Job Title: Lower School Teacher

Department: Lower School

Reports to: Director of Lower School

FLSA Status:Exempt Salary

Location: 100% on campus

Salary Range: $65,000 - $130,000

Chandler School is an independent K-8 school located in Pasadena, CA, with an enrollment of 450. Founded in 1950, Chandler School abides by its mission to provide each student with the highest quality and most academically challenging education in a nurturing, balanced and diverse environment.

We take pride in our thriving community with diverse perspectives and backgrounds. We learn and grow from one another and respect each others’ creativity and knowledge to promote a nurturing and healthy workplace.

The mission of Chandler School is to provide each student with the highest quality and most academically challenging education in a nurturing, balanced and diverse environment. We strive to have our students gain a love of learning, a means of thinking independently and an ability to work collaboratively. A Chandler education seeks to develop good character, self-reliance and a commitment to community in students as a foundation for academic and personal success.

Primary Responsibility: The teacher will be a member of the lower school faculty serving grades K-5 in a K-8 configuration. There are three classes of approximately 15-17 students in grades K-2 and two classes of approximately 22 students in grades 3-5. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Teach math, social studies, language arts and developmentally appropriate study skills in a self-contained classroom. Collaborate with grade-level colleagues to plan and implement curricula.

• Address students’ social-emotional needs and with daily lessons and activities to promote student well-being and belongingness. Support Chandler’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

• Use Chandler’s informational and educational technology resources to assist in teaching, curriculum development and mapping, grading and reporting and record keeping.

• Monitor and impact student progress and effectively communicate with parents through a variety or platforms, including scheduled parent-teacher conferences and report cards.

• Organize and accompany students on field trips. Coordinate co-curricular activities with room parents and colleagues. Support schoolwide events and promote school-home and school-community partnerships.

• Coordinate, review and develop lesson plans and curriculum maps with grade-level colleagues under the direction of the Lower School Director. There are three classes or approximately 15-17 students in grades K-2 and two classes of approximately 22 students in grades 3-5.

• Fulfill supervisory duties, attend meetings, engage in professional development and participate on committees as assigned by the Lower School Director.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited institution

• Experience teaching in an independent school is preferred.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 

• Fluency in MS Office Suite and Google Suite required; proficiency with Mac; comfortable with technology (e.g. Blackbaud) or demonstrated ability to learn quickly.

• Familiarity with Illustrative Mathematics, Orton Gillingham approach to reading instruction, Responsive Classroom, and Writing Workshop preferred.

• Demonstrate a strong understanding of child development and current educational trends.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment: 

• Regularly sit, walk, talk, hear

• Ability to occasionally lift and carry up to 35 lbs.

• Regularly uses close and distance vision 

• Turns, bends and reaches

• Works in environment dealing with a wide variety of challenges, deadlines and varied and diverse array of contacts

• All prospective employees must be able to clear a background check and TB screening

Please submit a cover letter and resume to: Laura Reardon at lreardon@chandlerschool.org. No calls please.