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Applying for Position:
4th Grade Social Studies and Reading Teacher

This opening calls for specific teaching qualifications set by the school.

Crestview Preparatory School is seeking a dynamic and passionate Fourth Grade Teacher - Reading/Social Studies to join our education team.

This search is being conducted exclusively by Dr. Shoshana Lurie, Senior Search Director and CalWest; please do not contact the school directly.

Crestview tradition blends academic excellence with a healthy respect for childhood, inspiring students to discover their unique talents and develop the intellectual skills and character to embrace challenges with courage and confidence.

Desired attributes:

  • Demonstrates personal integrity, friendliness, patience, fairness, openness, non-defensiveness, sensitivity, flexibility, and enthusiasm. Demonstrates professionalism through reliability, punctuality, participation in meetings and staff development opportunities, as well as in personal appearance and self-care, and maintains personal integrity and a respectful attitude in professional relationships. 
  • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret written documents. Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and administrators. Communicates verbally with children, parents, administrators, and colleagues and maintains a sensitive, cooperative, respectful, and flexible demeanor in interactions with others. 
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide using whole numbers, fractions and decimals; create and interpret graphs; compute ratio and percent and use a calculator.  
  • Ability to use machines such as copiers, laminators, and telephones, and computers sufficient to perform all duties and responsibilities. 
  • Ability to solve practical problems and apply common sense in dealing with everyday and emergency situations. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram and schedule form

Qualifications:

  • Have completed a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education in education or related field based.  
  • Hold a multi-subject teaching credential. 
  • Have a minimum of 6 years teaching experience in an elementary setting 
  • Experience leading advisory is preferred but not required. 
  • Proficiency with technology and digital platforms in the classroom 
  • Training in Responsive Classroom and Writer’s Workshop preferred.

CalWest and our partner schools are unable to respond to all applicants.

Candidates may be submitted to multiple positions during their time with CalWest. Also, candidates may not be chosen to move forward in the search they initially expressed interest in pursuing.

Our client schools make the final decisions.

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