Middle School International Cooking Teacher

Summer at Lakeside is currently recruiting for an International Cooking teacher for our Investigative Learning Camp, an academic and experiential summer camp designed for students entering grades 5-8. The Investigative Learning Camp (ILC) offers students the opportunity to take classes covering STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) -based topics. All courses encourage creative play and hands-on learning; courses are project-based and do not assume students have any previous knowledge of the subject matter. No homework is assigned. The International Cooking course runs afternoons, 12:30 p.m.- 3:30, p.m. Classes run July 7 – August 1. There will be a mandatory orientation meeting on Wednesday, July 2.

Visit our Investigative Learning Camp webpage to read more about this camp, including descriptions of the courses offered for summer 2025.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Create an inclusive and culturally responsive curriculum that encourages creativity, collaboration, risk-taking, and critical thinking
• Create organized and engaging lesson plans that include additional challenges for
  each day
• Order, track, and organize supplies as necessary
• Supervise and instruct a diverse group of students that have different educational
  backgrounds and experiences
• Train and supervise the assigned high-school counselor, who serves as a classroom
  teaching assistant
• Provide individual support and adapt different teaching strategies for students
  needing additional instruction

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Demonstrated cultural awareness, including knowledge of themselves and the cultural lenses they bring to interactions. The candidate will understand different perspectives; interact respectfully with cultures other than their own; and cultivate meaningful relationships with people that have different cultural frameworks.
• Prior experience working with a diverse student population and demonstrated equity and inclusion mindset. Candidates should be aware of their own identity and biases; candidate actively works to create an inclusive classroom environment.
• A bachelor’s degree
• A passion for cooking and experience teaching young people to cook
• Experience with inclusive and multicultural curriculum development
• Excellent communication and organizational skills to manage a supply-heavy curriculum
• Positive and collaborative attitude
• Candidates must satisfactorily complete two criminal background checks.
• Valid CPR & First Aid certification by July 2, 2025.

Compensation and Benefits
The stipend for this position is $4,000. Lunch is included. The course may only run if enough students register. Enrollment will remain open until June 1. If the number of students enrolled is too small to run by June 1, or if the course is canceled for any reason, the stipend will not be paid. Summer at Lakeside also offers free camp for children (Gr.3-8) of all summer employees for the weeks when they are working for the summer program. Employees must register their children via the Summer at Lakeside webpage.

Application Process
Interested candidates should visit Lakeside School’s careers website to apply online. The application process will remain open until a qualified candidate has accepted an offer. Applicants being considered will be interviewed. Interviews will be conducted via Zoom. For additional questions regarding this opportunity, please contact Kat Yorks, Director of Summer School Programs, by e-mail, kat.yorks@lakesideschool.org, or by phone, 206-440-2701. PLEASE DO NOT SEND APPLICATION MATERIALS TO KAT YORKS’S E-MAIL. Application materials need to be submitted online.