| Humanities Writing / English Leave Replacement Wooster School is looking for an experienced writing teacher with a strong background in literature and the Humanities who is interested in joining a Humanities team as a collaborative co-teacher for 9th grade. The ideal candidate will have an advanced degree and/or teaching experience in English and a deep understanding of process in writing. Candidates should also be voracious readers and seekers of new knowledge with a deep desire to foster that same disposition in our students. Experience as a teacher of both English and writing at the secondary or post-secondary level are a plus. Applicants should have facility with integrating choice into student learning experiences. Some familiarity with the Teachers College workshop model of reading and writing is also desirable but not a necessity., and have demonstrated student choice into their classrooms. Applicants should also be curious, innovative students of the art and science of teaching and learning, as collaboration and professional learning are core elements of the Wooster learning community. The skills of reading for understanding from different forms of primary sources, literature and nonfiction texts, and making meaning from those texts, is one primary goal of the program. Another is that students develop advanced writing skills and can employ them in the service of problem identification, reflection, and effective communication of ideas. Advanced writing skills are built from the ground up, starting with a firm understanding of the writing process and how sentence structure, organization, and style contribute to that process. As an English teacher, the ideal candidate will be comfortable creating and collaborating with the teaching team on effective writing workshop experiences and providing intentional, effective individualized feedback to developing historians and writers. Wooster is an equal opportunity employer. In addition to a competitive salary, employees receive retirement, health insurance, tuition remission, short and long term disability and life insurance benefits. Background Founded in 1926, Wooster School, a co-educational, K-12, college preparatory day school with an enrollment of approximately 375 students, is located in Danbury, Connecticut. Wooster educates a diverse population of students in terms of academic ability, socioeconomic background, and ethnicity. Wooster School is a member of the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools and the National Association of Independent Schools. Wooster School stands on a firm foundation of teaching, learning, and community values built over a long history as a leading independent day school. While our strong community traditions of self help and relationship building have long been recognized as strengths, our more recent commitment to innovative approaches to thinking skills, building, and the development of dispositions have the potential to push us into position as a regional school of choice for families who recognize that learning how to think, to learn, and to create relationships will be key to the success and fulfillment of our students in the 21st Century and beyond. We are a school of thinkers, learners, and creators. By combining tradition, innovation, and the power of relationships, Wooster produces curious, capable and compassionate young people with the skills and dispositions to be successful and fulfilled in college, and in life. With a talented and energized faculty and staff, focused and decisive Board of Trustees, and committed families we are charting a course as a thought leader and difference maker in the independent school world. Dispositions for a Wooster Teacher-Learner Desire and ability to collaborate with others. Be broadly open-minded and adventurous. The ability to be tolerant of some ambiguity. Encourage wondering, problem finding, and investigating for yourself and others. Always be ready to consider other perspectives. Make plans and be strategic, but be ready to shift when reality strikes. Use your metacognitive skills as a model for our students. Responsibilities Believe deeply in the mission, beliefs and values of Wooster and subscribe to Wooster’s culture of thinking and learning. Plan and implement writing workshop lessons and units. Hold high expectations for every student. Provide necessary accommodations and modifications for the growth and success of all students. Plan, structure, and share lessons that are engaging, that make our students think every day, and that are aligned with a year-long scope and sequence. Work as an active, collaborative member of the learning group, grade-level, content area and school-wide teams,to ensure our students’ needs are met. Keep students and parents well informed of student progress by providing regular feedback, focused learning intentions and clear success criteria. Participate in school-wide professional development. Seek continual feedback and coaching to develop as a teacher learner. Be available and committed to ongoing verbal dialogue and conversations with the parents and the Wooster community. Perform necessary duties including, but not limited to, advisory, after school activities and chaperoning. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, and statement of philosophy to: Elizabeth Higgins Director of Teacher Learning elizabeth.higgins@woosterschool.org | 
