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This position is for the 2024-25 school year and begins in August, 2024.

Indian Creek School is an independent, co-ed day school in which 560 students age 3 to Grade 12 partner with innovative teachers in an outstanding educational program. Located on a beautiful, 114-acre campus in Crownsville, Maryland (just north of Annapolis), ICS students are nurtured and known as individuals while being challenged to discover their passions, purpose, and potential. The School's vision statement reads:Indian Creek is the premier independent school in the Annapolis area where kindness is currency, well-being is priority, and excellence in education is relentlessly pursued.The Indian Creek community is actively committed to diversity, equity, and belonging, and we foster an inclusive environment in which students feel understood, valued, respected, and affirmed.

ICS seeks faculty and staff who support our mission and values, who are committed to nurturing learners as individuals, and who are looking to join a vibrant community of professionals who are passionate about education. Faculty and staff are offered meaningful opportunities for professional growth. Because we are a small school, every member of our community plays a critical role in making sure the institution lives up to its mission.

This is a full-time, 10-month position reporting to the Middle School Principal.

Responsibilities:

• Teach four or five sections of Latin to Middle and Upper School students. The majority of these sections will be in the Middle School.
• Use best practices and standards-based lessons to deliver a best-in-class classical language curriculum.
• Passion for the Latin language and ability to engage and excite MS students to master the fundamentals of the Latin language.
• Collaborate with a World Languages department committed to building language and communication skills while centering diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Work with the Middle School principal, Middle School team, and the Leadership Team to ensure high-quality educational and engaging experiences for students.
• Create a positive and safe classroom culture and community.
• Maintain positive relationships with students, staff, and parents.
• Serve as an academic advisor to a group of students.
• Attend all divisional, departmental, and school faculty meetings, including professional development days.
• Desire to be actively engaged in the work of innovative teaching, diversity and inclusion, and ongoing professional growth.

Requirements

• Bachelors or Masters Degree (Masters preferred)
• Strong content background in Latin. Ability/willingness to take a section of Spanish preferred.
• Educational philosophy that aligns with the mission and vision of Indian Creek School
• Resilient, mission-driven, and proactive in creating a supportive learning environment for students
• Collaborative by nature, and an effective communicator with students, teachers, administrators, and families.
• Proficiency in technology
• Federal and State Background Check clearance and MSDE Employment History review