2024-2025 - Lower School - Long-Term Substitute - 2nd Grade Co-Teacher

Isidore Newman School seeks a talented and dynamic part-time Second Grade Long-term Substitute Co-Teacher for beginning in late February 2025 and continuing through the end of the academic year. The role of co-teacher in the Lower School is multifaceted. The ideal candidate will have teaching experience in an elementary classroom setting. The Lower School Co-teacher reports to the Head of Lower School. The successful candidate will possess excellent speaking, writing, and interpersonal skills; be successful in working with teams; and genuinely love to work with students and educators at the elementary school level.

The most important qualifications include:

• A bachelor's degree or higher in elementary education and 2 years of teaching experience.
• Knowledge of varied pedagogy and trends in instruction and curriculum design at the primary level
• Cultural competency demonstrating respect for diversity of identities and experiences and an orientation toward equity and inclusion
• Practical knowledge of how to work with a wide range of different learners in elementary grades.
• Professional orientation toward collaboration and innovation
• A reflective practitioner committed to a continuous process of self-improvement and lifelong learning
• Demonstrated patience, perseverance, and kindness in working with students, parents, faculty, and staff as well as a highly collaborative professional style.
• Understand competing responsibilities to uphold confidentiality in relation to private materials and conversations while providing colleagues and families with the information they need to help the student.
• Must meet and maintain any and all federal, state and local requirements to work in an educational setting.

Significant responsibilities include:

• Plan and execute lessons that meet the differentiated needs of our students including whole group, small group, and individual instruction, and fulfill the skills and content of the grade level.
• Demonstrate knowledge of content and pedagogy.
• Facilitate the educational and social development of the students.
• Create an environment of respect and rapport that is safe and conducive to learning.
• Use instructional time effectively.
• Collaborate positively with the grade level colleagues as well as other lower school faculty around teaching and learning and have a growth mindset.
• Assess the students in a variety of ways, both formal and informal, and use assessment to guide instruction for student growth, development, and learning. Complete report cards.
• Continue to grow professionally by working with instructional coaches and administration, accepting feedback throughout the evaluation process, attending in-service and professional development/training, in and outside of the school, reading professionally, and actively participating in faculty meetings.
• Communicate openly and effectively with parents including but not limited to Parents Nights, Parent Teacher Conferences, and Curriculum Conversations.
• Participate in field trips and special traditions and activities of the grade level.
• Maintain student records, display student work, and maintain a neat and organized environment for learning.
• Model appropriate presence daily and ensure that students adhere to Lower School behavioral expectations.
• Complete Lower School duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, updated resume, educational philosophy statement, and names of three professional references.