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Grade 3 Homeroom Teacher in Inquiry
Manglares Discovery School
Playa Venao, Panama
Negotiable for right candidate
Negotiable for right candidate
Start December 2024
11 months
1
- Elementary
- Licensed Teacher, Director/Principal
- Bachelor
- 2 years of teaching experience
- Education, Psychology, or related field
- Teaching Credential/License
Qualifications:
Teaching License: A valid teaching license for the appropriate age group (typically ages 3-12) is essential.
Dispositions:
- Inquiry-Based Learning Experience: You should be passionate about inquiry-based learning. This involves guiding students to ask questions, explore topics, and develop knowledge through investigation. IB experience is a plus
- Student-Centered Approach: The teaching approach must revolve around students being active participants in their learning. You'll need to be adept at creating engaging lessons that empower students to take ownership of their education.
- Transdisciplinary Skills: You should be comfortable creating connections between different subjects and fostering a holistic understanding in students, encouraging learning across disciplines.
- Global Citizenship: We emphasize international mindedness and fostering global citizens. You should be comfortable integrating global perspectives and intercultural understanding into your lessons.
- Differentiation: You should have some experience differentiating instruction to cater to individual student needs and learning styles.
- Assessment: Experience at assessing student learning through formative and summative assessments that go beyond traditional tests.
- Collaboration: You should be comfortable working with colleagues, parents, and the wider community to create a strong learning environment.
- Passion for Learning: A love for learning is contagious! Being a lifelong learner yourself will set a positive example for your students.
- Strong Communication Skills: Effective communication is instrumental in guiding students through inquiry, providing feedback, and collaborating with others.
Negotiable for the right candidate.
Grade 3 Homeroom Teacher in Inquiry - Driven Nature School
We are looking for adventurous, fun, and creative teachers to join us!
Manglares Discovery School is a private microschool in its sixth year, set at a secluded, natural jungle campus. Our students range from age 3 to age 13 and the school serves the nearby beach community of Playa Venao.
The area offers much potential in terms of inquiry extensions. For example, the campus is home to a waterfall; we get almost daily visits from three species of monkeys and other birds and animals. The local community has various interesting cultural traditions.
We started with a single, early-education classroom, but have since expanded into elementary grades. We are now looking for a lead teacher to bring the inquiry-driven spirit to the Grade 3 classroom.
Our teachers bring diverse perspectives and love engaging with the children. The candidate(s) must embrace positive discipline, be open-minded and willing to adapt and incorporate various learning tools, pay attention to the student’s learning needs & interests, lead discussions, inspire collaboration and reflection, and model a love of learning. The candidate(s) must have experience being in a classroom and display familiarity with teaching phonics and grade-level math.
If you believe in developing the whole child, love working with children, believe that life is an adventure, love nature, believe in the hidden potential of children, and want to try working at a growing school in a tropical location, this position might be a great fit for you!
The position requires relocation to rural Panama. Playa Venao is often regarded as the surfing capital of Panama with consistent year-round waves. The candidate(s) must be willing to adjust to a new environment & culture (a slower pace of life) and enjoy nature (or learn to embrace it)
The class size ranges from 8 to 15 children. Our school is focused on developing the whole child; academic as well as social and emotional well-being.
Our Philosophy
We believe that every child wants to and can learn.
When children find meaning in learning, they are motivated and challenged, and take ownership of their learning.
We value every child as an individual. Our children have diverse learning needs and bring with them a wide range of experiences, beliefs, knowledge, and skills. We adapt our teaching pace, approaches, and assessment practices to be effective and appropriate for where the child is in development.
We believe that learning takes place in caring and safe environments. We cultivate positive teacher-student and peer relationships so that there is a culture of care and mutual respect in our classrooms, where children learn to appreciate diversity. They are encouraged to take risks, learn from their mistakes and one another, and be confident in expressing their views.
Learning takes place individually and collaboratively, as children construct and co-construct meaning from knowledge and experiences. We guide learners to activate prior knowledge and assimilate and accommodate new knowledge through exploration and interaction with others. This allows them to build a strong foundation of knowledge by connecting new ideas and experiences with what they already know, thus facilitating the understanding of concepts and the application of what they have learned to different contexts.
We believe in developing thinking skills and dispositions in our learners. To do this, we guide them to construct, interpret, and evaluate knowledge from different perspectives. We help learners understand that by thinking about their thinking, they can monitor, assess, and improve their learning.
Assessment is integral to the learning process and helps children become self-directed learners. As such, we design assessments with clarity of purpose, to provide our learners and us with feedback to address learning gaps and improve teaching practices.
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