Job Description
Green Hedges School seeks an experienced middle school math teacher for the 2025 - 2026 school year.  Green Hedges is a private independent preschool through Grade 8 school with approximately 190 students in Vienna, VA, fourteen miles west of Washington, DC. 

Requirements: 

A successful candidate will have: 

• Undergraduate degree (masters preferred) in math, science, education or a related field
• Minimum of 2 - 5 years of related teaching experience
• A high level of energy and good time management skills
• Initiative and collaborative skills. 

Math & ScienceTeacher Responsibilities: 

• Implement developmentally appropriate curriculum and instruction, which encourages students to be actively engaged in the learning process, using Green Hedges’ Mission and Curriculum Overview as guides. 
• Teach a combination of classes in science and math (Grades 4 & 5 science, Grades 6 & 7 pre-algebra, and co-teach Grade 4 math).
• Teach puberty and health curriculum to Grades 4 & 5.
• Build students’ enthusiasm for and understanding of science concepts, content and spirit of inquiry through hands-on learning and discovery. 
• Create positive learning communities within the classroom that acknowledge and respect children’s social and emotional interactions and growth.
• Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of a variety of students with different learning styles as well as areas of strength and weakness.
• Build on an expanding knowledge of how children learn best.
• Work diligently and promptly to maintain positive and constructive home-school communication.
• Employ a variety of teaching methods to ensure optimal learning for all students.
• Conduct parent-teacher conferences.
• Co-lead Math Meets, prepare students and attend the Math Meets
• Commitment to DEIJB initiatives.
• Maintain curriculum maps.
• Use assessment and evaluation tools to guide instructional decisions; maintain accurate, up-to-date records and communicate results to students, parents and appropriate others in a timely manner with regard to student progress and performance.

General Responsibilities:

• Middle School Advisor
• Perform professional duties efficiently, manage resources effectively, and meet deadlines and meeting schedules set by the School.
• Attend and participate in faculty meetings and department meetings.
• Perform professional duties as assigned by the Head of School or the Assistant Head of School.  These duties include but are not limited to recess duty, lunch duty, field trips, and overnight trips, and dismissal duty.

Reports to: Head of School, Assistant Head of School

Interested candidates should submit

 1) letter of interest, 2) three references and 3) resume to:  

hr@greenhedges.org

Green Hedges School is committed to equal employment opportunity. The School does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or physical or mental disability.

About Green Hedges School

All children embark on their own educational journeys brimming with potential, informed by nature, and nurtured through personal experience. We believe each journey is better and more nourishing if, during these formative years, it takes place within a deeply-connected and diverse community. Such a community provides children a supportive, physically- and emotionally-safe environment where they become confident learners who take risks and actively engage in their world. Green Hedges is this community.

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