High School Grade Level Dean & Classroom Teacher

Ensworth School; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Ensworth School in Nashville seeks an experienced educator to serve as Grade-Level Dean in the high school. The successful candidate will build meaningful relationships with students, partner with families, and collaborate with colleagues to support student growth.

In addition to leadership of the grade-level advising team and coordination of class programs, the teacher will instruct three sections each semester and uphold the school's Vision Statement with integrity, vitality, discipline,

Qualifications

• Ability to build meaningful relationships with students.
• Partner with families to support student growth.
• Collaborate with colleagues to support student growth.
• Strong communication, sound judgment, and balancing compassion with clear expectations.
• Lead grade-level advising team and coordinate class programs and activities.
• Teach three sections each semester.
• Demonstrate commitment to Ensworth Vision Statement with integrity, vitality, discipline, compassion, humor and joy.

Responsibilities

• Lead Grade-Level Dean responsibilities for the high school.
• Coordinate the grade-level advising team and class programs.
• Teach three sections each semester as part of accountability.
• Foster a sense of belonging, responsibility, and community among students.

Skills

Student relationships

Communication

Team collaboration

Organizational skills

Classroom teaching

Job description

High School Grade Level Dean & Classroom Teacher

Ensworth School seeks an experienced educator to serve as a Grade-Level Dean in the high school. The ideal applicant will have demonstrated the ability to build meaningful relationships with students, partner with families, and work collaboratively with colleagues to support student growth. The Grade- Level Dean provides leadership for the class, guiding students through their high school experience and fostering a strong sense of belonging, responsibility, and community. Strong communication, sound judgment, and the ability to balance compassion with clear and consistent expectations are essential, as are the organizational skills to lead the grade-level advising team and coordinate class programs and activities. The successful applicant will also be an effective classroom teacher, teaching three sections each semester. Above all, the successful applicant will have demonstrated a commitment to the principles expressed in the Ensworth Vision Statement, executing their role with moral integrity, intellectual vitality, discipline, compassion, humor, and joy.