Upper School English Instructor

Purpose: The Upper School English Instructor is an innovative master teacher and collaborator with a solid background in and passion for teaching Upper School English, utilizing a strong repertoire of tools for teaching students to read closely, think critically, and write in a variety of modes. This teacher will help students read with understanding by providing strategies for engaging with a variety of texts in many genres, both fiction and nonfiction.

The successful candidate will create a classroom with opportunities to use writing as a means of discovery and to lead students in their honing of skills in creative expression, communication, and collaboration. This teacher is also a lifelong learner who welcomes opportunities for professional development and collegial conversation that lead to the development of effective, inquiry-based education in the English classroom.

Essential Functions:

• Teach Upper School English, delivering instruction aligned with ESD’s Mission.
• Provide integral and varied support, planning, oversight, and communication as an academic advisor.
• Offer significant involvement and/or leadership in an extracurricular capacity as a club advisor or athletic coach.
• Participate and engage in professional activities and gatherings at team, departmental, divisional, and school-wide levels.
• Use appropriate technology in support of the curriculum of the twenty-first century global classroom.
• Communicate effectively with students, parents, and colleagues.
• Work closely with colleagues on the school’s curricular initiatives.
• Adheres to policies related to boundaries with students.
• Attends required abuse risk-management training.
• Reports suspicious and inappropriate behaviors.
• Follows mandated abuse-reporting requirements.
• Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling.
• Generally 80% sitting, 10% walking and 10% standing.
• Occasional exposure to outdoor conditions.
• Generally hazard free environment.

The Episcopal School of Dallas The Episcopal School of Dallas is a faith-centered, co-educational, college preparatory, independent day school with students age 3 – Grade 12. The policy of The Episcopal School of Dallas is to recruit, hire, train and promote employees without discrimination based on race, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other status protected by law.

In our recruitment practices, we strive to create a diverse school community whose members embrace the Mission and Vision Statement of the school.

• Bachelor’s degree in English—Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum three years of experience as an Upper School English teacher.
• Proficiency in educational technology and current pedagogical research and practices.
• Commitment to participate broadly in the life of the school.
• Effective interpersonal skills; specifically for interacting with students and faculty members.
• Demonstrated record of effectively differentiating instruction and using instructional technology.
• Experience with school change and ongoing, immersive teacher collaboration.
• Innovative, flexible thinking to meet student needs in a mission-centered classroom.
• Prior experience working with Advanced Placement and/or International Baccalaureate curriculum and objectives preferred.