Middle School Science Teacher

Job Description

Cien Aguas International School seeks a full-time, highly qualified Science Middle School Teacher for a Dual Language school. Science classes are taught in English. Bilingual and biliterate in both English and Spanish preferred. The position is available for this 2024-2025 school year/immediate hire.

Current NMPED teaching license, science endorsement required and bilingual endorsement preferred.

Duties and Responsibilities

Design and Implement the 7 and 8 grade science curriculum.

Demonstrate academic competence in subject area(s), and displays an inclination for developing integrated and interdisciplinary work across the curriculum.

Designs and facilitates differentiated and personalized learning goals and activities that follow a coherent sequence, are aligned to instructional goals, and engage students in high-level cognitive activity.

Grading papers, updating records, and handling various administrative tasks.

Participating in school activities and regularly communicating with parents.

Establishing classroom, lab, and field trip rules and regulations and ensuring that all students understand what is expected of them.

Setting up labs and assisting and supervising students while they conduct experiments.

Ensuring all permission slips are signed in a timely manner and acting as a field trip chaperone when required.

Maintains a growth mindset toward student learning, teaching practice, and personal/collective professional development.

Demonstrates a high degree of self-efficacy; holds themselves accountable for learner outcomes and advocates for their students; works efficiently; and believes in their ability, the capability of their students, and themselves to succeed and excel.

Facilitates problem-solving, with a curious mind and critical thinking skills, showing a high degree of creative application in the implementation of data-driven curriculum and practice.

Serves as a role model and an innovative and creative learner with an insatiable thirst for knowledge, personal growth, and being on the cutting edge of instructional practice and pedagogy.

Collaborates effectively with a variety of stakeholder groups (full staff, middle school team) within the organization and with external partners to increase student performance and contribute to advancing the teaching and learning craft.

Looks beyond the walls of the classroom and demonstrates global competence and how their work will expand the impact of students' work to their families and local and global communities.

Recognizes the relationship between social-emotional learning and academic performance, and aspires toward developing and teaching the whole child.

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $55,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Physical Setting:

• Charter school

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

License/Certification:

• NM teaching license with science endorsement (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $55,000 - $85,000