Upper School Honors And Ap Chemistry Long-Term Substitute Teacher

Upper School Honors Chemistry and Advanced Placement (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. Qualified candidates can submit their resume to ...

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 scheduled for August 12th-

November 5th.

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