Position Vacancy - Classroom Teacher for 11/12's (6th Grade)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree desirable
• Three years teaching experience preferred

Functions and Responsibilities

Work with Children: The classroom teacher is responsible for teaching a group of 6th grade children with a 15-month range in age in social studies and language arts, planning to meet the needs of the entire group as well as individual children. Enabling the social/emotional, physical and intellectual development of each child is his/her primary responsibility.
Work with Environment and Materials: The teacher is responsible for designing, organizing and maintaining a materials-based classroom that reflects the curriculum and current work of the children. Create and prepare materials that serve the curriculum.
Curriculum Development: The teacher is responsible for developing curriculum in all areas based on children≠s developmental capacities and needs and current understanding of literacy learning, mathematics and interdisciplinary curriculum development in social studies, science and the arts. A multi-cultural understanding must be reflected in the curriculum developed for children. Special emphasis is placed on social studies as the core of the classroom life and learning.

Work With Adults
Homeroom Partner and Grade Partner: He/She shares the homeroom space and the responsibility for the children in that homeroom with the math/science teacher. You assess children together and meet and communicate with parents on behalf of the children in your class. In addition, you meet and plan curriculum with your grade partner, the social studies and language arts teacher in the other classroom.
Student Teachers/Interns: As cooperating practitioners for graduate students who are placed in their classrooms, teachers plan cooperatively with students and hold weekly supervisory meetings. Teachers meet with the student and the advisor from Bank Street Graduate Programs 3 times per semester and as needed with the advisors of students from other colleges.
Staff: An interest in his/her own professional growth is expected. Each teacher meets weekly with their curriculum coordinator and participates in weekly division meetings and monthly SFC staff meetings after school. As part of a diagnostic team, teachers work with specialists (reading, math, psychologist) and are expected to meet with art, music, and technology for assistance in planning curriculum).
Parents: Teachers are required to meet with parents twice yearly for individual conferences and to be available for additional conferences where needed (with parents or other support providers). Teachers and parents work together to increase each other≠s knowledge of the children. Teachers write two comprehensive reports on children each year in advance of the meeting.
Visitors: In addition to modeling a Bank Street approach to education by having daily visitors and observers in the classroom, teachers may be asked to speak to visiting groups. They often serve as consultants for other College Divisions as well as for outside groups.
College: Many teachers take responsibility for College-wide committee work and divisional and institutional Program development and evaluation.

Salary              Commensurate with experience

Start Date       September 1, 2008

Please send cover letter and resume to: 

Reuel Jordan
Bank Street College of Education
610 West 112 Street
New York, NY 10025

email: sfcresumes@bankstreet.edu