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Fifth Grade Teacher

Job in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, 45236, USA
Listing for: The Greater Cincinnati School Application Consortium
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-20
Job specializations:
  • Education / Teaching
    Elementary School, Teacher Assistant/ Paraprofessional
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: 2026-2027 Fifth Grade Teacher
Position Type:
Elementary School Teaching/Elementary Grades

Date Posted:
12/16/2025

Location:
Rockwern Academy

Date Available:
08/03/2026

Closing Date:
07/31/2026

District:
Rockwern Academy

Rockwern Academy, Cincinnati's pluralistic Jewish Day School, is looking for a fifth grade teacher for the 2026 - 2027 school year.

Who are we?

Our mission is to expand minds, celebrate Judaism, nurture community, and commit to building a better world. An exceptional student-teacher ratio allows us to value each student as a true individual, discovering what gives them their inner spark. The school serves toddlers through eighth graders.

Qualified applicants will have a bachelor's degree (MA preferred), relevant teaching credentials (or be eligible to receive credentials), and teaching experience in the elementary grades.

Knowledge of Judaism is not required, and candidates of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. All candidates should be eligible to work in the United States.

Who are you?

You are an educator who can teach core academic subjects (math, ELA, social studies, science) while inspiring a love of learning. You create a classroom environment that is nurturing, playful, and focused on academic success as well as social-emotional development. Your passion is providing engaging and differentiated instruction according to best practices. You see the value of maintaining open lines of communication with parents, administrators, and colleagues.

And, you act as a professional who is committed to the success of Rockwern Academy and its students.


Reporting relationship

The position is responsible to the principal.

Responsibilities

Instruction
  • Create and maintain a safe, organized, fair, effective, and inviting classroom that reflects the teacher's awareness of students' physical, social, and intellectual development and needs
  • Prepare, submit, and follow weekly lesson plans that mirror the curriculum and support desired learning, adapting as appropriate
  • Manage classroom behavior in a positive and supportive manner
  • Present curricular material in a clear, fresh, and relevant manner, using a variety of media, activities, and groupings
  • Actively seek ways to integrate curricula across disciplines
  • Prepare and maintain materials and supplies that enhance learning
  • Design realistic and age-appropriate units and long-term assignments that support the curriculum and enhance students' development and learning
  • Individualize instruction to meet students' needs:
    • Learn students' preferred learning modalities, current understandings, and skill level
    • Actively seek ways to implement Responsive Classroom components of Morning Meeting, Guided Discovery, and Academic Choice*
    • Work to close gaps in learning
    • Seek additional resources
    • Encourage students to help one another
    • Create time to work individually with children
  • Design assessments that are reasonable and valid measures of student progress and understanding
  • Demonstrate consistency in grading and return graded materials promptly
  • Use assessment results to improve/refine instructional practice
  • Communication
  • Post relevant, accurate, and timely information to Rockwern's Learning Management System
  • Provide bi-weekly communication to parents that highlights subject area content
  • Contribute, when asked, to the weekly school e-newsletter or other communication or marketing vehicles
  • Professionalism
  • Suggest improvements in curriculum, assessment, policies, practices, etc.
  • Attend required events and other extra-curricular activities and PTO functions when possible
  • Assume responsibility for personal professional development, exhibiting commitment to lifelong learning
    • Use an Individualized Professional Development Plan to communicate goals and objectives
    • Seek out and attend workshops, seminars, etc. that contribute to professional goals and enhance practice
    • Maintain all pertinent documentation relevant to Rockwern Academy's required eight hours of professional development yearly and for state licensure, if applicable
  • Demonstrate commitment to teamwork and collegiality by helping others and accepting suggestions for improvement

  • * Teachers are expected to base their practice on the principles of Responsive Classroom. However, it is…
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