Middle School Social Studies Teacher at Almaden Country Day School Tweet    Print    Application Deadline

6/1/2025 11:55 PM Pacific

Date Posted 3/1/2025 Contact Jobs at ACDS
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$30,000 - $50,000 Annually Length of Work Year 10 months Employment Type Part Time About the Employer

The mission of Almaden Country Day School is to discover the gifts in every child. We provide a safe and affirming environment for learning, empowering children to strive, explore and build a sense of personal value. Our teachers create a rich, balanced, academic foundation that corresponds with the developmental stages of childhood. We offer a wide variety of opportunities for children to extend their intellectual, social, and personal potential. Our students become delightful people — confident, kind, concerned, and ready to make significant contributions to our world.

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Almaden Country Day School (ACDS) seeks a middle school social studies teacher with demonstrated strength in engaging students in the study of world civilizations, modern world history, and/or US or history and civics. Teachers of social studies at ACDS help students analyze and critique the world around them and connect the past to the present through discussions, simulations, and meaningful research projects. In addition to responsibilities teaching Social Studies, this teacher may also facilitate student meetings in conjunction with a student Advocacy program (similar to advisory at other schools). Depending on the course load of the aforementioned classes, their teaching schedule may include teaching electives and other duties. Middle school teachers also help with organizing and chaperoning weeklong class trips once a year, which would include additional pay for this part-time position. ACDS teachers are expected to differentiate instruction to meet a range of student needs and readiness levels. Key to effectiveness at ACDS is an understanding and appreciation of children’s developmental stages and a deliberate focus on building relationships with students, parents, and colleagues. Successful applicants will value a cooperative learning environment in which colleagues work together for the benefit of the students. Candidates will demonstrate an understanding that their lessons, teamwork, and leadership need to intentionally welcome, respect, and include all students, colleagues, and parents, celebrating differences and prioritizing belonging, one of our core values. They will conduct themselves with high personal and professional standards, communication ability, and eagerness to grow as teachers.

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Requirements/Responsibilities: - Willingness to dedicate to the school’s core values of childhood, learning, belonging, and balance - Demonstrated success teaching middle school-aged children - Familiarity with current middle school Social Studies curricula and commitment to making instruction active, engaging, varied and exciting for middle grades students - Knowledge of instructional strategies appropriate to the middle school learner - Ability and willingness to design, develop, implement, and revise Social Studies curriculum - Familiarity with adolescent and developmental learning philosophy - Ability to design and implement differentiated instruction to meet individual student needs - Understanding and compassion for students with specific learning challenges - Evidence of professional development and commitment to personal and professional growth - Commitment to a collaborative work style - Passion for working with children, optimism, flexibility, and patience - Technological competence and willingness to learn - Willingness to carry out other duties and responsibilities beyond the classroom - Teaching credential or equivalent degree

Preferred Qualifications: - 5 years or more of classroom teaching experience - Experience with leading advisory - Experience with curriculum design - Experience with teaching electives - Google-certified educator

Requirements / Qualifications

Requirements/Responsibilities: - Willingness to dedicate to the school’s core values of childhood, learning, belonging, and balance - Demonstrated success teaching middle school-aged children - Familiarity with current middle school Social Studies curricula and commitment to making instruction active, engaging, varied and exciting for middle grades students - Knowledge of instructional strategies appropriate to the middle school learner - Ability and willingness to design, develop, implement, and revise Social Studies curriculum - Familiarity with adolescent and developmental learning philosophy - Ability to design and implement differentiated instruction to meet individual student needs - Understanding and compassion for students with specific learning challenges - Evidence of professional development and commitment to personal and professional growth - Commitment to a collaborative work style - Passion for working with children, optimism, flexibility, and patience - Technological competence and willingness to learn - Willingness to carry out other duties and responsibilities beyond the classroom - Teaching credential or equivalent degree

Preferred Qualifications: - 5 years or more of classroom teaching experience - Experience with leading advisory - Experience with curriculum design - Experience with teaching electives - Google-certified educator

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