Job Description: 

Brookline High School is looking for a thoughtful, dynamic, and collaborative English teacher who loves working with teenagers. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in literature and writing, and will have the teaching skills to reach students across a wide academic spectrum, grades 9-12. Members of underrepresented groups and all persons committed to diversity and inclusive excellence are strongly encouraged to apply.

 

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Demonstrating  appropriate long and short-term preparation for classroom instruction
• Holding high expectations for all students and serving as a facilitator of student learning
• Organizing and using a variety of teaching techniques, strategies, materials, and technology to maximize the learning of each child, individually and in group settings
• Assessing student progress, providing students and parents with specific feedback, and using the results to adjust instruction as needed
• Providing opportunities for academic support and challenge
• Taking responsibility for teaching the district learning expectations as outlined in the curriculum documents
• Demonstrating  an understanding of how knowledge in the subject areas is created, organized, and linked to other disciplines and life experiences
• Keeping  abreast of current developments in the field and continue to deepen understanding of the discipline(s)
• Establishing and maintaining a functional, attractive, orderly, and safe classroom environment that is conducive to student learning and builds a sense of community 

Requirements Qualifications:

• Knowledge about the developmental needs of adolescents
• Ability to present the curriculum using an inquiry approach
• An academic background in reading and writing
• Ability to differentiate instruction and assess learning using a variety of methods
• A strong foundation in student-centered pedagogy 
• Bachelor's Degree
• Major or minor in the content area 
• DESE certification, 9-12 English
• SEI endorsement 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree
• Experience with teaching high school

The Public Schools of Brookline is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute through their teaching or practice to the diversity and excellence of the PSB community.

The Public Schools of Brookline is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.  Members of underrepresented groups and all persons committed to diversity and inclusive excellence are strongly encouraged to apply.