Career Center

Science Teacher- 5th and 6th Grade STEAM in the City 

Liberty LEADS is a NYC-based college access program that has served over 200 underrepresented children between 5th and 12th grade each year since 1989. Liberty LEADS was founded to empower youth by helping them attain higher education, embrace leadership engagement, and create a positive future for themselves and others. Liberty LEADS provides an alternative learning environment in which young people can experience success as learners and increase their ability and motivation to graduate from high school and seek entry into postsecondary education and/or meaningful employment. The program is guided by the principle that all children have gifts, talents, and great potential and can contribute to one another's social and academic growth.  

STEAM in the City is a summer program for current 5th and 6th graders (rising 6th-7th).  STEAM in the City combines science, math, art, language arts, and social justice to connect concepts to students’ lived experiences.  The focus of our summer experience will be Environmental Science and Math using a project-based experiential learning model where the educators will deliver engaging, fun and exciting curricula to our students this summer by utilizing the outdoors to facilitate learning.  This model uses a co-teaching - 2 teachers total with one in each discipline- Science/Math. The teachers will focus on the math and science skills necessary for a successful Fall 2023 academic year. The STEAM program will include planning and implementing outdoor programming including hiking, walking and other physical activities to connect the classroom with nature.  

We are looking for energetic and creative educators who enjoy working with youth during the summer and are available for in person programming. 

Selected applicants will be responsible for developing and implementing a 20-day, project-based curriculum.  For the interview, we ask that applicants present ideas for the purpose and theme of their ideal summer experience. Programming begins July 5th 2023 and meets Wednesday through Friday the first week of July and Monday through Thursday for the following four  weeks culminating with a final presentation. All applicants must be available for all 20 days of programming from 9 am to 3 pm. Lunch is provided and spent with the students. 

Responsibilities

• Co-create differentiated project-based environmental science and math curriculum for 5th and 6th grade
  that can be implemented in person or virtually.
• Co-teach environmental science and math curriculum for current 5th and 6th graders.
• Include outdoor programming in curriculum planning.
• Manage classroom using positive behavior management strategies
• Meet regularly with the Liberty LEADS Middle School Advisor and Program Coordinator for supervision and debriefing
• Accompany students up and down stairs, on field trips (that may include but not limited to walks,hikes, parks) 

Qualifications

• Must possess a Bachelor or Master degree in education, preferably with a concentration in Science or Math
  NYS Teacher Certification or professional proficiency in content area preferred
• Experience teaching middle school youth using project-based learning
• Co-teaching experience
• Knowledge and understanding of the NYCDOE academic standards (Common Core/New Generation
  Standards)
• Experience teaching classes using Zoom platform preferred 

Requirements

• Reliable WIFI and computer access from home
• Attend mandatory curriculum planning session with co teachers and advisors (dates tbd)
• Attend mandatory June 2023 Orientation 

Physical Requirements

• Walking up and down stairs up to and including the nine flights to the gym
• Supervising and participating in outdoor activities such as walking up to 20 city blocks, hiking or other activities as named.

Please forward cover letter and resume to:
Marisol Saks, Assistant Director  (msaks@bankstreet.edu) and Mitchel Balcacer, Program Coordinator (mbalcacer@bankstreet.edu) - Bank Street College of Education - Liberty Leads and apply through the Bank Street website.

About Bank Street College of Education

The mission of Bank Street College is to improve the education of children and their teachers by applying to the educational process all available knowledge about learning and growth, and by connecting teaching and learning meaningfully to the outside world. In so doing, we seek to strengthen not only individuals, but the community as well, including family, school, and the larger society in which adults and children, in all their diversity, interact and learn. We see in education the opportunity to build a better society.

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