Science Teacher – Middle Division - Bronx, United States - Horace Mann School

Description

Start Date:
August 26, 2024

The Middle Division Science Department is seeking a dynamic, innovative, and dedicated Middle School Science teacher to join our team for the school year.

Our middle school teachers work together to ensure a cohesive, rigorous academic program for our students in Grades 6-8. Candidates should be able to teach a variety of science subjects including astronomy, life science, geology, and physical science. The ability to develop a year-long elective course for our 8th grade classes is also desirable.

Our teachers also serve as advisors, so candidates should also be highly motivated and passionate about making a difference in students' lives.

Middle School teaching experience is desirable, but is not required. The annual salary range for this position is $72,000 to $113,500 based on experience and education.

Horace Mann School is a coeducational, college preparatory independent day school for students from Nursery through grade 12.

The School seeks to stretch the imagination, intellect and insight of its students while developing the moral characteristics that impart identity and purpose.

We recognize as our core values:

the Life of the Mind, Mature Behavior, Mutual Respect, a Secure and Healthful Environment, and a Balance between Individual Achievement and a Caring Community.

These core values guide our decision-making and govern the implementation of our curriculum and programs across all divisions of Horace Mann School.

In addition to its campuses in Manhattan and the Bronx, NY, the School also owns and maintains the John Dorr Nature Laboratory, a comprehensive outdoor education facility on 320 largely wooded acres in Washington, CT.

One of the nation's 10 largest independent day schools, as of September, 2023, the School enrolls 1,795 students from 148 zip codes, representing Manhattan, The Bronx, New Jersey, Westchester and Connecticut.

Slightly less than 52% of students identified as race other than white and/or as Hispanic/Latinx and 2.3% of students identify as international.

Approximately 52% of our students identify as girls and slightly less than 48% of our students identify as boys. A third group expresses a different gender identity. Approximately 15% of our current students receive Financial Aid to attend Horace Mann. Thirty-seven percent of School administrators, teachers, and staff members identified as race other than white and/or as Hispanic/Latinx.

Over the past five years, the School has recorded a 97% annual retention rate for students and a 92% retention rate for all employees.

The school's most recent $125 million bricks and mortar campaign has provided the Middle and Upper Divisions with newly constructed and renovated state of the art science and physical education facilities.

The Middle Division is all about its students and the important transitions facing our students academically, socially, emotionally, and physically.

Highly enriched with endless possibilities, the program is both structured and flexible.

Within a supportive atmosphere, we encourage our students to take risks as they involve themselves in the world around them.

Preparation for enrollment in a rigorous secondary program contributes to both the daily workload, the intensity of the attention to one's studies, the need for students to self-regulate by 8th grade, and the pacing of the academic year.