Teacher Associate
$53,000–$56,000 year
On-siteOakland, California, United States
Job Summary
Support the grade-level lead teacher(s) in all aspects of the school day by creating and maintaining a positive, safe learning environment where students thrive academically. Collaborate regularly with other grade-level teachers and specialists while participating in Bentley's character education curriculum. Design innovative curricula that integrate academic and social-emotional growth, instructing individual students, small groups, or whole classes to carry out the curriculum. Prepare and organize instructional materials, acting as a classroom teacher during Lead Teachers' absence. Attend regular faculty and grade-level meetings, and assist with student supervision during lunch, recess, traffic duty, special events, and off-campus field trips. Participate in school functions including admissions events, Back to School Night, and conferences.
Required Qualifications
- A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
- Interest in a teaching career
- Experience in an interdisciplinary environment with an emphasis on group collaboration and use of technology
- Experience in teaching problem-solving skills in addition to traditional core content
- Excellent interpersonal, writing and communication skills
- Ability and willingness to work with students in large and small group settings using multiple teaching methods to reach a broad range of students
- Desire to continually examine one's practice with the goal to improve student learning
- Commitment to issues of diversity, leadership, inclusion, and equity
- Consistent mental alertness
- Ability to stand, walk, or sit for extended periods of time
- Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull moderate weight objects
- Ability to bend and twist at waist and neck
- Ability to kneel and bend at the waist
- Ability to reach overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally
- Finger and hand dexterity
- Ability to read, write, and use a computer
- Ability to hear and speak to exchange information in person or on the telephone
Desired Qualifications
- Enrollment in teaching credential or master's degree program in Elementary Education
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