1st Grade Teacher at Connect Community Charter School

About the Employer

Connect builds a diverse, inclusive, and intellectually stimulating learning environment and emphasizes the cognitive and social emotional skills to inspire intellectually and emotionally intelligent problem-solvers. Our Mission and Vision are supported by five core values: Opportunity, Empathy, Discovery, Perseverance, and Community.

Job Summary

Job Summary

Connect Community Charter School is a charter school in Redwood City with a mission to prepare students to be self-aware, responsible, life-long learners, motivated to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world. We are seeking an educator who will make the commitment to teach with determination, integrity and purpose, embodying these essential qualities: Committed to Connect's mission, vision, and core values. Able to instruct and sustain a progressive curricular model in a diverse school setting Reflective, self-aware and adaptable A critical thinker and problem solver who takes initiative Connect’s instructional model is grounded in approaches that allow children to learn and grow in ways that suit them best including: · Inquiry-based learning: Through inquiry, students have the chance to learn about topics in depth, while teachers make sure children demonstrate true understanding · Integrated Social-Emotional development: Children learn empathy, team-building, problem-solving, and communication skills. · Multiple ways to learn: Classrooms will include movement, creative arts, play, intentional humor, and other approaches that promote academic mastery. · Personalization: Teachers will use differentiated instructional practices to ensure all students achieve. Connect is also committed to training teachers in SEL and PBL/Inquiry-based pedagogy, as well as in teachers' personal goals. Our small staff works closely together to support students and each other and to participate in our shared governance model.

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