Reports To: K-8 Director
Position Type: Full-Time, Faculty, Exempt
Criteria:
Self-motivated individuals who want to play an integral role in a dynamic school community.
Responsibilities (including but not limited to):
- Planning and implementing core curriculum as a lead teacher
- Working collaboratively with administration, grade level teachers, specialists and teaching associates
- Developing and maintaining positive relationships with colleagues, students, and families
- Working and communicating effectively with parents in formal and informal conferences, written reports, newsletters, and other school-approved channels
- Supporting and following school policies and procedures
- Creating a positive learning environment both remotely and on campus where students thrive academically
- Planning, implementing, and assessing grade-level language arts, math, social studies, and science curricula
- Collaborating with the team to implement innovative curricula in which both academic and social-emotional growth are considered
- Engaging in regular supervisory duties including drop off, recess, lunch and pick up
- Attending regular faculty, grade-level, and weekly department meetings
- Attend and participate in various school events as needed, including but not limited to: Open Houses, Curriculum Nights, Admissions events, assemblies and other special events
- Being a positive and contributing member of the Bentley community
- Communicating effectively with parents through conferences, and report writing
- A passion for working with young children
- Mentoring a Teacher Associate and supporting them in their professional development
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree and/or Master's in elementary education or related field preferred
- Three (3) to five (5) years' experience in an interdisciplinary elementary environment
- Ability and willingness to work with students in large and small group settings using multiple teaching methods to reach a broad range of students
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of educational technology
- Experience with Responsive Classroom, Teachers College Reading and Writing Workshop as well as inquiry-based instructional practices in math preferred
- Desire to continually examine one's practice with the goal to improve student learning
- Experience in innovative course design, planning, implementation, and assessment
- A desire to collaborate in a dynamic community of teachers and administrators
- Experience in innovative course design, planning, implementation, and assessment
- Excellent interpersonal, writing, and communication skills
- Commitment to issues of diversity, leadership, inclusion, and equity; Candidates who reflect the broad range of diversity of the Bay Area are encouraged to apply
Pay Range:
Bentley uses a competitive salary scale, which takes into account experience, education, and skill level. The salary scale for this position ranges from $70,000 for teachers with no prior teaching experience to $140,000 for teachers with over 40 years of prior experience.
How to Apply:
Please submit a letter of interest, a CV/resume, and a statement of teaching philosophy that addresses both your approach to working with students and how you approach your classroom practice. A list with the names and contact information of three (3) references should also be included. No phone calls, please.
Bentley is unable to provide immigration sponsorships such as H1B Visas. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States and be willing to undergo both livescan background check and TB screening as part of the hiring process.
