Upper School Honors Chemistry and AP Chemistry Long-Term Substitute Teacher

The Summit Country Day School is a nationally recognized leader in character education and offers a compelling combination of small classes, caring faculty, academic rigor, and strong spiritual values. For more than a century, The Summit has maintained a proud legacy of excellence in independent, Catholic education. We offer a coeducational learning experience to students from 18 months through grade 12. The Summit is a place where values are affirmed, young minds are enriched, and dreams take flight.

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Reporting to the Upper School Director, the Upper School Honors and AP Chemistry long-term substitute Teacher is a faculty member who works to provide a rigorous science curriculum. This teacher works closely with all science department members to improve student learning and create meaningful instruction. This teacher also manages a small advisory group of students and works closely with the other advisors of that grade level to support those students and to implement our activities around character education and social-emotional learning. This sub assignment is currently scheduled for August 12-November 5.

Responsibilities:

· Develop lesson plans that deliver a rigorous curriculum in an interactive learning environment

· Employ classroom management strategies that promote academic achievement and student engagement

· Monitor student progress and assist students in accomplishing learning objectives

· Design and implement rubrics when grading tests and projects

· Provide timely feedback to students and their parents on coursework and progress

· Be enthusiastic about pedagogy, particularly inquiry-based approaches and differentiated implementation that is best suited to a variety of learners.

· Share interests and areas of expertise in science with students in the classroom

· Integrate technology appropriate to the course level

· Collaborate effectively with science department colleagues

· Ensure students understand and follow all safety rules for laboratory experiments and are aware of the proper actions to take during accidents and emergencies.

· Maintain course inventory and submit orders for equipment and laboratory supplies.

· Implement lessons that encourage students to develop creative problem-solving skills and become leaders of character

· Seek professional development opportunities with other teachers to focus on improving student achievement and continued growth as an educator

· Mentor a small advisory group of students and implement advisement programming

· Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related field; Master’s preferred
• 7-12 Integrated Science, Biology, Chemistry or related field Licensure
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, TI-84 graphing calculators

Work Location: In person