PENDING BOARD APPROVAL

This position is being made available for the 2018-19 school year ONLY, to cover a teacher leave of absence.

Social Studies Teacher

Carbondale Middle School is looking for a full-time social studies teacher and crew leader for the 2018-2019 school year.  

This teacher will teach four core classes focusing on critical thinking and reasoning, collaboration with others, informational literacy, and diversity (21st century skills).

Candidates must have a have a firm grasp of standards-based instruction and backward design principles with the skills to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of all students.  He/she should be able to employ strategies that make social studies accessible, engaging, and challenging.  They should also have knowledge of best practice of reading and writing in the content area.

In addition to teaching social studies, this teacher will be a crew leader for a group of students over the course of the year.  As crew leader the teacher serves as a student advocate, acts as the primary contact point between parents and the school, creates meaningful relationships and experiences, and monitors and supports student progress both academically and socially through engaging activities and lessons that promote strong character skills.

Carbondale Middle School is a diverse school community in the center of the beautiful Roaring Fork Valley. We have a strong, supportive team, great surrounding community and a small school (330 kids) with a personal touch. For more information about our school culture and environment, you can check out our TELL Survey results (Go to www.tellcolorado.org/results).  The Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning (TELL) Colorado survey is an anonymous statewide survey of licensed, school-based educators to assess teaching conditions at the school, district and state level.