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The Fessenden School is an all boys independent day and boarding school serving 525 students in Pre-K to Grade 9 in West Newton, MA. The Fessenden School’s mission is to teach, nurture, and celebrate growing boys; cultivating each boy’s individual potential and developing in balance his mind, character, heart, and body in an inclusive and joyful community. For over 100 years we have been committed to the education of boys, and our facilities, curriculum, and programs are designed with the necessities of boys in mind.
Position Summary
The Fessenden School’s Middle School seeks a 5th GradeScience Teacher who is responsible for teaching 4 to 5 classes of 12-15 boys, being a member of the 5th Grade team, supervising study halls as assigned, and coaching. There will be a stipend paid for coaching responsibilities.
Schedule
Orientation dates: August 19th and 20th, 2024.
Monday-Friday, 7:30 am - 4:30 pm from August 26th, 2024 to June 10, 2025.
Monday faculty meetings from 4:30 - 5:45 pm.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The essential duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
Create and plan lessons that connect to curriculum and sequential units that have been developed in collaboration with the Science Department Chair and colleagues.
Incorporate cross-curricular project-based learning, educational technology, and universal design principles into lessons.
Collaborate with colleagues, Department Chair, Director of Teaching and Learning, and Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to incorporate multicultural education into the science curriculum.
Collaborate with the Head of Middle School and Dean of Middle School to facilitate character education and service-learning programs.
Exemplify the School’s mission and community principles, including honesty, compassion, and respect.
Participate in and help facilitate all division and grade level activities and meetings.
Coach a sport and/or supervise guided study hall as assigned.
Collaborate with colleagues within grade level, division, department and student support services, including the Learning Resources Department.
Perform duties such as supervising dismissal, recess, lunch; being an advisor, grade team member, student club facilitator: leading/assisting with fall orientation, grade trips, one mandatory overnight grade trip (3 days 2 nights), and events.
Maintain all documentation connected with the curriculum and students which includes writing personalized comments for advisees and regular parent communication.
Attend faculty meetings; typically on Mondays from 4:30 pm to 5:45 pm.
Attend professional development meetings; three 8:30am to 4:00pm and three 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
Maintain current CPR/AED & first aid certification and child abuse prevention training.
Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in education or related subject.
Two years of experience in instructing children in an academic program.
Ability to develop and provide a universal design instructional approach to meet the learning needs of a range of students.
Enthusiasm and communication skills to engage boys and build meaningful relationships.
Strong supervisory and leadership skills to facilitate learning in a healthy learning environment.
Ability to perform critical thinking, organization, prioritization and problem solving with minimal supervision.
Ability to serve in a diverse community of colleagues, students, and parents.
Demonstrated commitment to inclusion, justice, diversity, and equity.
A commitment to boys and boys’ education.
Successful criminal background check.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree in education or related subject.
Teaching certification.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that are essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. The requirements for performing the duties of this position are as follows:
Frequently required to walk, stand, sit, talk, and hear.
Regularly required to bend, stoop, crouch and/or kneel.
Occasionally required to lift and/or move objects weighing up to 25 pounds.
Majority of work is performed in a school/classroom environment, and the noise level in the environment is usually moderate.
