Third Grade Teacher in Gillingham

This full‑time, salaried teaching position follows a 9.5‑month schedule, including professional development days (185 days total). The third‑grade teacher will work in a self‑contained classroom and will also take on one extracurricular duty during the school year. Teachers report to the Headmaster.

Position Overview

Instructional leadership of students in a general‑education classroom setting. The teacher will implement the Hillsdale K‑12 classical curriculum, deliver instruction, and conduct assessment to maximize achievement for all students, fostering a safe, respectful, and collaborative learning climate.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate a commitment to classical education and the school's vision, mission, and philosophy.
• Master central concepts, inquiry tools, and the structure of the discipline(s) taught, and convey this knowledge effectively.
• Develop and maintain a climate of openness, fairness, mutual respect, kindness, support, and inquiry.
• Engage every student in grade‑level‑appropriate learning experiences that promote academic, intellectual, and moral development.
• Interact effectively with students, parents, colleagues, leadership, and community members, respecting differing perspectives.
• Model and reinforce good judgment, prudence, virtue, self‑discipline, and responsibility.
• Plan strategically, including course, unit, and lesson plans aligned with the Hillsdale K‑12 scope and sequence.
• Use formal and informal assessment strategies to determine student achievement of high standards, adjusting instruction as needed.
• Create and maintain a safe, secure classroom environment.
• Manage the classroom primarily through established routines and procedures to maintain a positive learning environment.
• Address student misconduct promptly, resolving conflict and crises effectively.
• Maintain a professional development plan and engage in development activities.
• Collaborate with intervention specialists to provide differentiated instruction per student IEP.
• Integrate appropriate technology into teaching, record‑keeping, assessment, evaluation, and performance analysis.
• Demonstrate positive classroom results and trends.
• Perform additional duties as required, such as car line duty, recess duty, or other administrative tasks.
• Coach one sports season or moderate one semester of a club, based on interest and ability.

Qualifications

Core qualifications:

• Commitment to furthering the classical mission and vision of the school.
• Wise judgment and prudent decision‑making skills.
• Understanding of explicit, intensive phonics methodology (e.g., Orton‑Gillingham).
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in elementary education or a primary academic discipline.
• Ohio teacher license (professional, resident educator, or alternative resident educator).
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience working with school‑age children, preferably as a classroom teacher.

Preferred qualities:

• Alignment with the school's organizational values: classical liberal arts education, community partnership, and teaching excellence.
• Commitment to nurturing virtues such as prudence, justice, fortitude, humility, gratitude, perseverance, and compassion in students.

Benefits and Hiring

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. Full‑time employees receive health benefits, paid vacation, personal days, paid holidays, and enrollment in the State Teachers Retirement System. Children of a full‑time employee receive enrollment priority at the time of enrollment. All employees are required to pass background checks.