Position Type:
High School Teaching/Social Studies - History

Date Posted:
3/22/2023

Location:
Fairchild Wheeler Inter-District Magnet Campus

Date Available:
23-24 School Year

Closing Date:
Open Until Filled

2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR

BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
45 Lyon Terrace, Room 310
Bridgeport, CT 06604

SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER
Fairchild Wheeler High School Campus
ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, RESEARCH & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Located in Fairchild Wheeler Park, a campus has been developed consisting of three small, but highly focused, learning communities, each of which will provide students with a STEM-based curriculum rich with relevance and correlation to existing and emerging careers. The academic character of this multi-magnet campus will reflect the region's socioeconomic strengths and incorporate challenging and innovative science, mathematics and technology projects to serve as vehicles for teaching and learning advanced academic and social skills.

Zoological Science, Research and Biotechnology High School
Science for research in partnership with Beardsley Zoo and local universities on the study of amphibians, for example, will be a focus. Curriculum will be designed to heighten an awareness of the environment and to stimulate a passion to develop solutions for environmental preservation. Use of the school's natural settings will enhance laboratory and classroom instruction.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Establishes and (as necessary) adjusts instructional goals and objectives, to reflect district/school goals, curriculum policies, and the knowledge, skills, progress, and needs of one's students.
2. Designs lessons that provide opportunity for problem-solving, creativity, and communication skills in relation to authentic, real world problems.
3. Establishes and maintains standards for behavior that foster student self-discipline and positive relationships among students.
4. Commits to on-going professional development in content area and pedagogy.
5. Plans learning activities to address individual differences among students.
6. Develops, administers, and evaluates quality formative and summative assessments that reflect a balance of content knowledge and problem-solving skills.
7. Monitors and evaluates students' progress in relation to district/school curriculum policies and other planned goals and objectives.
8. Encourages, secures and maintains the involvement of parents and other community members in support of instruction.
9. Involves parents in the assessment of their children's progress and needs.
10. Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Required Connecticut certification: Social Studies (026). Master's degree preferred.
2. Three years' successful teaching experience in an urban setting preferred.
3. Experience in the use of educational technology.
4. Excellent oral and written communication and human relations skills.

Salary will be in accordance with the BEA contract salary agreement.

Qualified candidates who wish to apply should access the Bridgeport Public Schools' Applitrack system: https://www.applitrack.com/bridgeport/onlineapp

"The Bridgeport Board of Education is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer."