World Course Teacher - Grades 6-8, Upper Division

Avenues•New York, NY

1d•$72,000 - $112,433

About The Position

The World Course at Avenues draws on the disciplines of history and the social sciences to help students understand the challenges and opportunities of the world around them--and the context for those challenges. It is uniquely focused on preparing future leaders to tackle global-scale problems. A core academic program at Avenues, the World Course asks students to understand the world through a variety of lenses. Students examine the cultures, behaviors, successes, and conflicts among and between people, and explore the root causes and results of human interactions with other humans, with ideas, and with the environment. World Course teachers guide students to become informed, skilled, and empathic agents of change. We introduce students to key civilizations, movements, and forces that have shaped our past, and we help them explore the great issues and challenges facing our local and global communities today. Through a range of approaches--including historical thinking skills, design thinking, and project-based work across multiple disciplines--we equip students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to make a difference in the world. More broadly, all teachers at Avenues: ensure students achieve key learning outcomes by targeting instruction to address individual student needs collaboratively plan discipline-based and interdisciplinary units and projects using backwards design frameworks, such as Understanding by Design co-construct with students a classroom environment that establishes high standards, fosters a sense of belonging, and upholds our founding values of welcome, safety, and respect practice cultural competence in the classroom and workplace inspire trust and confidence among guardians and families through regular, proactive communication contribute to the broader community of our NYC campus

Requirements

several years of teaching experience and an exemplary track record of student learning
strong content knowledge in one or more of the following: world history, American history, social studies, and current events
proficiency in backwards planning and lesson design frameworks, such as Understanding by Design
experience with, or interest in, interdisciplinary, project-based teaching
intellectual curiosity and the humility to reflect on, and continually grow in, your teaching practice
commitment to creating a culture of equity and inclusion
a strong sense of personal responsibility for the success of every student

Responsibilities

ensure students achieve key learning outcomes by targeting instruction to address individual student needs
collaboratively plan discipline-based and interdisciplinary units and projects using backwards design frameworks, such as Understanding by Design
co-construct with students a classroom environment that establishes high standards, fosters a sense of belonging, and upholds our founding values of welcome, safety, and respect
practice cultural competence in the classroom and workplace
inspire trust and confidence among guardians and families through regular, proactive communication
contribute to the broader community of our NYC campus