ABOUT ST. ANNE’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL

St. Anne’s Episcopal School is a vibrant, independent, preschool-8th grade co-educational school located in the heart of the Denver metro area, serving approximately 450 students. Our school culture fosters a sense of belonging and community, builds character, and pursues academic scholarship, all rooted in our values of curiosity, humility, faith, compassion, and service. We are a supportive community that provides a program where students can thrive academically, athletically, spiritually, artistically, emotionally, and socially.   We build character and integrity upon a spiritual, moral, and ethical foundation and strive to foster the development of people who make significant and lasting contributions to society.

MISSION

Grounded in our founding values, we cultivate a community of curious and compassionate learners who are inspired to serve and enrich our world.

VALUES

Community, Curiosity, Faith, Compassion, Humility

POSITION DESCRIPTION

St. Anne’s Episcopal School has  an opening for a long-term Substitute Teacher for our  Design Thinking and Innovations program. 

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPECTATIONS

• Teach the  developmentally appropriate and innovative Middle School curriculum to grades 6-8 whose objectives are based on current national standards for computational thinking, coding, robotics, digital fabrication, physical computing, and digital citizenship.

• Supervise and support the Vex Robotics Team that meets during Elective period. 

• Update Canvas course class pages, grades, and end-of-trimester comments. 

• Possibly serve as an advisor for 6th-grade advisory.

• Fulfill other duties as assigned such as lunch, recess, and study hall supervision.

• Teach with a focus on developing skills that encourage personal productivity, creativity, critical thinking, coding and collaboration in the classroom and in daily life. 

• Contribute to community-wide needs. 

IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor's degree in STEM or Elementary Education

• 3+ years of experience teaching elementary and/or middle school students; specifically in areas of design thinking, problem based learning, engineering design process, STEM/STEAM, robotics, computer science or technology

• Flexible mindset and ability to bring innovative approaches to identifying and solving problems

• Experience exploring and piloting new technologies

• Creative and energetic teaching strategies and good classroom management skills

• Strong initiative and organizational skills

• Willingness to develop one's own knowledge and skills through professional development.

• Ability to work and communicate effectively and efficiently with and within a culturally diverse student body, staff, and community.

• A firm understanding of differentiated instruction, 21st century skills, 3D printing, coding, emerging technologies, MakerSpaces and project-based learning. 

• Strong references that convey your teaching abilities, connection with students, and mastery of computer science and technology

• A love and enthusiasm for using technology and working with a computer

St. Anne’s Episcopal School is committed to creating a supportive learning environment where all individuals are valued for their uniquecontributions and are able to achieve their highest potential. We strongly believe that a diverse and inclusive environment is the best learning environment for our students and prepares them to live, work, and thrive in an increasingly global and multicultural community. We reject all prejudice, particularly those based on race, national and ethnic origin, religion, socioeconomic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and physical characteristics.

St. Anne’s believes that each individual is entitled to equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, gender or gender identity, national origin, age, sexual orientation, ancestry, disability genetic information, veteran status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local anti-discrimination laws.  The school’s equal employment opportunity practices extend to recruitment, hiring, selection, compensation, benefits, transfer, promotional opportunities, training, discipline, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment.

SALARY RANGE & BENEFITS 

$235/ per day

There are no benefits associated with this assignment

Interested candidates can send their cover letter, resume, Philosophy of Education statement, and list of references to Rene Reynolds, Director of Human Resources, at [email protected]