8th Grade ELA & Social Studies Core Teacher 2024-2025 School Year — Brisbane CBD, Brisbane

About the Employer The Brisbane School District graduates students who are thoughtful, prepared, and engaged citizens. Our program emphasizes conceptual understanding, teaching the Common Core State Standards through year-long themes. With an emphasis on higher order thinking skills, we focus on understanding, evaluating, and creating. We thread Lifeskills throughout our curriculum with the goal of providing our children the tools for citizenship and life. We are a small, public school district serving under 500 total students in grades TK-8. Our boundaries encompass parts of the cities of Brisbane, Daly City, and South San Francisco in northern San Mateo County. Job Summary Job Summary Lipman Middle School invites nurturing, knowledgeable, and passionate lifelong learners to apply for our 8th Grade Language Arts/Social Studies Core Teaching Position. Join the collaborative, supportive and progressive team of teachers at Lipman Middle School and teach a diverse and eager student body. Lipman Middle School is located just 9 minutes south of San Francisco in the city of Brisbane. We are a public middle school of approximately 160 students in grades six through eight. At Lipman Middle School we promote a growth mindset and encourage our students to persevere and engage at high levels in academic work. We strive to provide effective feedback to our students through a standards-based reporting system. We maintain a safe school climate by continually coordinating activities to improve student connectedness, promote student leadership, and excite students about learning. Our program emphasizes conceptual understanding, teaching the Common Core State Standards through yearlong themes and project based learning units. With an emphasis on higher order thinking skills, we focus on understanding, evaluating, and creating. We thread Lifeskills throughout our curriculum with the goal of providing our children the tools for citizenship and life. The teacher hired for this position will teach two daily English-Language Arts/Social Studies core periods and will teach one additional class (an elective to be determined by principal and successful applicant). Using the District's curriculum guide and the Common Core State Standards, the teacher will develop instructional units which will help students see the connections between concepts and their real-world applications in an integrated instructional program. View Requirements / Qualifications Requirements / Qualifications Valid multiple subjects teaching credential (preferred) OR credentials authorizing instruction in social studies AND science. Applicant must have or be immediately eligible for the California teaching credential or intern teaching credential. - Experience teaching both math and science at the middle school level preferred. - Authorization to teach English-language learners - Resume (A resume provides so much more detail than the EdJoin form.) - Letter of Introduction (Please tell us about your philosophy of teaching.) - 3 letters of recommendation - Transcripts - 3 references Individuals must be authorized or eligible to teach in California. Please submit a copy of your valid CA multiple subjects teaching credential or documents that show your immediate eligibility for a CA teaching credential. The District welcomes University Interns. All applicants must have the authorization to teach English language learne Valid multiple subjects teaching credential (preferred) OR credentials authorizing instruction in social studies AND science. Applicant must have or be immediately eligible for the California teaching credential or intern teaching credential. - Experience teaching both math and science at the middle school level preferred. - Authorization to teach English-language learners - Resume (A resume provides so much more detail than the EdJoin form.) - Letter of Introduction (Please tell us about your philosophy of teaching.) - 3 letters of recommendation - Transcripts - 3 references Individuals must be authorized or eligible to teach in California. Please submit a copy of your valid CA multiple subjects teaching credential or documents that show your immediate eligibility for a CA teaching credential. The District welcomes University Interns. All applicants must have the authorization to teach English language learne Comments and Other Information Placement on the salary schedule is determined by the Superintendent, based upon education and experience of candidate. You will need to provide official transcripts to support your salary schedule placement. Salary range quoted above is for full-time, year-long teaching and will be prorated based upon start date. Final candidate will be fingerprinted (at our expense) in accordance with California law. Final candidate must show recent evidence of being free of active TB prior to employment. This position is open until filled; however, applications will be reviewed as they are received and interviews scheduled accordingly. University interns and individuals who reflect the diversity of our student body are encouraged to apply. Comments and Other Information Placement on the salary schedule is determined by the Superintendent, based upon education and experience of candidate. You will need to provide official transcripts to support your salary schedule placement. Salary range quoted above is for full-time, year-long teaching and will be prorated based upon start date. Final candidate will be fingerprinted (at our expense) in accordance with California law. Final candidate must show recent evidence of being free of active TB prior to employment. This position is open until filled; however, applications will be reviewed as they are received and interviews scheduled accordingly. University interns and individuals who reflect the diversity of our student body are encouraged to apply. Links Related To This Job View Other Job Desc. / Ess. Elem. CalSTRS Links Not all postings qualify for CalSTRS. Informational Only. CalSTRS Info for New Educators ADD TO WISHLIST VIEW JOB WISHLIST

Applications close Sunday, 2 June 2024
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