Avenues The World School • New York, NY 10261 • Posted 1 day ago via LinkedIn
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The Social Studies Teacher at Avenues The World School is responsible for guiding students to become informed, skilled, and empathetic agents of change through a unique World Course focused on history and the social sciences. This role involves equipping students with knowledge, skills, and dispositions to tackle global-scale problems, using approaches such as historical thinking, design thinking, and project-based work. The teacher will also contribute to a culture of equity and inclusion, and inspire trust and confidence among families through proactive communication.
What World Course Is
The World Course at Avenues draws on the disciplines of history and the social sciences to help students understand the challenges and opportunities of the world around them--and the context for those challenges. It is uniquely focused on preparing future leaders to tackle global-scale problems. A core academic program at Avenues, the World Course asks students to understand the world through a variety of lenses. Students examine the cultures, behaviors, successes, and conflicts among and between people, and explore the root causes and results of human interactions with other humans, with ideas, and with the environment.
What You’ll Do
World Course teachers guide students to become informed, skilled, and empathetic agents of change. Through a range of approaches--including historical thinking skills, design thinking, and project-based work across multiple disciplines--we equip students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to make a difference in the world.
More broadly, all teachers at Avenues:
What You’ll Bring
World Course teachers at Avenues bring all or most of the following:
More Information
This role is for a temporary full time leave replacement estimated to take place between January 6 to March 14. This role is compensated on a salary basis prorated for the duration of the assignment.
If hired for this position, the annual compensation range is $72,000- $110,000 depending on skills and experience. Leave positions for a duration of less than 3 months are not benefits eligible.
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