History Teacher - High School

Position:                US History Teacher

Reports to:            Head of School

Position Status:   Part-time - 40%

Summary

The Marin School, an independent college-preparatory high school in San Rafael, California, seeks a part-time candidate to work collaboratively in its Humanities Department to teach Geography and US History or Gov’t Econ.   

The US History Teacher will design and teach some or all of the following courses: Geography, US History, Government/Economics.

Geography

This course focuses on the profound role that geography plays in shaping our world. Students analyze the relationship between physical and human geography through the study of demography, cartography, history, and modern cultural phenomena of the major global regions, including North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. They discover the links between regions and the characteristics that make them culturally and physically unique. The class is conducted in seminar format. Key skills emphasized include writing, speaking, presenting, and researching.

United States History

This seminar-style course focuses on discussion of the major turning points in American history from the pre-colonial era to the present. The first half of the course looks at the events that shaped America as a nation before the 1900s; the westward expansion; the transformation brought about as a result of the Industrial Revolution; the Civil War and its economic; social, and political ramifications for the United States as an emerging world power; and the rise of big business and the industrialists, coupled with the impact of immigration on the U.S. The second half includes the Progressive Era, WWI, the Jazz Age and the 1920s, the Great Depression and the New Deal, WW II, the Civil Rights Era, and finally, the role of the US as a superpower and the problems inherent with that authority. Prerequisite: Modern World History.

Gov’t/ Economics

This elective course introduces students to the language, tools, and concepts of macroeconomics and microeconomics. Topics include scarcity, supply and demand, business structures, economic systems, GDP, fiscal and monetary policy, and international trade. The class engages in a stock market simulation and several projects involving research and presentations. Classes operate in a seminar format, with students discussing and applying concepts from the text or additional readings. Prerequisite: United States History.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• Adapt the curriculum to the needs of neurodiverse students with varying abilities, and be able to accommodate students with a variety of learning profiles.
• Maintains strong, professional relationships with colleagues in an environment where listening, critical thought, respectful debate and compromise is essential.
• Communicates proactively, in a timely fashion, with parents about student progress.
• Collaborates with other members of the faculty, administration, and staff on experiential, interdisciplinary, and community-based opportunities that add to the school community.
• Participates in all faculty and staff meetings.
• Supervises and/or participates in occasional non-academic activities such as lunch supervision, chaperone for dances, overnight trips and service days