Lower School Lead Teacher

Position Title

Lower School Lead Teacher

Exempt, Instructional Staff, 10-Months

Lower School Principal

The Howard School celebrates each student, transforming the learning experience and developing lifelong strengths.

The Howard School educates students with language-based learning differences through instruction designed to complement and address each student’s individual needs and to help each student understand and advocate for his/her own learning process. The curriculum focuses on depth of understanding to make learning meaningful and therefore, maximize educational success.

The Lead Teacher is responsible, in collaboration with the teaching team, for creating a vibrant, student-centered, language rich environment that supports the learning and personal growth of each student. This individual must be skillful in establishing a strong relationship with students and creating learning opportunities that motivate and inspire students to develop all aspects of their profiles. The Howard School recognizes and celebrates learner passions and strengths, while also addressing their disabilities and weaknesses, and believes that learners are neither defined nor limited by labels.

We seek an experienced educator to join an interdisciplinary team who is committed to interactive learning, student self-knowledge and self-advocacy, collaboration, flexibility, and humor. They must possess the insight and skills to participate fully on a team which brings research-based expertise, depth of experience, and enthusiasm to a full and robust academic program that includes the arts, technology and athletics.

• Committed to best practices for the education of students with language learning differences and disabilities
• Committed to and skilled in differentiation
• Committed to designing and adapting instruction to meet a range of student learning needs and interests
• Committed to multidisciplinary instruction, encouraging students' creative expression, incorporating student interest and passions, and developing critical thinking
• Curious about the world of ideas across multiple disciplines, and excited to teach across different disciplines.
• Highly collaborative and excited about generating curriculum and assessment ideas in a team setting
• Curious, creative, self-reflective, and willing to take initiative and run with new ideas

• Develops lesson plans and supplementary materials compatible with the division’s basic instructional and philosophical standards; provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student and subgroups of students
• Translates lesson plans into learning experiences to effectively and actively engage students in small groups with language, literacy, writing, and math
• Guides students to know their own learning profile and to advocate for their learning needs
• Seeks regular field experience opportunities for students that extend the classroom into the broader community
• Works collaboratively with the teaching team on behalf of students, and seeks the ideas, feedback or advice of colleagues as an integral part of effective planning
• Integrates instructional and assistive technologies, media and other tools into instruction
• Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior through relationships, positive reinforcement and support
• Evaluates and documents academic and social growth of students, and keeps required records. Writes required narrative reports.
• Effective and regular verbal and written communication with parents or guardians conferences and other means to discuss student progress
• Supervises and monitors students in class and during transitions so that students are safe physically and emotionally
• Models non discriminatory practices in all activities
• Responsible for supervision of assistant teacher
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Regular and predictable attendance as well as timeliness are essential functions of the job

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Advanced degree and 3-5 years of classroom experience working with students with language…