Job Summary

English Language Arts at Adda Clevenger is an integrated discipline emphasizing the pursuit of knowledge as well as the mastery of reading, writing, and critical thinking skills.

English Language Arts (ELA) Teacher Essential Duties and Responsibilities: • Teach daily ELA classes to students in grades 5-8. • Teach Civility and act as Class Coordinator for Grade 8 students. • Develop and maintain respective grade curriculum for ELA and Grade 8 Civility. • Plan and prepare a program of study to include course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments and handouts, employing a variety of instructional techniques and instructional media that meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of the students. • Collaborate with other teachers to address special needs of individual students; actively enlist the support of colleagues to provide additional perspective on challenges facing individual students. • Provide substitute support for other teachers as requested. • Assume responsibility for specified duties which include lunch and playground duty and dismissal and arrival duties. • Attend various school functions throughout the year including performing arts programs, field trips, parent-teacher nights, and evening events.

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Adda Clevenger School is an independent TK-8 school offering an accelerated academic curriculum plus a fully integrated performing arts program for San Francisco Bay Area school children. Our educational program is inspired by the child-centric experientialist philosophy of John Dewey. Our school day consists of a dual curriculum of arts and academics, and students from as early as TK move through subject matter with different teachers on a period rotation throughout the day.

Salary negotiable based on experience, certification and degree.