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5th Grade History Teacher
St. Andrew's Episcopal School [MS]
Ridgeland, Mississippi
Salary: Based on Experience
Date Posted: 3/3/2023
 
Job ID: 69875
Position/Title: 5th Grade History Teacher
Employer: St. Andrew's Episcopal School [MS]
Department: History
Category / Heading #1: Teaching  History 5-8
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Status: FullTime
 
 
Job Description/Responsibilities:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Prepare engaging, age appropriate lessons that reflect extensive knowledge of the curriculum and student development and abilities.

  • Utilize a variety of teaching methods to meet the needs of students with diverse backgrounds and learning styles.

  • Integrate meaningful and effective technology in the classroom.

  • Participate in the continuing development of an inquiry-based history curriculum that prepares students to be critical, independent thinkers.

  • Demonstrate strong classroom management.

  • Meet deadlines for reporting grades.

  • Monitor students’ progress, strengths, and weaknesses, and communicate these when necessary to parents/guardians and administrators.

  • Prepare substantive parent-teacher conference reports and written documentation on student progress.

  • Collaborate with colleagues across the middle school as well as the history department.

  • Serve as an advisor to a group of middle school students.

  • Attend and contribute in full, divisional, departmental, and team faculty meetings.

  • Take an active role in professional activities and attend relevant professional meetings and conferences.

  • Stay abreast of the latest advances in history education.


Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional school environment.  


Position Type:

This is a full-time position with teaching responsibilities from August – May.  As with any independent school, faculty should be ready to chaperone class trips, perform typical day-to-day duties such as lunch and carpool duties, and engage fully in all school events that develop the student.

 
 
Minimum Degree: BA
Certification Required: No
Minimum Experience: 1-3 Years

 
Qualifications:

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in history, history education, or related field required. Master’s degree preferred.

  • A minimum of three years teaching experience preferred.  

  • Demonstrate extensive knowledge of middle school history and pedagogy.

  • Knowledge of and experience with project-based learning preferred.

  • Represent the school in the larger community in a positive manner that reflects the values of the school.

  • Ability to interface and maintain effective relationships with students, faculty, administrators, and parents/guardians.

  • High degree of cultural competency and demonstrated commitment to working with individuals from diverse backgrounds.

  • Professional written and verbal communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

  • Proficiency in Google Suite required.

 
Tuition Remission: Yes
Spend for Graduate Study: Yes
Relocation Assistance/Allowance: Yes
Support/Sponsor Work visas to overseas candidates: No
ON Campus Housing: No
OFF Campus Housing: No
 
 
Application Notes:
In your cover letter or online application with the employer, please indicate that you learned of this job from nemnet.com. Failure to do so may prevent you from qualifying for the NEMNET SIGNING BONUS.

Interested candidates are invited to apply at gosaints.org/jobs.

If you are hired by one of our member schools please contact NEMNET immediately via email [info@nemnet.com] or phone [888.919.1112], you may be entitled to the NEMNET SIGNING BONUS.

 
Deadline:
Open Until Filled
 
Contact Info
Cassie Mendrop, SHRM-CP
Director of Human Resources
mendropca@gosaints.org