Clonlara School is seeking a fulltime K5 teacher for the Younger’s program for the 2016/2017 year. Clonlara is an independent K12 school in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We believe in putting students in the center of their own learning through their strengths, talents, interests, and curiosities. Through hands projects and play, students gain communication and leadership skills they can adapt to the real world. We encourage students to take on challenges and discover new ideas by exploring and inventing, and putting these new ideas into action where learning takes place.
The ideal candidate will have these minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education.
- Previous teaching experience in the classroom.
- Preference will be given to the candidate who also has the following qualifications:
- Experience teaching in a project based, student centered, or play based setting.
- Experience teaching in a multi-age classroom.
The K5teacher has the following core responsibilities:
- Sets up classroom environment to stimulate play while being conducive to learning.
- Be an active and engaged participant with the students.
- Create individualized plans based on student needs.
- Plan specific activities that extend learning into the domains of math, language and literacy, science, and social studies.
- Facilitate, mentor, and support each student with planning projects and other tasks.
- Create time in daily for discussion and reflection on shared and individual projects and tasks.
- Coach necessary social skills.
- Assess student progress throughout year and record through quarterly and semester evaluations.
- Maintain constructive communication with parents as often as needed.
- Work collaboratively with a team of teachers.
- Foster community by developing events and programs with the school as a whole.
