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Charleston Collegiate School is an independent day school that strives to recognize, nurture, and challenge each of its students. Organized as a Lower School (PK3-5), Middle School (6-8), and Upper School (9-12).

Charleston Collegiate School is an independent day school that strives to recognize, nurture, and challenge each of its students. Organized as a Lower School (PK-4), Middle School (5-8), and Upper School (9-12), CCS prides itself on being an independent, co-educational, non-sectarian, prekindergarten through 12th grade, located just outside of Charleston’s metropolitan area. Charleston Collegiate School offers a thirty-acre campus of vast playing fields and wooded trails and is located only twenty minutes from Charleston’s historic district on one side and Kiawah Island on the other.

CCS has a challenging, supportive, learning community that coaches students to become lifelong learners. A CCS education uses the pillars of project-based learning, financial literacy & entrepreneurship, artistic expression, and leadership through outdoor education to teach a high quality education to a diverse student body. 

Charleston Collegiate School is currently seeking an experienced, dynamic and nurturing lower school classroom teacher for the 2022-23 school year. Candidates should not only have excellent teaching and interpersonal skills but also possess a deep understanding of developmentally appropriate curriculum, a passion for working with early elementary students, and a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The Lower School Second Grade Classroom Teacher should have: 

• Dedication to diversity, equity and inclusion
• Experience teaching in lower school grades
• Understanding of the developmental needs of lower school students
• Competence with innovative teaching approaches
• An inquisitive professional learning stance
• Ability to work collaboratively within a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of technology to enhance teaching and learning
• Experience partnering with parents

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide direct, differentiated instruction for students, focusing on 21st century skills like collaboration, critical thinking, and problem solving. 
• Evaluate student growth in the core elementary disciplines.
• Implement instructional strategies and use clear and consistent classroom management in concert with the school’s core values and philosophy.
• Identify, select, modify, and create instructional resources to meet the needs of students with varying backgrounds, learning styles, and learning needs, in collaboration with grade level teammates.
• Use classroom management systems that are focused on students’ social emotional needs. 
• Provide a positive environment in which students are able to engage actively in meaningful learning experiences. 
• Communicate and partner effectively with students, parents, teachers, and other professionals on a regular basis.
• Model professional and ethical standards when working with students, families, and colleagues.

Essential Qualifications:

• Education Bachelor's required, Master's preferred
• Experience working with children
• A positive ‘can-do’ attitude and growth mindset
• A love for working with children and young people

Desirable Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree
• Experience in a classroom setting