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SalaryGreen Hedges School seeks an experienced Grade 1 classroom teacher for the 2024-2025 school year.
This position is a co-teaching environment model. Green Hedges is a private independent preschool
through Grade 8 school with approximately 190 students. The School is located in Vienna, VA, which is
fourteen miles west of Washington, DC.
Requirements:
A successful candidate will have:
- Undergraduate degree (masters preferred) in education or a related field
- Minimum of 2 - 5 years of related teaching experience
- Proficient knowledge of the academic and social-emotional development of elementary age
- Experience using Orton-Gillingham or a program based in OG
- A high level of energy and strong, positive classroom presence
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
- Initiative and ability to collaborate
- Significant experience working with technological platforms used in distance learning and a
readiness to adapt to possible changes in learning settings
Responsibilities:
Implement developmentally appropriate curriculum and multi-sensory instruction that encourages
students to be actively engaged in the learning process. This includes language arts (reading,
literature studies, writing, and word study), social studies, science, and math
- Create positive learning communities within the classroom that acknowledge and respect
- Establish and uphold healthy and respectful individual and class behavioral expectations using
- Implement a structured literacy program with a foundation based on Orton-Gillingham instruction
- Teach writing using a workshop model, including one-on-one conferencing with students to
- Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of a variety of students with different learning styles as
- Work closely with school learning specialist and school counselor in meeting the academic,
- Commitment to DEIJB initiatives
- Communicate regularly with grade-level specials teachers to stay informed of grade-level
- Coordinate grade-level curriculummapping
- Build on an expanding knowledge of how children learn best through pursuing professional
- Work diligently and proactively to maintain positive and constructive home-school
- Employ a variety of teaching methods to ensure optimal learning for all students
- Conduct parent-teacher conferences
- Use assessment and evaluation tools to guide instructional decisions; maintain accurate,
up-to-date records and communicate results to students, parents, and appropriate others in
a timely manner with regard to student progress and performance
- Perform professional duties efficiently, manage resources effectively, and meet deadlines
- Attend and participate in faculty meetings and department meetings
- Perform professional duties as assigned by the Head of School or the Assistant Head of
School. These duties include but are not limited to recess duty, lunch duty, and dismissal
duty
Reports to: Assistant Head of School
Interested candidates should submit
1) letter of interest, 2) three references, and 3) resume to:
hr@greenhedges.org
Green Hedges School is committed to equal employment opportunity. The School does not discriminate against
employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran
status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or physical or mental disability.
