Overview

The Spence School seeks a dynamic, passionate, growth-oriented Grade 5 homeroom and history teacher to join our innovative and highly collaborative Middle School team. This position represents an exciting opportunity to join a school engaged in the ongoing refinement of a nurturing and rigorous approach to teaching and a team of teachers in the process of mapping curriculum according to the Understanding by Design framework. The ideal candidate shows an appreciation for the craft of teaching, is well-versed in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and regards collaboration as a community of adult learners as an essential component of professional growth.

Responsibilities

• Assume all of the responsibilities of a homeroom teacher that include acting in an advisory capacity and providing a home base for each student in the homeroom, being the primary contact between students and their parents/guardians, and being the point person for the other Grade 5 teachers
• Teach all three sections of Grade 5 history 
• Collaborate in teaching teams to design curriculum, assessments, and teaching methods
• Mentor and partner with an associate teacher
• Participate in division-wide and department initiatives about issues of equity, pedagogy, curriculum and citizenship
• Engage with parents about individual children and grade wide curriculum