What are the responsibilities and job description for the History Teacher position at GANN ACADEMY - THE NEW JEWISH HIGH?
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Description
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ABOUT GANN: Gann Academy is a pluralistic Jewish high school that challenges students to cultivate their talents and interests in all areas of human potential: intellectual, artistic, spiritual, and physical. Our faculty, comprised of Jewish and non-Jewish educators, facilitates the student journey. We seek teachers committed to collaborating and growing in their teaching practice, supporting diverse learners in the classroom, and connecting with students outside the school, both formally and informally.
Gann Academy is committed to building an inclusive workplace culture where talented people of widely diverse backgrounds can thrive. We believe including diverse perspectives will improve our work and produce better societal and learning outcomes for all. All employees participate in this commitment, internally, in building a welcoming workplace culture, or externally, in ensuring inclusive engagement with families and other community members.
Perhaps most of all, Gann offers a community of intelligent, collaborative, and compassionate professionals who care about their work, school, and colleagues. We help one another learn, solve problems, and have fun. |
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ABOUT OUR TEAM: Our Humanities division consists of talented professionals who demonstrate exceptional commitment to instructing and engaging students in studying English, History, and World Languages. Gann’s outstanding faculty sharpens our students’ intellects, challenging them to become analytical, creative, empathetic, and out-of-the-box thinkers. Here at Gann, we guide our students to answer the question in our motto, “WHO WILL YOU BECOME?” |
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ABOUT THE POSITION: Gann Academy seeks candidates for a full-time, in-person History teaching position for the 2024-2025 school year. Responsibilities will include leading our standard-level U.S. History program, focusing on civic engagement, close reading, analytical argument, historical thinking, and content knowledge, and teaching three History sections each semester.
Successful candidates will have a passion for History education, a strong background in classroom teaching, curriculum design, and pedagogy, and a commitment to collaborating, reflecting, and growing in their teaching practice. Proven experience in teaching History through a case study approach, as well as in adapting and documenting curriculum, is desirable. Personal qualities such as creativity, curiosity, perseverance, and flexibility are essential, as are practical communication skills with students and families.
This is an in-person, full-time position starting in August 2024 and will report to the Director of Humanities. The salary range is between $55,000 and $90,000 annually, commensurate with relevant work experience and qualifications.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Teaching Duties:
Community Involvement & Engagement:
Collaborative Responsibilities
Professional Development, Growth, and Training
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Qualifications
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS:
- Competitive salaries
- Professional development
- Comprehensive benefits package featuring generous paid time off policies -including sick time, paid vacation, personal days, and U.S. holidays. Gann employees get up to 15 days off for Jewish Holidays, depending on the Jewish Calendar
- Short Fridays
- Comprehensive Health Insurance
- Retirement Plan Match (403B) starting immediately!
- Hungry? Gann has a full-service kosher dairy dining hall complete with a fresh salad bar and multiple hot meal options
- Free parking!
- Fitness facilities for our faculty and staff
- Life Insurance
- Short - and Long-term disability
WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Physical demands include dexterity for office machine/supply operation, including but not limited to computers, telephones, electronic calculators, copy machines, and printers. Stooping, bending, reaching for files or supplies, and sitting or standing for extended periods are common.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Gann Academy is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the school to prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants, without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression), and pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or veteran status.
ACCOMMODATION
External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, must be able to perform the essential job functions (as listed) either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined by management on a case-by-case basis.
E-VERIFY
This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot ensure that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.
Salary : $55,000 - $90,000