What are the responsibilities and job description for the Kindergarten Lead Teacher position at Hannah Senesh Community Day School?
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Posted: 03-Jun-24
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Type: Full Time
Salary: $70-80,000
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Elementary Teacher
Hannah Senesh Community Day School, an open and inclusive, independent K-8 Jewish school in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, is hiring a Kindergarten lead teacher to join our 2024-25 faculty. Applicants should be creative, thoughtful, and reflective educators who value working in a progressive school setting. The salary for this position is $70,000-80,000 commensurate with experience. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to Shelley Fogelson, Lower School Director, Hannah Senesh Community Day School at sfogelson@hannahsenesh.org.
About The School
Hannah Senesh is an open and inclusive Jewish day school where students grow into curious, kind, and confident people. Senesh cultivates intellectual curiosity in a rigorous and joyful academic environment that teaches the whole child. Students are guided by Jewish values and challenged to be agents of change toward a more just world. Students, parents, and staff together create a welcoming and vibrant home at Senesh, offering a place of belonging for diverse Jewish families. To learn more about the school visit our website at www.hannahsenesh.org.
Responsibilities Include
About Hannah Senesh Community Day School
Hannah Senesh Community Day School is a progressive, independent K-8 Jewish school in brownstone Brooklyn. We teach our students to: SEEK MEANING. Drawing from the rich traditions of Jewish inquiry and secular scholarship, our students learn to think deeply and realize their highest academic, intellectual, and ethical potential. BUILD COMMUNITY. Our students and families cultivate meaningful connections within the school, with Israel, and in the wider world. We share a commitment to global citizenship and social responsibility. LEARN JOYFULLY. We approach every day with creativity, passion, and joy, and celebrate Jewish learning and life. Our values, which are deeply rooted in Jewish teachings, guide us in all that we do at Senesh. Kindness – Chesed We treat each other with respect and strive to demonstrate compassion and empathy. Openness – Elu v’Elu We seek to understand diverse perspectives and accept those with different ideas. Responsibility – Areivut We take responsibility to support the well-being of others in our community and the world around us. Perseverance – Hatmadah We apply ourselves in all we do and earn the satisfaction of seeing thin...gs through, especially when the challenge is great. Journey – Masa We embrace life as a continuous journey of learning and growing.
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Posted: 03-Jun-24
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Type: Full Time
Salary: $70-80,000
Categories
Elementary Teacher
Hannah Senesh Community Day School, an open and inclusive, independent K-8 Jewish school in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, is hiring a Kindergarten lead teacher to join our 2024-25 faculty. Applicants should be creative, thoughtful, and reflective educators who value working in a progressive school setting. The salary for this position is $70,000-80,000 commensurate with experience. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to Shelley Fogelson, Lower School Director, Hannah Senesh Community Day School at sfogelson@hannahsenesh.org.
About The School
Hannah Senesh is an open and inclusive Jewish day school where students grow into curious, kind, and confident people. Senesh cultivates intellectual curiosity in a rigorous and joyful academic environment that teaches the whole child. Students are guided by Jewish values and challenged to be agents of change toward a more just world. Students, parents, and staff together create a welcoming and vibrant home at Senesh, offering a place of belonging for diverse Jewish families. To learn more about the school visit our website at www.hannahsenesh.org.
Responsibilities Include
- Teaching reading, writing, math, science, and social studies instruction through whole group, small group, and individual instruction
- Designing hands on, engaging learning activities that provide opportunities for students to explore and construct meaning
- Differentiating instruction and materials to meet the diverse needs of learners in the classroom
- Helping students to develop social and emotional competencies
- Keeping accurate documentation of student progress
- Developing a warm, inclusive, and supportive classroom environment
- Working collaboratively with grade-level team members on programs and supporting students
- Building partnerships with parents to support student progress
- MA degree in education
- Three or more years experience working as a lead teacher in an elementary setting
- Experience with structured literacy and Singapore math preferred
- A “whole child” approach to teaching and learning that focuses on growth in academic, social, and emotional domains
- Collaborates and works successfully as an integral part of a team
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- An ability to incorporate technology as a tool to promote learning
- Diversity/Anti-bias training
About Hannah Senesh Community Day School
Hannah Senesh Community Day School is a progressive, independent K-8 Jewish school in brownstone Brooklyn. We teach our students to: SEEK MEANING. Drawing from the rich traditions of Jewish inquiry and secular scholarship, our students learn to think deeply and realize their highest academic, intellectual, and ethical potential. BUILD COMMUNITY. Our students and families cultivate meaningful connections within the school, with Israel, and in the wider world. We share a commitment to global citizenship and social responsibility. LEARN JOYFULLY. We approach every day with creativity, passion, and joy, and celebrate Jewish learning and life. Our values, which are deeply rooted in Jewish teachings, guide us in all that we do at Senesh. Kindness – Chesed We treat each other with respect and strive to demonstrate compassion and empathy. Openness – Elu v’Elu We seek to understand diverse perspectives and accept those with different ideas. Responsibility – Areivut We take responsibility to support the well-being of others in our community and the world around us. Perseverance – Hatmadah We apply ourselves in all we do and earn the satisfaction of seeing thin...gs through, especially when the challenge is great. Journey – Masa We embrace life as a continuous journey of learning and growing.
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https://careers.nais.org/jobs/20165057/kindergarten-lead-teacher
Salary : $70,000 - $80,000
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