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• Middle School Teacher
  Job Type: Ongoing

  Location: Episcopal School of Baton Rouge

Description

The Episcopal School of Baton Rouge invites applicants interested in teaching in the Middle School (grades 6-8) to submit their resume and application. Episcopal will reach out to qualified applicants if a position becomes available.

At Episcopal School of Baton Rouge, Middle School teachers are an integral part of the Middle School, their grade-level team, and their department. We are a community of teachers who embrace the whole-child educational philosophy and who help students develop content knowledge, skills, and an understanding of their responsibility to their community through a variety of instructional methods. Episcopal teachers benefit from excellent facilities and resources, including Episcopal’s QUEST center, a building dedicated to supporting project-based learning in Middle School and Lower School, as well as a beautiful 50-acre campus, excellent technology resources, and an innovative curriculum that provides the opportunity for creativity in instructional design. Teaching positions are ten-month full-time positions with an annual renewal. Positions begin on August 1st of each year. The general responsibilities of a Middle School position are detailed below.

Description of School

Episcopal School of Baton Rouge, a college preparatory educational community of approximately 950 students and approximately 170 professionals, includes grades PreK-3 through 12 that embraces the whole-child educational philosophy. As an Episcopal school, Episcopal School of Baton Rouge was created to be a diverse institution of educational and human development for all persons, regardless of origin, background, ability, or religion. We are created to “strive for justice and peace among all people and [to] respect the dignity of every human being.”  Episcopal is known for its academic performance, for its attention to the spiritual lives of its students, and for offering a wide range of opportunities for student education and development. Opportunities to excel in academics, arts, athletics, service, and community leadership characterize the school’s program.

General Duties

• Teach students of one grade level, 6th-grade, 7th-grade, or 8th-grade. Teachers in World Language, Physical Education, and Visual and Performing Arts may teach multiple grade levels within the Middle School. Teachers have five sections with two planning periods in a rotating schedule.
• Provide engaging and effective instruction that is student-centered, meets students where they are, and incorporates a variety of instructional methods including project-based learning and the incorporation of educational technology.
• Evaluate student learning through a variety of assessments and communicate student progress to administrators, students, and families. ●    Collaborate with other members of the department to ensure proper vertical alignment in the curriculum.
• Collaborate with other Middle School faculty to develop cross-curricular connections and participate in grade-level teams to support whole-child development.
• Attend scheduled faculty/division/department meetings.
• Participate in professional development.
• Perform additional faculty duties assigned including but not limited to supervising students during carpool, lunch, advisory, recess, and so forth.

Requirements

Personal and Professional Characteristics and Experiences

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in the relevant subject area and/or certification to teach in the subject area at the Middle School level.
• Ability to meet the learning needs of students through differentiated instruction.
• Creativity in lesson design that balances content, skill, and student self-direction through the use of a variety of instructional methods.
• Appreciation for and understanding of middle school-aged children.
• Excellent classroom management skills that promote a positive classroom environment.
• Familiarity with technology or ability and desire to learn about technology for delivering and grading assignments, lesson design, lesson implementation, and recording student progress.
• An ability to communicate clearly and with appropriate empathy to students, parents, and colleagues.
• Collaborative spirit when working with colleagues within the same department across grade levels and within the same grade level across departments.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Embraces the whole-child educational philosophy and seeks to help students develop in all aspects.

Our School Mission
As a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, Episcopal School of Baton Rouge nurtures and
develops the whole child -- spiritually, intellectually, morally, physically, and artistically -- through
challenging academic and co-curricular programs which prepare our graduates for college and for
purposeful lives.

Our Episcopal Identity
Episcopal schools are Christian communities whose missions integrate spiritual formation into all
aspects of the educational experience in a graceful and inclusive way. Even the most diverse of
Episcopal schools are created to be communities that honor, celebrate and worship God as the
center of life. We are created to be models of God’s love and grace. We are created to serve God in
Christ in all persons, regardless of origin, background, ability, or religion. We are created to “strive
for justice and peace among all people and [to] respect the dignity of every human being.”

Episcopal schools have been established, however, not solely as communities for Christians, like a
parish church, but as diverse institutions of educational and human development for people of all
faiths and backgrounds. Episcopal schools are populated by a rich variety of human beings, from
increasingly diverse religious, cultural, and economic backgrounds. By weaving the principles of
meaningful school worship, rich community life, foundational religious education, and striving for
social justice into the very fabric of the school’s overall life, Episcopal schools ensure that we
challenge all who attend our schools to build lives of genuine meaning, purpose, and service in the
world they will inherit.

Submission Information
Episcopal will offer a competitive salary and good benefits for this position. Digital applications are
preferred and welcomed at [email protected]. Please include an employment application, cover
letter, and resume. Application materials can also be sent to Sarah Foret, Episcopal School of Baton
Rouge, 3200 Woodland Ridge Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70816.

Episcopal School of Baton Rouge is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to a policy of
nondiscrimination in employment upon any basis, including race, color, religion, sex, gender identity,
sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability, genetic information,
political affiliation or military service.