Employment

Current Openings at Westside School

Why would you want to work at Westside?

Our teachers and staff work collaboratively to inspire creativity, innovation, and to deepen our sense of community. Westside faculty are exceptionally qualified in their fields, committed to being lifelong learners, and are passionate about their work. Our academic structure places a high value on integrated curriculum and project-based learning, with intentional administrative support.

Working at Westside offers unique opportunities for enthusiastic teachers to implement an academic program that is challenging, stimulating, and nurturing, in alignment with our core values.

At Westside School, we value different backgrounds and ideas. Individuals from all cultures and communities are encouraged to apply.

Westside School's Diversity Statement: Westside School is committed to promoting inclusiveness, diversity, and cultural competence in its education, employment practices, school community, and governance. It views inclusiveness as a fundamental value, diversity as a key element, and cultural competence as a vital skill necessary to prepare students to participate in and contribute to a global society. Westside uses the term diversity broadly to encompass differences in the attributes of individuals, families, and communities.

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Current Openings

MIDDLE SCHOOL 5TH GRADE HOMEROOM & HUMANITIES TEACHER/6TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER

Westside’s Middle School serves 140 students in 5th-8th grade and is organized into two grade-level teams comprised of 5 teachers who collaborate to both implement and design meaningful curriculum.

The Middle School 5th grade Homeroom and Humanities Teacher and 6th grade Language Arts Teacher participates in the life of the school, attending in-service days and school celebrations, and upholds the mission, vision, and values of Westside School.

Reports to: Middle School Head

Key responsibilities of this role will include:

Perpetuate a highly engaged student and faculty culture, characterized by high expectations and a strong sense of community.
Teaching one section each of fifth grade Homeroom and Humanities.
Teaching two sections each of sixth grade Language Arts.
Differentiating instruction to serve both high achievers and those needing extra support.
Participating in outdoor excursions in both the fall and spring trimesters.
Attending faculty and community meetings and participating fully in the life of the school.

Successful candidates will have the following personal and professional attributes:

Humanities and Language Arts teaching experience in the upper elementary or middle school grades.
A degree in education, English, history, or a related field.
Fluency in a variety of instructional techniques and approaches.
Experience in developing curriculum and differentiating instruction to serve both high achievers and those needing extra support.
Understanding of high school Humanities and Language Arts curricula.
Compassion for the social and emotional needs of 5th and 6th graders.
Enthusiasm for working collaboratively with colleagues including the desire to plan integrative curriculum experiences across disciplines.
Ability to work and communicate well with all levels of faculty and staff.
Ability to work and communicate well with students and their parents.
An expressed effort to collaborate with colleagues, accept feedback, and conduct oneself in a professional manner.
A positive attitude and sense of humor.
Masters Degree preferred.

Start Date: August 17, 2020
Compensation and Benefits: This is a full-time position for the 2020-2021 academic school year.

Westside School offers a generous benefits package to full-time employees. Westside School prepares students for the world by challenging them to achieve academic success, and by connecting their human spirit and imagination to learning.

To Apply: Please submit a resume and cover letter, with three professional references, to employment@westsideschool.org.

MIDDLE SCHOOL 7TH & 8TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER

Located in the Arbor Heights neighborhood of West Seattle, Westside serves 330 students in preschool through eighth grade. Westside’s Middle School serves 140 students in 5th-8th grade, and is organized into two grade-level teams comprised of 5 teachers who collaborate to both implement and design meaningful curriculum.

The Middle School (7th & 8th grade) Language Arts Teacher participates in the life of the school, attending in-service days and school celebrations, and upholds the mission, vision, and values of Westside School.

Reports to: Middle School Head

Key responsibilities of this role will include:

Perpetuate a highly engaged student and faculty culture, characterized by high expectations and a strong sense of community.
Teaching two sections each of seventh and eighth grade Language Arts
Differentiating instruction to serve both high achievers and those needing extra support.
Serving as an advisor to a small group of seventh and eighth grade students.
Participating in outdoor excursions in both the fall and spring trimesters.
Attending faculty and community meetings and participating fully in the life of the school.

Successful candidates will have the following personal and professional attributes:

Language Arts teaching experience in the middle school grades.
A degree in education, literature, writing, or related field.
Masters Degree preferred.
Fluency in a variety of instructional techniques and approaches.
Experience in developing curriculum and differentiating instruction to serve both high achievers and those needing extra support.
Understanding of high school Language Arts curricula, and what it means to prepare middle schoolers to be successful in high school.
Compassion for the social and emotional needs of adolescents.
Enthusiasm for working collaboratively with colleagues including the desire to plan integrative curriculum experiences across disciplines.
Ability to work and communicate well with all levels of faculty and staff.
Ability to work and communicate well with students and their parents.
An expressed effort to collaborate with colleagues, accept feedback, and conduct oneself in a professional manner.
A positive attitude and sense of humor.

Start Date: August 17, 2020

Compensation and Benefits: This is a full-time position for the 2020-2021 academic school year. Westside School offers a generous benefits package to full-time employees.

Westside School prepares students for the world by challenging them to achieve academic success, and by connecting their human spirit and imagination to learning.

To Apply: Please submit a resume and cover letter, with three professional references, to employment@westsideschool.org

Westside School is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

MIDDLE SCHOOL SPANISH TEACHER

The Spanish teacher for Middle School joins a four-person World Language team (Middle School and Lower School Spanish and Mandarin). This role is responsible for developing and implementing a dynamic age-appropriate curriculum for instruction in Spanish language and Spanish-speaking cultures for our 5th-8th grade classes. The Spanish teacher works collaboratively with classroom and other World Language teachers and participates fully in the life of the school, attending meetings and staff retreats, curriculum nights, school celebrations, and upholds the mission, vision, and values of Westside School.

Reports to: Middle School Head

Responsibilities include:

Maintain and help focus the school mission, vision and values.
Teach 50-55 minute classes to each grade four times per week.
Promote and advance the cognitive, emotional, social, and physical well-being of the students during Spanish classes.
Implement and adapt to curriculum using current world language instructional methodologies.
Coordinate regularly with classroom teachers about curriculum and classroom areas of study.
Meet with classroom teachers as needed to discuss student progress and identified needs.
Regularly assess student learning and present this learning in formal reports and conferences.
Teachers are expected to act as advisors to a small group of middle school students. Advisory groups will meet once daily each week.
Collaborate on planning and chaperoning international trips.
Work in teams to guide students on domestic outdoor trips.
Work collaboratively with the World Language Team to develop the World Language Learning Continuum and best classroom practice. World Language Teachers are expected to meet for weekly team meetings.
Communicate with parents as needed.
Maintain and purchase Spanish curriculum materials.
Set annual goals for focus and growth with the Middle School Head, participating in a peer support team, and seeking out and participating in staff development opportunities.
Help with dismissal, lunch, snack, and other duties throughout the year.

Successful candidates will have the following personal and professional attributes:

Minimum of two years of Spanish language teaching experience, preferably at the middle school level (fifth through eighth grade).
A bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Spanish language, Spanish language education, or Second Language Acquisition, or Bachelors (or higher) in Education with a World Language Teaching Endorsement or certification through government agencies (i.e. STARTALK).
Must possess a Spanish proficiency level of Advanced Low (or higher) in written and spoken Spanish.
Understanding of and relevant experience in a variety of current language instructional techniques and methodologies.
Skills and experience in differentiated instruction.
Enthusiasm for working collaboratively with colleagues, including the desire to plan curriculum experiences across the Middle School.
Familiarity and facility with current research informing teaching and learning (general classroom instructional methodologies, social and emotional learning, classroom management, learning differences, etc.).

Start Date: August 2020

Compensation and Benefits: This is a full-time position for the 2020-2021 academic school year. Westside School offers a generous benefits package to full-time employees.

Westside School prepares students for the world by challenging them to achieve academic success, and by connecting their human spirit and imagination to learning.

To Apply: Please submit a resume, cover letter, statement of educational philosophy, and a list of 3-5 references to employment@westsideschool.org.

AFTER-SCHOOL CHILDCARE STAFF

Position Summary: Westside School is seeking a part-time individual to work in our Extended Day Program (EDP). The role of the EDP staff member is to supervise children, coordinate activities and working in conjunction with other staff and the Extended Day Coordinator. This will also include supervising lunch duty three days a week. This position has the potential to be full-time during the summer.

The Ideal Candidate will have:

• A desire to have a career working with children.
• Experience working with elementary school students.
• A willingness to learn about, reflect upon and support initiatives that benefit students.
• An expressed effort to collaborate with colleagues, accept feedback and conduct one’s self in a professional manner.
• A Food Handler’s Permit, First Aid/CPR certification and STARS ID or willingness to obtain.

Hours: Up to 26 hours per week, 12:00-6:00pm 3 days a week and 2:00-6:00pm 2 days a week.

Start Date: ASAP

Compensation and Benefits: This is a part-time, hourly position.

To Apply: Applicants should submit a brief cover letter and resume to employment@westsideschool.org

Westside School is an equal opportunity employer.

SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS

Westside School is looking for both teachers and instructional assistants with experience working with children in grades, preschool and eighth grade, to add to our substitute roster. We also need substitutes for music and performing arts, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, physical education, and visual arts.

The ideal candidate will be accessible for early morning calls. Candidates with partial availability during the week are also encouraged to apply. Please submit resume and references to employment@westsideschool.org.

Westside School is an equal opportunity employer.

Westside School is an equal opportunity employer seeking to build a more culturally diverse workplace. Westside does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, economic status, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.