Job Details
Overview:
Located in Waltham, Lincoln, and Wayland, Massachusetts, Carroll School is an independent day school that serves students with language-based learning differences, such as dyslexia. Carroll School empowers children to become academically skilled students who are strong self-advocates and confident lifelong learners prepared to enter other academic settings. The Carroll Lower School is located on the Waltham campus and serves grades 1-5.
Carroll School is an equal opportunity employer that offers competitive salaries and benefits, including a strong professional development programming.
Position Summary:
The Carroll School seeks teaching candidates with a growth mindset and a true passion and commitment to lifelong learning. Candidates who are motivated by helping students to attain a strong sense of identity, self-worth and who are eager to equip students with skills and strategies for academic success. The ideal candidate brings a collaborative style, is self-directed, child centered and values a community of highly engaged, compassionate, motivated educators who embrace and apply culturally responsive teaching practices. We are seeking candidates with experience in teaching students with language-based learning differences and who are drawn to acquire the necessary competencies to successfully teach our type of learners. This position is from February 2023 through June 2024.
Responsibilities:
- Teach a self-contained class consisting of 8 students
- Apply a multisensory, diagnostic, prescriptive approach to instruction
- Create highly focused data informed lesson plans specific to student's needs
- Work with Lower School curricular team to develop and customize grade level curriculum through a culturally responsive lens
- Develop positive working relationships with all constituencies; students, parents, colleagues and administration
- May assist in after-school program activities
- Perform other duties as required
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree preferred
- Have the ability to teach using multi-sensory education methods
- Willingness to train in highly specialized approaches to teaching students with language based learning differences
- Desire to teach multicultural curriculum
- Proficient written and verbal communication skills
- Minimum of 3 years teaching experience preferred