Lower School Grade 4 Teacher - 2024-25

Indian Creek School is an independent, co-ed day school in which 560 students age 3 to Grade 12 partner with innovative teachers in an outstanding educational program. Located on a beautiful, 114-acre campus in Crownsville, Maryland (just north of Annapolis), ICS students are nurtured and known as individuals while being challenged to discover their passions, purpose, and potential. The School's vision statement reads: Indian Creek is the premier independent school in the Annapolis area where kindness is currency, well-being is priority, and excellence in education is relentlessly pursued. The Indian Creek community is actively committed to diversity, equity, and belonging, and we foster an inclusive environment in which students feel understood, valued, respected, and affirmed. 

ICS seeks faculty and staff who support our mission and values, who are committed to nurturing learners as individuals, and who are looking to join a vibrant community of professionals who are passionate about education. Faculty and staff are offered meaningful opportunities for professional growth. Because we are a small school, every member of our community plays a critical role in making sure the institution lives up to its mission. 

This is a full-time, 10-month position with occasional summer responsibilities, reporting to the Lower School Principal.  Indian Creek School has two fourth grade classrooms with approximately 15 students each.

Responsibilities:  

• Plan and implement the fourth-grade curriculum, including Language Arts, Math, Science or Social Studies, and social and emotional learning. 
• Use pedagogical best practices, learning standards, and assessments to drive student growth and achievement.  
• Create a positive and safe classroom culture and community utilizing best practices in social-emotional learning and culturally responsive teaching.            
• Develop and maintain a strong collaborative relationship with the other fourth-grade homeroom teacher to foster a well-rounded fourth-grade experience for each student.                   
• Maintain positive relationships with students, parents, and staff.
• Supervise students during all aspects of the instructional day, including lunch and recess.
• Communicate regularly with families about students’ academic, social, and emotional growth.  
• Work with the Lower School Principal to ensure high-quality education and the most engaging experience for students. 
• Collaborate with the Lower School Team.
• Maintain positive relationships with students, staff, and parents. 
• Maintain confidentiality with student information and records. 
• Actively engage in the work of innovative teaching, diversity and inclusion, and ongoing professional growth. 
• Actively participate in a professional learning community, including reading and being familiar with relevant professional literature and research, participating in peer coaching, reflection meetings, planning meetings, data meetings, and staff meetings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree (Master’s preferred) 
• Demonstrated experience in elementary education 
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in teaching the reading and writing workshop model for language arts 
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in teaching math using reasoning and problem-solving. 
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in classroom management.  
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with other faculty members. 
• Proficiency in integrating educational technology into instruction. 
• Educational philosophy which aligns with the mission and vision of Indian Creek School 
• Preferred: Experience teaching Singapore Math and Open Court curriculum
• Preferred: Understanding of computational thinking, engineering design, and project based-learning approaches