Fifth Grade Teacher

Job Description:

The Berry College Middle School (BCEMS) invites applications for a fifth-grade teacher to join the faculty beginning August 1, 2024. BCEMS is a private laboratory school on the Berry College campus and operates within the Charter School of Education and Human Sciences. A master teacher leads each class with supervised college-student classroom assistants. BCEMS provides its students, Berry College, and the community with a model of a safe, child-centered learning environment in which students fully develop their potential through a curriculum designed to magnify the education of the head, heart, and hands. The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Georgia Accrediting Commission and is a member of the International Association of Laboratory Schools and the Georgia Independent School Association.

Berry College students majoring in one of its Teacher Education programs have the unique opportunity to work, observe, and teach under the guidance of BCEMS teachers. Students complete assignments at BCEMS throughout their Teacher Education program and have opportunities to observe and receive feedback from supervising teachers and college professors while applying and practicing new and innovative teaching and instructional methods

Primary responsibilities of the Fifth Grade Teacher include planning and collaborating with other Elementary teachers, student teachers, and college instructors utilizing a constructivist model of theory and practice; implementing a challenging curriculum with a focus on application and learning through discovery in a supportive and inclusive learning environment; supervising college student workers, student observers, and student teachers as part of the laboratory school setting; and communicating effectively with BCMES students and families, colleagues, and college students. This is a full-time, salaried position from August 1st to May 31st.

Requirements:

Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree in elementary education and a current Georgia Teaching Certificate in elementary education (P-5). A master's degree is preferred. Candidates should have 3 years of classroom teaching experience.

Additional Information:

ABOUT BERRY COLLEGE

Berry is a selective independent college of 2,200 undergraduate students located adjacent to Rome, GA, midway between Atlanta, GA, and Chattanooga, TN. Berry's educational approach deliberately unites challenging academic programs with practical work experience in a residential campus community that encourages faith and emphasizes caring for the needs of others above self. This commitment to an "education of the head, heart, and hands" remains as relevant today as when our founder instilled this ethic more than a century ago. Nationally recognized for quality of learning and quality of life, Berry offers first-rate undergraduate degree programs in the sciences, humanities, arts, and human sciences, as well as undergraduate and master's level opportunities in business and teacher education. The College's stunning 27,000-acre campus affords opportunities that cannot be duplicated elsewhere. Berry's ongoing commitment is to provide exceptional educational experiences to talented students from a wide range of social, racial, and economic backgrounds.