Elementary (K-6) Science Lab Lead Teacher 
Salary range: $75,000 - $118,000/year

Campbell Hall, founded in 1944 and situated on a 15-acre campus in Studio City, California, is an independent, gender inclusive, college preparatory, Episcopal day school for students in kindergarten through grade twelve. Campbell Hall is a community of inquiry committed to academic excellence and to the nurturing of decent, loving, and responsible human beings. As an Episcopal school, Campbell Hall thrives as an interfaith community that actively seeks to learn from the many religious traditions represented by faculty, students, and families. 

The school is committed to fostering a community dedicated to honoring the diversity of the human experience. Campbell Hall welcomes candidates who demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in their teaching and learning. Campbell Hall provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Campbell Hall Faculty Description

Campbell Hall seeks faculty who are dedicated to the developmentally appropriate education of the whole child, interested in learning as well as teaching, and who connect their responsibilities with the school's philosophy and purpose. These faculty members teach to empower as well as inform, are comfortable with questions as well as answers, can work with direction, focus, humor, and dignity within the complexities of a diverse school environment, and are dedicated to promoting and maintaining an inclusive school community.

In addition to academic responsibilities, Campbell Hall faculty are involved in many aspects of school life. Coaching interscholastic athletics, chaperoning experiential education trips, participating in community service activities, helping students to produce school publications, overseeing student council, and leading a special interest club are just a few ways faculty are more deeply involved in the Campbell Hall community. 

Campbell Hall faculty embrace the school’s mission and are dedicated to implementing a rigorous college-preparatory academic program. They are equally devoted to each student's emotional and spiritual development and strive to relate to students, parents, and colleagues in ways that promote open and supportive communication. The result is a community where students and adults are confident in their ability to learn and grow.  

Job Description

The elementary science lab lead teacher will be an experienced, dynamic, nurturing member of the science faculty. The elementary science lab lead teacher will work in partnership with the science lab STEAM specialist teacher to implement a robust science curriculum for K-6 students that embodies the mission of our school as an inclusive community of inquiry. Each K-5 homeroom class (2 sections of 23-25 students at each grade level) attends science lab once per week, Three sections of 6th grade with 20 students per section attend science lab twice a week. The elementary science lab lead teacher works in partnership with the elementary administration and with the secondary science department chair as needed.

Responsibilities include:

• Plan and develop hands-on, innovative curriculum and labs for all K-6 classes, with the STEAM specialist, expanding upon previously established exit goals and established curriculum
• Develop a dynamic curriculum for 20-25 students with the support of the science lab STEAM specialist and parent volunteers
• Maintaining the science lab environment (e.g. organizing materials, setting up labs, photocopying materials)
• Collaborate with the science lab STEAM specialist on classroom management and student success
• Develop relationships with the children in their class
• Ability to lead science in whole and small groups 
• Create and communicate information for conferences, progress reports, and report cards on behavior and social interactions
• Attend required school events and meetings
• Supervise recess, lunch, carpool or other duties as assigned
• Obtain the necessary materials for labs
• Set up and take down the labs, with support of the STEAM specialist, in a timely manner
• Maintain student records
• Engage parent communication as necessary 
• Act as the point person for the homeroom teachers of the assigned grade levels
• Work collaboratively with the STEAM Specialist  to plan out the scope and sequence for the year and meet weekly (at least) to discuss how things are going in the lab.
• Technology integration into daily lessons (Google Drive, SmartBoards, PowerSchool, website creation, 3D printers, robotics, etc.) 
• All science lab lead teacher responsibilities take precedence over other duties (after school classes/coaching/tutoring should not begin until 3:30pm at the earliest)
• If engaged in after school coaching, advanced notice of times when leaving early for games should be shared with STEAM specialist, principal and assistant principal.  
• Plan and curate the annual elementary science fair
• Assist with special events as needed
• Other duties as assigned by the elementary administration

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree or higher with at least three years of science teaching experience, preferably with grades K-6
• Strong background in an inquiry approach to science education and in curriculum design, including interdisciplinary and project-based learning
• Experience following, developing, enhancing and delivering a robust science curriculum to K-6 students in whole group, small group, and individually 
• Experience with technology integration and the use of scientific tools and technology (including 3D printers, smartboard, microscopes, powertools, data analysis software, Google tools, etc.)
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Patience and creativity when working collaboratively with a range of constituent groups, including students, families, faculty, staff, and administration from diverse backgrounds.
• Experience communicating and meeting with parents and providing detailed, data-based information about student growth in academics and behavior
• Experience with providing effective, timely, proactive communication with families about the growth of their child
• Flexible, patient, nurturing, and collaborative; exudes a sense of wonder and joy for science education

If interested, please upload a cover letter and resume to our online application portal at www.campbellhall.org/employment by April 7. Should you have any questions, please email Rebecca Rowland (rowlanr@campbellhall.org) or Gretchen Kempf (kempfk@campbellhall.org)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Campbell Hall believes in and operates on the premise that it is the right of all persons to seek work and to advance on the basis of their individual merits, ability, and potential. Campbell Hall has been, is, and will continue to be, strongly committed to the principle that equal employment opportunity must be afforded to all persons regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, family care status, veteran status, marital status, age, medical condition, and disability.