Woodland Community School seeks a full-time teacher to begin duties in late August 2021. This is an incredible opportunity for a teacher interested in progressive elementary education to work at a school that has been “outside of the box” for almost 20 years. It’s an exciting time to be at Woodland as we explore areas of continued growth as a community of dedicated educators, parents, and students.
Where are we?
Located on Meadowstone Farm in the White Mountains of northern New Hampshire, we thrive in our local landscape and sense of place, spending time outside exploring the natural world. From the “Woods Trail” and “Narnia” on the farm to the White Mountains in our backyard, the natural world is our playground. During Covid, we spent most of the year outside, learning and growing in alternative classrooms, and guess what? We all loved spending even more time outside.
Who are you? At your core, you love working and playing with elementary aged children. You believe that children learn best through self-motivated exploration which makes you a compassionate teacher acting as a guide, a resource, and a facilitator. You participate avidly in each student’s learning process using your keen observation skills and your knowledge of child development. You work hard to be an effective, compassionatecommunicatorand to model this communication for your students. You have a desire to work with a team of teachers in collaboration, trusting you have so much to learn from your team. You are an experiential, progressive educator — or someone with a willingness to learn. In fact, it is your willingness to learn that extends to all you do. You love challenges, thrive in collaborative environments, and balance the gravity and joy of being an educator. You seek a deeply relational and intentionally small community where you will be encouraged and supported to bring your full self to all that you do.
You also ideally possess:
• Experience teaching literacy and mathematics
•Experience facilitating Project Based Learning
•Compassionate Communication preferred.
•BA or BS (Required)
What would I do?
•Collaborate on curriculum development and instruction
•Support students ages 5-14 in projects, activities, pursuits, and challenges
•Explore, teach, play and create outdoors
•Teach literacy and mathematics to a multiage cohort of students
•Facilitate and scaffold project based learning experiences
•Plan and prepare for daily, weekly, and seasonal activities
•Maintain a safe environment for all students and staff at WCS
•Implement Compassionate Communication with students, parents, and staff
•Track and record student progress in observations and narrative writing
•Maintain and execute a Professional Growth Plan and Evaluation Process
•Apply new skills, knowledge, and expertise compliant with Woodland’s mission
If you can see the world through a child’s eyes, send a letter of interest and resume to: woodlandcommunityschool@gmail.com OR Woodland Community School ATTEN: Personnel Committee 809 Brook Road Bethlehem, NH 03574
