Alliance for Catholic Education
Sacred Heart Greenwich has been empowering girls and young women since 1848 in a stimulating and developmentally appropriate educational environment in accordance with the Goals and Criteria of a Sacred Heart education. This mission provides opportunities to develop spiritual, cognitive, social, emotional, and physical skills. Sacred Heart Greenwich integrates technology into the learning process through enhanced collaboration, exploration, discovery, and creativity.
We aim to form students of faith, intellect, and awareness who will use their gifts to serve others. Relationships and mentoring are at the heart of the student experience, which is grounded in student-centered learning, inquiry, problem-solving, interdisciplinary connection, collaboration, and an understanding of social justice. Student leadership and well-being are connected to every academic discipline, as all full-time teachers are also grade-level advisors.
The school offers a coed program for young children at the Barat Center for Early Childhood Education and then an all-girls experience from K-12 on our 110-acre campus in Greenwich, Connecticut. We are proudly part of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools.
We are currently seeking a Middle School History Teacher to join in the vision of our Middle School for the 2025-2026 school year.
Position: Middle School History Teacher
Reports to: Head of Middle School
FLSA Status: Exempt
Job Summary
The Middle School History Teacher is responsible for providing a stimulating and developmentally appropriate educational environment in a way that is in accordance with the Goals and Criteria of a Sacred Heart education and the philosophy that implements it. This philosophy includes providing children with opportunities to develop spiritual, cognitive, social, emotional, and physical skills. The English Teacher has the following responsibilities:
Essential Functions
Teach four sections of Middle School History and be able to teach English if needed
Teach one quarter mini-course
Served as an advisor to a group of Middle School students
Sincere and visible commitment to best critical thinking, reading, writing, and research practices and continued professional development
Willingness to teach flexibly within grades 5-8 and to collaborate with colleagues across disciplines.
Genuine passion for and command of subject matter and enthusiasm for working with middle school students
Experience and demonstrated success in implementing a scaffolded, organized, inquiry-based, student-centered instructional approach
Design of instruction that encourages students to think and write critically, ask questions, reason creatively, and inspires confidence in their own abilities
Instruction encourages curiosity, exploration, and discovery appropriate to the developmental levels and learning styles of the students
Support for all learners through diverse strategies and approaches in a caring classroom environment where students learn and collaborate positively with one another
Proficiency with current educational technology,; facility with electronic communication and learning management systems
Development of formative and summative assessments that portray differentiated approaches to identifying student understanding
Evaluation of student work that exhibits fairness, consistency, and prompt response to student progress
Supportive relationships with students, advisors, parents, and families
Interactions with parents on student's academic progress, social growth, and learning needs at designated times of the year, and meetings with parents as necessary
Engaged participation in the Middle School community, including division and departmental meetings, assigned non-instructional duties, overnight field trips, day trips, and our advisory program
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in education, English, history, or a related field required; master’s degree preferred, and 1-3 years of experience teaching humanities to middle school students. The candidate should be able to provide lesson plans and a portfolio of assignments that reflect current and research-supported educational practices. The candidate should be energetic, approachable, knowledgeable, and eager to participate in a dynamic learning community.
As members of the international network of Sacred Heart schools, we are committed to attracting and retaining faculty with a passion for teaching who demonstrate an active faith, practice a deep respect for intellectual values, promote social awareness, build community, and value personal growth and responsibility. We seek faculty who are committed to all-girl education and who will draw upon current research to maximize student learning. Sacred Heart Greenwich is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes candidates who will enhance the diversity of our community.
Please Apply Online at https://www.shgreenwich.org/about-us/employment