This opening calls for specific teaching qualifications set by the school.

CalWest’s client school in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area is seeking an experienced K-5 Lead Teacher to begin August 1, 2023.

Required Qualifications

A Bachelor’s Degree and/or other educational requirements listed on the job description
Requisite skills commensurate with the position
A reasonable commuting distance to the CalWest client school, or a willingness to relocate
Relevant, recent experience
Authorization to live and work in the United States

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree preferred
Elementary classroom teaching experience (at least 5 years) in all curriculum areas
Familiarity with stages of child development
Ability to develop curriculum following student interest and school themes
Responsiveness to the needs of a spontaneous, child-oriented environment
Ability to write and communicate well
Strong collaboration skills
Personal contemplative practice encouraged
A willingness to engage in a transformative process himself or herself: to question personal beliefs and prejudices, and to critically examine his/her relationships with students;
Warmth and kindness, firm expectations, knowledge of child development, and the conscious use of language in a school setting;
Equipped with a growth mindset characterized by ongoing personal and professional development, while leading children to discover new capacities in themselves.

Lead and instruct mixed-age K-5 classes
Collaborate to determine integrative content strands and essential questions, then implement those strands through developmentally appropriate activities with their individual classes.
Communicate regularly with parents to inform them about student work and assess student progress against standard benchmarks of achievement.
Participate fully in school community events and outreach programs.
Create a yearly professional development plan to support continued growth in educational theory and practice.
Develop original activities that reach across the traditional disciplines of science, literature, social studies, etc.