What are the responsibilities and job description for the Upper Elementary Lead Teacher position at The Blake School?
Job Description
Job Description
The Blake School seeks to hire a talented and caring Upper Elementary teacher to lead a fourth grade classroom beginning in the 2025-26 school year. As a subset of the Lower School at Blake, our Upper Elementary program serves students in grades two through five and is a highly collaborative environment with a skilled and dedicated team of faculty and staff.
We seek the following :
An Innovator
A strong candidate will…
use creative solution-based thinking and seek new opportunities for student engagement. They will actively seek professional development opportunities and will be reflective, open to feedback and eager for professional collaboration.
A Collaborator
A strong candidate will…
seek to build vertical and horizontal curriculum alignment within the scope of a Pre-K through 12 community. They will possess excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate with students, colleagues and families.
An Expert
A strong candidate will…
have familiarity with the following instructional approaches / philosophies : Responsive Classroom, the science of reading, Singapore math, project-based learning, interdisciplinary instruction. They will have a robust understanding of the developmental needs of elementary-aged children.
A Culture-Builder
A strong candidate will…
be committed to meeting both academic and social-emotional needs of students. They will possess an understanding of and commitment to modeling and teaching intercultural competence, and they will be committed to equitable practices.
A Professional
A strong candidate will…
possess intellectual curiosity and continue to develop knowledge of content, curriculum and best practices in teaching and learning.
Duties and Responsibilities
Include, but are not limited to :
- Embracing Blake's mission and values, and Commitment to Pluralism
- Collaborating with the grade-level team and division colleagues to plan and implement an appropriately challenging curriculum in reading / language arts, math, science and social studies
- Promoting academic, social-emotional and physical development of children in individual, small group and whole class settings
- Assessing students using current strategies and tools to inform instruction and give feedback
- Completing progress reports and participating in twice-yearly parent-teacher conferences
- Supervising children during lunch and afternoon carpool
- Integrating meaningful and appropriate use of technology within the curriculum and as a communication tool
- Attending Back-to-School Night, admissions open house, faculty workshop days, grade-level and division meetings, relevant all-school events and all mandatory professional development
Application Requirements
The search committee will begin to review resumes on January 24, 2025. Blake will cover the travel and lodging costs for finalist candidates visiting from out of town.
Blake is particularly interested in candidates who will enrich the diversity of identity, lived experience and thinking that makes our community strong and empowers students to engage productively with those who are different from them. Blake offers highly competitive salary and benefits packages, as well as significant support for local and national professional development opportunities.
