What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2025-2026 - Upper School - History Teacher position at Isidore Newman School?
Isidore Newman School seeks a talented and dynamic History educator for the 2025-2026 academic year with experience teaching a variety of History courses, including US Government, US History, AP US History and other electives. The successful applicant will possess excellent speaking, writing, and interpersonal skills; demonstrate strong instructional and classroom management skills; be technologically savvy and computer literate; have an abiding interest in helping students to experience academic and social growth; be successful in working with teams; be willing to contribute to school activities outside of the assigned classroom; possess strong understanding of the developmental level of the students they teach; and genuinely love to work with students at the upper school level.
The most important qualifications include :
- A bachelor's degree or higher in History or a closely related field; graduate work in the discipline desired.
- Substantial teaching experience at the upper school level with demonstrated expertise in teaching a variety of course levels and electives.
- Values strong relationships with their students while maintaining high expectations in the academic program.
- Strong background in historical research and writing pedagogy, including the critical analysis of a diverse range of primary and secondary resources.
- Cultural competency demonstrating respect for diversity of identities and experiences and an orientation toward equity and inclusion.
- Professional orientation towards collaboration and innovation including strong proficiency with technology appropriate to the History classroom.
- A reflective practitioner, committed to a continuous process of self-improvement and lifelong learning.
- A student-centered educator, who embodies our school philosophy "We learn to do by doing."
- A positive sense of humor, self-confidence, and effective oral and written communication skills.
- Must meet and maintain any and all federal, state and local requirements to work in an educational childcare setting.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to :
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