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Applying for Position:
Elementary School Teacher

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

CalWest's client school in the Greater Santa Cruz county area seeks a 1st Grade Teacher for an Immediate Opening and a Full-time position beginning in 2024 - 2025.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited institution
  • California credentials, preferred
  • Relevant teaching experience with a minimum of two years preferred
  • Strong skills with curriculum design, initiative, follow-through, organization, collaboration, and communication. 

Responsibilities

  • Model personal standards of excellence: warmth, clarity of expectations, consistency and accountability.
  • Apply a wide range of highly effective approaches to teaching, balancing enduring and innovative best practices.
  • Form supportive and responsive relationships with students and families.
  • Differentiate instruction to challenge every learner. Build a strong, positive classroom community in which students advocate for themselves and others.
  • Provide constructive, timely, specific feedback that fosters a growth mindset.
  • Collaborate with colleagues to carry forward major project initiatives in the cross-disciplinary literacies as well as enhance the students’ overall experience.
  • Observe, evaluate, encourage and monitor students’ academic and social development and progress.
  • Communicate proactively and regularly with students, parents, and colleagues regarding students’ progress and needs. 

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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About CalWest Educators Placement

CalWest is the “go-to” firm for educators seeking new positions at independent schools on the West Coast. We focus on increased communication and understanding with our candidates, providing reliable and candid advice about the schools they are considering.

If you have questions about the qualifications to apply, please contact us at mysearch@calwesteducators.com.