What are the responsibilities and job description for the Anticipated Elementary Teacher position at Weathersfield School?
2025-2026 School Year
Job Posting
Anticipated Elementary Teacher
At WSESU, we are committed to engaging hearts and minds for a limitless future - where
students want to learn, staff want to work, and families want to live. We celebrate all
dimensions of diversity and strive to be a place where everyone feels a sense of inclusion and
belonging. We are actively seeking to create a more diverse institutional culture because teams
are stronger and more innovative with different perspectives and experiences.
We are currently seeking an elementary teacher .to work at the Weathersfield School
● Weathersfield School is located in the center of the vibrant Upper Valley. It is in close
proximity to Dartmouth College and less than a two hour trip to Boston. Weathersfield
School is a public elementary school serving approximately 250 students in
grades K-8. Our school is dedicated to a student centered approach through projects,
an integrated curriculum, differentiated instructional strategies, and proficiency based
learning. We value educating the whole child through a team approach. We are an
enthusiastic and inclusive community committed to student agency and self-directed
learning.
Summary: To plan, organize, and present instruction and instructional environments that help
students learn subject matter and skills that will contribute to their educational and social
development in the 21st century.
Qualifications:
Vermont State Elementary Teaching Certification or Bachelor Degree and working toward a
teaching certification
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
● Leads in the classroom by taking responsibility for all students’ learning, while
encouraging student voice and choice.
● Provides an environment in which each child has a positive, nurturing relationship with
caring adults by encouraging a climate and culture that is inviting, respectful,
supportive, inclusive, and flexible.
● Treats students as individuals by maintaining high expectations for all students, by
appreciating differences and valuing contributions.
● Works collaboratively with the families and significant adults in the lives of their
students by improving communication and collaboration between the school and the
home and community.
105 Main Street, Suite 200 • Windsor, Vermont 05089
Phone (802) 674-2144 • Fax (802) 674-6357
● Knows the ways in which learning takes place and the appropriate levels of intellectual,
physical, social, and emotional development of students.
● Plans instruction appropriate for students by collaborating with colleagues.
● Integrates and utilizes technology in instruction by knowing when and how to use
technology to maximize student learning.
● Helps students develop critical thinking and complex problem-solving skills by
encouraging students to ask questions, think creatively, and be curious.
● Uses a variety of methods to assess what each student has learned by using multiple
indicators to evaluate student progress.
● Creates an active and engaging learning environment where students are inspired to
obtain a deeper knowledge of the subjects they're studying.
● Maintains interest, willingness, and/or experience integrating and advancing practices of
diversity, equity and inclusion
Desired Skills and Experiences (or willingness to learn):
● Knowledge of Trauma-informed instruction preferred
● Knowledge of Responsive Classroom and Collaborative Problem Solving preferred
● Experience in Project Based Learning preferred
● Universal Design for Learning
● Culturally Responsive teaching strategies
We encourage women, people of the global majority, LGBTQIA individuals, people with
disabilities, foreign-born residents, older members of society, and individuals from diverse lived
experiences and backgrounds to apply.
Please apply on SchoolSpring.com or send a cover letter, resume, three current letters of
reference, transcripts, and references to:
Brian Martes
PO Box 279
Ascutney, VT 05030
brian.martes@wsesu.net
EOE