What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head Teacher - Elementary position at Wildwood School?
Wildwood is an urban, coed, college-preparatory, K-12 school in West Los Angeles recognized for its innovative practices, progressive pedagogy, and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) programming. In operation for over 50 years, the school enrolls 740 students in three divisions on two campuses. Wildwood School’s deep commitment to ongoing professional development feeds a renowned Outreach Center that has provided programming for public and independent school teachers, administrators, and trustees in 16 states and eight countries. Wildwood is a founding member of the Mastery Transcript Consortium.
Wildwood School is seeking a skilled, creative, and dynamic teacher who enjoys working with young children and is well-versed in early childhood development. Our current opening for a K-5 teacher calls for an educator who is eager and excited to be part of a collaborative learning environment. Wildwood teachers are active participants in the life of the school and are life-long learners in their craft.
Core duties of Wildwood teachers include but are not limited to:
- Collaborating with colleagues to design instructional materials, projects, and assessments
- Differentiating instruction to meet the needs of a range of learners
- Assessing student mastery of course standards
- Actively engaging in department work to align with colleagues and course standards
- Utilizing a variety of assessment methods to inform instruction
- Providing comprehensive student feedback in narrative form twice a year
- Communicating proactively and consistently with students and families regarding student growth and development
Wildwood teachers are active participants in the life of the school beyond their classrooms. Additional responsibilities of Wildwood teachers are to:
- Understand and execute Wildwood’s curricula including social-emotional learning, DEIB skill building, and all academic areas
- Participate in all professional development, including DEIB learning and other skill-building
- Contribute to the work of school committees and task forces
- Provide supervision for special events and during lunch, recess, and passing periods
- Supervise and mentor associate teachers
Ideal candidates have:
- Minimum of 3 years of elementary school teaching experience
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- Training, demonstrated professional development, or certification in teaching and learning"
Essential Skills
Wildwood teachers are expected to utilize innovative and engaging teaching practices to ensure all students achieve high academic standards. Using research-based best practices, meaningful technology tools, and an inquiry-based approach to learning, teachers guide students to question, explore, and analyze the world around them. The ability to collaborate with colleagues and promote high levels of discourse between students is essential. The ideal candidate is globally-minded, possessing the knowledge and understanding, as well as, the skills, values, and attitudes of a global citizen. Ideally, they are well-versed in integrated curriculum practices, project-based learning, design thinking, and systems literacy. Having experience with mastery-based learning and the application of assessments and evaluations within curriculum planning and teacher development is of great importance.
Wildwood teachers are self-navigating professional learners and life-long learners in their craft. They are advocates for learners and learning, and they are dedicated and active participants in the life of the school.
Qualities of Wildwood Teachers include:
- Excellent critical thinking skills
- Self-navigating professional learner
Wildwood School is an equal-opportunity employer and makes employment decisions based on merit. We want to have the best available people in every job.
Wildwood School policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, gender identity, religion, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition including genetic characteristics, sexual orientation, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local law or ordinance or regulation. Wildwood School also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics. All such discrimination is unlawful.
Salary : $69,000 - $130,000
