Grade 1 - 2 Teacher Lopping

Cambridge Public Schools • Cambridge, MA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

At the Cambridgeport School, we believe that learning unfolds when we provide conditions in which children can explore, inquire, and shape their own understandings. Cambridgeport teachers and families work as a community toward assuring success for every child. The school values the culture and beliefs that each child brings to the classroom, and teachers believe that children must engage with their world in order to make sense of it and build their knowledge. Each student is expected to take responsibility for his/her own learning while collaborating, supporting, and respecting others. Teachers provide learning experiences that guide and capture our students’ interests while at the same time helping them to develop literacy and math skills, think critically, problem solve, and engage in rich scientific and historical inquiry. The Cambridgeport Elementary school seeks a reflective practitioner to join our community as a Grade 1/2 Looping Teacher. In cooperation with faculty colleagues, the teacher is responsible for the planning, implementation and ongoing adaptation of a curriculum that integrates multicultural values and experiences, informed by Cambridge, state, and national curriculum guidelines. They will provide a creative, well-organized physical environment that is activity-centered, rich in many forms of expression, and in which students are encouraged to make progress towards becoming increasingly responsible for their own learning.

Requirements

• 2+ years of successful classroom experience leading instruction for children in grades 1-6
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Massachusetts State teacher certification in Elementary 1-6 or Early Childhood PreK-2 required
• A strong work ethic, alongside a commitment to doing whatever it takes for students to excel.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, alongside the ability to establish and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships with a diverse staff and student body.

Nice To Haves

• experience serving in an urban multicultural environment preferred
• Master’s degree preferred
• Collaborative disposition, eager to partner with colleagues and parents to enhance the school environment.
• Demonstrated success elevating the achievement levels of a diverse student body.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong language and literacy learning experiences, implementing project based learning activities that connect across academic disciplines.
• Partner with families to include them in each student’s learning and development, guided by a profound understanding of the importance of this connection.
• Incorporate a variety of assessment strategies in order to inform and modify instruction, as well as target intervention and enrichment needs.
• Identify unique student needs and collaborate with team members to effectively address those needs and improve instructional practices throughout the school.
• Draw on a well-developed knowledge of early childhood in order to provide opportunities for encouraging the personal, social, and academic growth of each student.
• Maintain portfolios for each student alongside other longitudinal documentation to record each student’s growth and development.
• Prepare biannual narrative reports of student progress.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level