What are the responsibilities and job description for the STEM Teacher position at Overbrook school?
Full Time
General Description: This position is responsible for managing, developing, and sustaining the Overbrook School Beyond the Brook Farm including garden areas and outdoor learning environment. The STEM Teacher teaches STEM lessons based on the farm and physical science permeated with the Christian understanding of creation, stewardship, and life in collaboration with teachers to promote integrated activities into the core curriculum.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Teach students STEM science lessons based on farming experiences and physical science
- Teach students collaboration, effective discussion, and respect while effectively working in a group to solve a problem or answer a question
- Works directly with school administrators and staff in the development, implementation, and evaluation of STEM initiatives and science curriculum.
- Involve and work with parent and community partners in developing and sustaining the farm and STEM initiatives
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree, knowledge of and experience with sustainable farming required.
- An interest and demonstrated ability in teaching grade school students.
- Experience with inquiry learning and ability to apply science and/or math content knowledge to agricultural projects and physical science.
Overbrook Catholic School, founded in 1936 by the Dominican Sisters of the St. Cecilia Congregation, is a co-educational, preschool through eighth-grade Catholic independent school with a dynamic tradition of educating children in a community setting through study, prayer and service. Our vibrant and strong school community is a testament to the commitment of all our members, faculty and staff, parents and friends. The Over the Brook Farm consists of garden area, chickens, rabbits, sheep and a farm cat, and outdoor learning area. The school is located on the Dominican Campus at 4210 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN, also home to St. Cecilia Academy (high school) and Aquinas College. Overbrook has a strong reputation for academic excellence and the formation of faithful children and youth in freedom and virtue.
Start Date: July 1, 2025
Submit: Resume, cover letter
Website: https://www.overbrook.edu
Email: ocsprincipal@overbrook.edu
Phone: 615-292-5134
Contact: Sister Marie Blanchette, O.P.
Overbrook Catholic School is a private, coeducational school for grades prekindergarten through sixth where children grow and learn through prayer, study, community, and service. This dynamic tradition of learning melds the time-honored with the innovative, shaping children's minds and hearts through a faith-based program of academic rigor and wonder that emphasizes the pursuit of wisdom as a shared journey of discovery.
If you are interested in joining our outstanding faculty, please send a cover letter, resume, and application form to information@overbrook.edu
