Khan Lab School Middle School History Teacher

WHAT YOU’LL DO

To support our growing program, Khan Lab School seeks a talented educator who possess a thorough knowledge of blended learning environments and understands the vision and goal of our model. By creating an integrated middle school humanities program, candidates should be able to integrate topics from ancient civilizations through modern world history as well as geography that includes an exploration of relevant literature. This person will also be responsible for the overall advising of a cohort of middle school students, all of whom are working at their own pace.
 

Roles and Responsibilities

• Commit to building a community of student-centered educators by making regular contributions to be shared publicly, including curriculum, best practices, and research findings.
• Collaborate with researchers, designers, technologists, and other educators to design and refine an innovative model for school education.
• Curate world-class middle school level learning experiences using best practices, based on experience and research.
• Create and deliver on-line learning through Canvas
• Provide personalized support to an assigned advisory cohort, working one-on-one or in small groups with students.
• Meet each student at least once a week to set, monitor, and evaluate progress on goals (e.g. tutoring, mentoring, reflection, feedback, goal setting).
• Collect and reflect on student data; adjust and advise instruction accordingly.
• Communicate consistently and frequently with students and their parents and supervisor about students’ goals and progress, take in feedback and address any questions or concerns directly, positively and in a timely manner.
• Support students in collaboration with their teachers in developing a strong foundational knowledge in core skills (reading, writing, math, foreign language and digital literacy).
• Lead and design experiential, project-based learning activities for the class by using global resources to create an experience that’s relevant and real-world for a mixed-age setting.
• Design assessments for learning congruent with instructional and personalized learning goals using the backwards design model, in collaboration with specialists.
• Embed competencies in projects (e.g., cognitive skills and character strengths, global citizenship, creation, purpose and deeper learning competencies).
• Determine students’ academic and social emotional learning objectives and ensure that they’re met.
• Use the resources of the city and community to create an education that is relevant.
• Organize and prepare resources, field trips, guest speakers connected to the students’ learning.
• Participate in rotating lunch, recess, and study hall duties.
• Write progress reports, attend open houses and orientation trips, and participate in other school related events.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

Skills and Capabilities

The ideal candidates should possess many of the following qualifications:

• Five+ years of experience teaching history, or humanities in a middle school or working with middle school students in an out-of-school time environment.
• Master’s Degree (preferred) or a Bachelor’s Degree.
• Prior experience with developing project-based learning activities.
• Prior experience teaching in an online environment using Zoom.
• Prior experience using an LMS in an online environment, preferably Canvas.
• Prior experience developing curriculum in an online environment,
• Experience working in best-practices blended learning environments.
• Prior experience leading or participating in curriculum development.
• Prior experience with demonstrated academic results incorporating social emotional learning into student experiences.
• Strong interpersonal skills with high energy and sense of humor.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and willingness to actively contribute to continuous evolution of the school.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Attention to detail and the ability to respond quickly to time sensitive requests.
• Ability to multitask, provide immediate assistance, and prioritize.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Work collaboratively and independently with little direct supervision.