Full-Time
Upper School English Teacher
The Blake School
Compensation Overview
$25.6k - $39k/yr
Minneapolis, MN, USA
In Person
Bachelor's
Category
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Requirements
- Hold a bachelor's degree in a related field.
- Demonstrate experience with student-centered teaching practices such as writing workshops, discussion-based activities, and inquiry approaches to reading and writing about our world.
- Have experience teaching students with a wide array of identities and lived experiences.
- Have some experience shaping curricula at the upper school level.
- Demonstrate prior success working collaboratively and harmoniously with other adults in an educational setting.
Responsibilities
- Teach ninth through twelfth grade English.
- Help students develop facility with language, construct interpretations grounded in analysis, deepen intercultural competence, participate effectively in small-group and seminar discussions, and think critically about the perspectives and narratives framing the literature they read.
- Collaborate with colleagues to develop teaching practice, design innovative curricula, and create a coherent student experience.
- Provide classroom instruction and confer frequently with each student about their writing.
- Meet with grade-level teams and hold semester conferences with parents.
- Support students within the advisory program and participate in school initiatives.
- Nurture and challenge Upper School students to meet each individual's developmental and learning needs.