Middle School Robotics Engineering Teacher

MIDDLE SCHOOL ROBOTICS ENGINEERING TEACHER

SAS is committed to providing each student with an exemplary American educational experience with an international perspective. Central to this work are our school-wide strategic priorities. We are seeking educators who share our passions and who wish to collaborate, innovate, and make a positive difference within the SAS community. The strategic priorities to which we are committed are as follows.
- As a school, strengthen relationships and foster an inclusive culture based on our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
- Educators develop greater expertise in using high quality, culturally responsive practices to plan, teach, and assess.
- Educators, students, and families are prepared to transition to improved or new learning, work and community spaces.
- Educators support students in the key social-emotional learning areas identified by CASEL: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.

**Position Qualifications**
- Dual certification preferred but not required.
- Two to five years of current teaching experience in a similar context or transferable to the posted position.
- Experience with high-quality practices, materials, and instructional strategies connected to our strategic priorities.

**Middle School Responsibilities**
- Strengthen relationships and foster an inclusive culture in all interactions across the community (i.e., colleagues, students, parents).
- Cultivate a caring and culturally responsive learning community in Advisory, as well as the classroom, taking into account physical, emotional, and intellectual well-being of students.
- Identify essential learning and use a planning framework with standards, learning targets, real-world issues, and a culturally responsive curriculum.
- Design quality formative, summative and self-guided assessments that provide students with frequent feedback reports and communicates students’ growth and achievement.
- Plan and implement engaging learning experiences that are inquiry-based, collaborative, culturally responsive, and differentiated.
- Respond to learners' diverse needs using responsive, measurable, and research-informed interventions and extensions.
- Collaborate as a member of a Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) that creates a supportive community, plans curriculum, gives and receives feedback with one another, and engages in professional learning and reflection.
- Design and implement inquiry-based learning experiences in and beyond the classroom to prompt learners to question, investigate, create, and reflect.
- Experience with or interest in co-teaching in a flexible learning environment.
- Integrate technology in innovative ways in daily instruction to enhance learning.
- Engage with students in meaningful activities beyond the classroom that extend student learning experiences (coaching, organizing field trips, sponsorship of clubs, events, overseas travel and/or community service projects, etc.).
- Strive for continuous self-improvement as a life-long learner.

**Role Specific Responsibilities**
- Develop and implement a robust MS robotics engineering curriculum.
- Develop and manage the MS robotic engineering classroom/workspace and associated tools and resources.
- Coordinate with robotics engineering/STEM colleagues to develop/strengthen the SAS K-12 robotics engineering pathway
- Familiarity with MS level robotics competitions (FLL, Vex, VexIQ, etc).
- Oversee/coordinate the after-school robotics programming in the MS.
- Promote, coordinate and supervise participation of MS students in robotics competitions, both internal and external.
- Maker Space experience, including 3D modeling and design software, basic wood/metal working, and 3D printing, highly desirable.
- Digital media skills (graphic design, photography and/or videography), highly desirable.

**Terms of Employment**
Salary and benefits shall be paid consistent with the SAS-approved compensation plan for Teachers.

**Evaluation**
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the
Board’s policy on evaluation of personnel.