Lower School/Middle School Technology Instructor
National Cathedral School (NCS) announces a search for a Lower School/Middle School Technology Instructor to serve grades 4-8. The position is full-time and begins August 24, 2016. The successful candidate will have demonstrated success teaching technology skills in the elementary/middle years classroom.
Qualified candidates have pertinent teaching experience, a background in working with students on technology skills, as well as experience navigating and developing a technology scope and sequence. The curriculum currently includes media literacy, digital citizenship, coding, robotics, and 3D printing. Responsibilities include: teaching dedicated sections of technology to 4th-8th graders; providing students with technical support; assessing, using, and promoting existing and emerging technologies, and supporting both divisions as a team-oriented faculty member. This position may include teaching a section of Middle School Filmmaking and other extra-curricular programs such as Robotics or Coding. NCS promotes a student-centered pedagogy and a developmentally appropriate use of technology that is grounded in a one-to-one iPad program in the Lower School. ISTE standards support the school’s goal of developing technology skills and computational thinking. A Bachelor’s degree is required; a Master’s degree is preferred. Salaries are competitive and based on experience.
National Cathedral School for Girls serves 585 students in grades 4 through 12. NCS faculty and staff are flexible, collaborative, and view education as an engaging vocation. Our students thrive in an intellectually challenging environment. NCS graduates are recognized as highly motivated and confident. Faculty and staff maintain a lively conversation about the meaning of all-girls education, different approaches to pedagogy, and innovative uses of technology. As an Episcopal school, NCS welcomes people of all backgrounds and faiths while maintaining a close identity with Washington National Cathedral’s commitment to be a house of prayer for all people. Located in Northwest Washington on 57 beautiful acres, the Cathedral Close is home to NCS, St. Albans School for Boys, and Beauvoir: The National Cathedral Elementary School.
NCS is committed to leadership in multicultural education and a culturally diverse faculty and staff. The school therefore seeks applications from candidates who will contribute to an atmosphere in which all are valued and supported.
Interested candidates should send an electronic application that includes a brief cover letter, résumé and the names and contact information of three to five references.Please submit these materials as one combined attachment in Word or pdf format with “Technology Instructor” in the subject line to: BHill@cathedral.org by February 22, 2016.