of the specific age group with whom they work.
• Create a safe and secure environment in which students grow in both autonomy and the ability to work and play together, including providing specific programs that establish a bias-free environment inclusive for all, which focuses on eliminating cliques and establishing a climate where bullying is unacceptable.  
• Design and implement programs that actively engage students in making connections, solving problems, and thinking independently.
• Teach to a variety of learning styles and intelligences and assess learning in a variety of ways, including teaching to growing intellectual and social abilities of students as they mature and move up through the school.  
• Employ a wide range of pedagogical techniques and assessment strategies to ensure all students are successfully challenged.
• Understand children’s patterns of physical, intellectual, social, and emotional growth in order to support each child’s emerging identity, to respect and provide for each student’s voice, and to build a relationship with each student in which that student feels understood, nurtured, and challenged.
• Defend the dignity and worth of each member of the community and create an environment that fosters respect, understanding, and acceptance of differences.
• Work to create a relationship with parents that facilitates the exchange of information necessary to ensure the child’s progress including recognizing the implications of significant changes in children as they grow older.  It is important that parents and teachers interact, especially in programs that address issues affecting student development.
• Help students learn to make responsible choices and understand the consequences of their actions.
• Create age-appropriate opportunities for children to develop a sense of belonging and to become increasingly responsible for the many communities in which they live as well as their role in an interconnected and global society.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

The Middle School Science Teacher will:

• Teach science courses to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students.
• Plan flexible learning opportunities and curriculum to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for further education.  Curriculum is provided. 
• Create and maintain a positive and caring classroom environment favorable to learning and personal growth to motivate students to become lifelong learners.
• Supervise and ensure the safety and health of children in the classroom.
• Collaborate with staff within the middle school program as well as with other staff throughout the school.
• Communicate proactively and positively with parents.
• Supervise and plan at least one overnight field trip. 
• Perform other related duties as required.
  
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Education.
• Knowledge of developmentally appropriate teaching strategies and curriculum designed to promote learning for middle school students.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Able to use current instructional technology.
• PREFERRED: A minimum of two years of successful teaching experience in a middle school or science classroom.

Compensation

Salary will be determined by experience and degree level in accordance with the current salary schedule.
Eligible for participation in flexible spending account and retirement plan as well as paid professional development and paid sick leave. Full medical and dental benefits provided to the staff member during the substitute period.  Generous tuition benefits for dependents included. 

Apply

Your application should include a current resume, cover letter, and professional references.

The position is open until filled. Official start date: August 26, 2024

The cover letter should clearly articulate how you meet the qualifications of the position.

Ashbrook Independent School is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About the School

Ashbrook Independent School is a secular, private, coeducational institution whose mission is to “Challenge and Nurture Academically Capable Students”. The school includes a preschool, an elementary school, and a middle school. 

Ashbrook Independent School believes that educational excellence occurs when a combination of outstanding teachers, a clearly-defined curriculum with an emphasis on the arts and sciences, small classes, motivated students, and a well- equipped learning environment co-exist. When these factors are in place, students learn not only the joy of discovery, but also traditional values such as courtesy, enterprise, self mastery, and the importance of personal responsibility. Our programs support the Jeffersonian ideal of free citizens interacting voluntarily for the common good. Our hope is that in habits of mind an Ashbrook graduate will be ready for the twenty-first century: open-minded and curious, yet able to evaluate ideas critically.

Ashbrook’s educators continue to nourish children’s joy of discovery and passion for learning and to provide for all children’s social, emotional, physical, intellectual, and moral growth.  Specifically for younger children, it is important to give special attention to the mastery of those basic skills and concepts that are the foundation of all future learning. As children grow older, they enter a period in their educational experience where they experience a variety of significant changes, both individually and collectively. The range of academic ability and physical and emotional development becomes wide.

For additional information on the history of Ashbrook and its programs, please go to our website at www.ashbrookschool.org.