Position Details
Crescent Academy is currently hiring for a Middle School and High School Social Studies Teacher for the 2024-2025 school year .
Crescent Academy serves over 700 students at grade level PreK-9. We believe in the whole child approach which means that academy staff assists students and their families in bettering their outcomes by creating a college bound culture that expects and teaches strong character, academic achievement, and civic engagement.
Would you like to be a part of a school that believes strongly in its students and their right to a high quality education?
Does your teaching and strong desire to make a difference in a child’s education describe why you became a teacher? Are you interested in creating an innovative, project based, experience for your students?
If you possess the following qualities :
- Creativity and Innovative ideas about learning in the classroom
- Project based learning
- Familiar and knowledgeable with the Michigan Common Core Standards
- Enjoy challenges (social, economic) and addressing the whole child school of thought
- Engaged in learning and curriculum coupled with cross curriculum teaching and learning.
- Embracing a data driven mindset to help close achievement gaps
- Working with collegial peers through Professional Learning Communities (PLC) to improve teaching and learning objectives in the classroom.
- Using technology to support teaching and learning in the classroom.
- Able to meet time sensitive tasks and deadlines
- Possess great listening and writing skills
- Persistent characteristics ( closing achievement gaps, and data driven)
- Collaborating within a team and being pro-active
- Conflict resolution (parents and students)
- Empathy (students, parents, staff)
- Building positive relationships with students and parents
- Possess a great love for children and patience
- Creating a strong bridge between school and home.
- Working with underserved population of students
- Embracing the philosophy of mindfulness techniques
- Open to the use of restorative circles
- Willing to adopt Time to Teach classroom management framework and application
If this sounds like you and you also want to be a part of a flexible, supportive, family-oriented team, then Crescent is the place for you!
Company Benefits :
- Health Insurance : Medical, Vision, & Dental Plans
- Life, ADD, STD, LTD 100% paid by the employer
- Voluntary Plans Available
To learn more about Crescent Academy, please visit our website at .