Middle School Creative Technologies Teacher

St. Catherine's School is an Episcopal day school in Richmond, Virginia, founded in 1890 enrolling 946 girls age 3 through grade 12. Located on a 16-acre campus in the western part of the city, St. Catherine's core values include pursuing academic excellence, developing character, nurturing spiritual growth, celebrating individuals, and building community.

St. Catherine's School provides a rigorous education that prepares girls with diverse perspectives for a lifetime of learning, leadership, and service in a global community.

Position Overview

St. Catherine’s School seeks a motivated and dynamic educator who can work collaboratively to help design and facilitate innovative learning opportunities for Middle School girls in creative technologies to include computer science, coding, robotics, new media, and digital literacy. Primary responsibilities include teaching Creative Technologies classes for all girls in grades five through eight to help them grow as innovative designers, computational thinkers, and responsible digital citizens. The teacher will provide a positive, safe, and supportive environment for Middle School girls to build skills and confidence in STEM. The ideal candidate will build strong relationships with students, contribute to the overall life of the school, and assist with the organization and preparation of students for First Lego League Robotics competitions.

Supervisor: Director of Innovation and Educational Technology & Middle School Head

Position Status: Salaried, exempt, full-time, regular, 9-month

Hours of Work: Standard work week. Evening and weekend work may be required.

Note: This position description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work to be performed by employees within this classification. This position description should not be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties and responsibilities required or assigned to an employee in this position. Nothing contained in this position description restricts St. Catherine’s School’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this position at any time.

Requirements

REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Flexible mindset and ability to bring innovative approaches to identifying and solving problems
• Bachelor's degree in Education, STEM, or a related field
• Strong initiative and organizational skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of digital fabrication tools including laser cutters and 3D printers
• Experience developing engaging STEM projects for a variety of learners
• Experience teaching Middle School students; specifically in areas of technology, computer science, or design
• Curiosity to explore and pilot new technologies
• Experience coaching First Lego League Robotics teams desired (training available)
• Experience or interest in teaching at a Girls school
• Creative and energetic teaching strategies and good classroom management skills

Essential Responsibilities

• Other duties as assigned
• Prepare Middle School robotics teams for competitions through robotics classes
• Foster an equitable and inclusive educational environment
• Serve as a grade-level advisor
• Teach Creative Technologies classes for students in grades 5 through 8
• Collaborate with the Innovation team in the development and facilitation of the overall Creative Technologies/Computer Science curriculum and innovative programming across all three divisions (Lower, Middle, and Upper School)
• Professional experience and/or a personal commitment to increasing understanding of topics and initiatives related to diversity, access, equity, and belonging

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to sit; stand; walk; use hands to manipulate, handle and feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl; talk and hear; engage in moderately strenuous physical activity both indoors and out; and smell. The employee may occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Ability to become CPR and First Aid Certified.

TRAVEL

Occasional overnight and out-of-area travel may also be required for special events.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

St. Catherine’s School does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, or national and ethnic origin in the administration of its hiring practices. St. Catherine’s School is committed to providing an inclusive educational environment. We actively engage students, families, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds and experiences. Our School community respects the differences in ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. Consistent with the School’s mission, St. Catherine’s fosters in our students, and experts from all others, respect for the dignity and wholeness of every person. For more information about the school’s Access, Equity and Belonging please follow this link https://www.st.catherines.org/about/access-equity-and-belonging.

Benefits

St. Catherine’s School offers a highly competitive compensation package for this full-time position with benefits to include excellent health plan options, retirement benefits, exhaustive professional development and networking opportunities as well as state-of-the art facilities.