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Job Description

Job Description

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Looking for an amazing opportunity to be part of a team that is creating an inquiry-based curriculum in a unique school? Lovell Academy opened its doors in Fall 2022 and are now looking to add an innovative and experienced English teacher to educate its student-athletes. This individual needs to be flexible self-starter who will embrace the opportunity to join a team which is at the beginning of creating a dynamic new school.

Lovell Academy, located in Rockland, MA is a boarding school specifically designed to educate 132 elite hockey student-athletes, grades 8-PG. At Lovell, academics and athletics reinforce and support each student’s development without compromising the quality or depth of either component. We aim to educate the whole student and have created a program and schedule that maximizes the opportunities for academic, athletic, and personal growth.

Lovell Academy’s teaching faculty is committed to academic excellence and is passionate about teaching and working with adolescents. Lovell faculty create a classroom environment that facilitates learning and critical thinking and delivers innovative and interdisciplinary curriculum.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support student learning through an innovative and interdisciplinary curriculum
• Teach multiple levels of high school English
• Design lessons and units which incorporate the teaching objectives, materials, methods, and means of assessment used within the department
• Communicate regularly with parents regarding student progress
• Participate in ongoing professional development
• Be open to interdisciplinary collaboration with colleagues and outside institutions
• Be present and accessible to students and colleagues during school hours

Professional Expectations:

• Support the philosophy and mission of the school and its leadership
• Maintain appropriate attendance and punctuality
• Manage sensitive and confidential school, student, parent, and employee information
• Appreciate and respect the role athletics play in a Lovell Academy student’s life and personal development
• Demonstrate content knowledge and pedagogic skill relative to English
• instruction
• Collaborate with colleagues on curriculum development and best practices
• Use a variety of pedagogical approaches, including inquiry-based learning and project-based learning
• Become involved in the school community beyond the classroom setting
• Use educational technology and learning management systems

Qualifications or Comparable Experience:

• Master’s Degree with a minimum of five years teaching English preferred
• Entrepreneurial spirit and a commitment to interdisciplinary work
• Experience in and preparedness to teach some history classes may be
• advantageous

Typical work hours are limited to Monday through Friday, with additional days/hours required at times for scheduled school events and occasional supervision of students in the boarding house.

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