What are the responsibilities and job description for the Prospective Teacher Applications are Welcome position at Castilleja School?
We are always interested in applications from interested teachers who share the joy of learning! If you do not see an opening that matches your background skills and qualifications, please apply here. We encourage you to check our website frequently for updated postings!
When you work at Castilleja, you become part of a community that has exceptional students, outstanding resources, small class sizes (12-18 students), remarkable professional development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits plan.
ABOUT CASTILLEJA
Castilleja is a dynamic, diverse, and intentional educational community for students in grades 6–12 that believes in the power of women learning and women leading. Founded in 1907, Castilleja fulfills its mission to educate young women to become confident thinkers and compassionate leaders with a sense of purpose to effect change in the world.
Every member of the Castilleja community is responsible for fostering an equitable, respectful, and just community. We value building and sustaining authentic relationships and work together to create a collaborative learning and working environment. We are dedicated to a program that is responsive to students’ needs and identities and demonstrates a commitment to antiracist values and pedagogy.
Castilleja’s Catalyst for Equity and Inclusion Fellowship supports the recruitment, retention, and development of teaching candidates of color at Castilleja. Fellows engage in a three-year comprehensive program that ultimately serves to foster a more culturally responsive community and fulfill our Diversity and Inclusion statement and comes with a housing stipend.
WE SEEK EDUCATORS WHO EMBODY
At Castilleja we know that students thrive when learning happens within and beyond classroom walls and when students actively witness engagement in the greater community by the adults in their lives. Employees are invited to and supported as they connect with our global programs, advise student community engagement clubs and affinity/identity spaces, and inspire new ways to bring the mission alive on campus. We seek educators who share our belief that diversity and inclusion is essential to developing compassionate leaders and who aspire to engage differences with courage, honesty, intellectual curiosity, and respect.
We offer highly competitive salary and benefits packages, as well as significant support for local and national professional development opportunities.
IMPORTANT QUALITIES WE LOOK FOR
• Flexibility
• Demonstrated commitment to collaboration and teamwork
• Commitment to student-centered learning
• Openness to feedback and a growth mindset
• Practice in culturally responsive pedagogy
• Commitment to experiential learning and interdisciplinary-thinking
• Experience with various modes of teaching and assessing
• An unabashed lifelong love of learning
Key Qualifications:
- Prior teaching experience and/or commensurate professional experience
- Proficiency with technology in and out of the classroom
- Undergraduate degree in relevant field of study
