Inspire and challenge.At Belmont Day School we foster intellectual curiosity honor differences and empower meaningful contribution with excellence respect honesty responsibility caring and joy.Grade Five Math and Science TeacherWe seek an innovative and versatile upper elementary educator to serve as one of two fifth grade homeroom teachers beginning at the end of August 2025. A qualified candidate will possess a strong enthusiasm deep knowledge of and familiarity with fifth grade students. This is a fulltime exempt and benefiteligible position. It is a tenmonth position and reports to the lower school head. This position is not eligible for employersponsored relocation. We offer competitive salaries and benefits as well as a compensation strategy that prioritizes pay equity for faculty with similar years of teaching experience and relevant advanced degrees. Based on the minimum years of experience required for this role the salary range for this position is $66700 to $99150 for twenty years of prior teaching experience.ResponsibilitiesCreate a rich engaging stimulating math and science program for fifth graders.Have the developmental and pedagogical background to embrace this age group.Serve as a homeroom teacher help to lead community meetings and engage with students routinely by providing coverage at lunch recess and dismissal or as needed.Collaborate with all members of the fifth grade team and all school faculty to design curriculum particularly in math and science and to support cocurricular programming and the development of students beyond the classroom.Deliver math instruction using the Singapore Math curriculum. Design and implement a dynamic and engaging ageappropriate curriculum in science.Differentiate instruction and create a responsive curriculum to meet the individual needs of all students and support foundational skills. Create an inclusive learning community that integrates diversity equity and inclusion and social justice pedagogy with upper elementary teaching and fosters authentic parent engagement.Utilize anecdotal informal and formal benchmark assessments to assess and monitor growth in all curriculum areas (particularly math) and use data to inform comprehensive student reports.Communicate sensitively regularly clearly and honestly with parents informally and formally through parentteacher conferences and semester progress reports.Contribute to and benefit from collaborating with colleagues including but not limited to partnering with the fifth grade humanities teacher to provide a consistent experience for both fifth grade homerooms.Incorporate technology in the classroom in innovative and creative ways to enhance student learning.Participate enthusiastically in all aspects of an excellent school which could include serving as an associate teacher mentor Capstone mentor and/or middle school athletics coach. Teach and exhibit our schools six core values of respect responsibility honesty caring joy and excellence.CompetenciesPossess knowledge of fifth graders and their developmental progression.Ability to develop and adapt curriculum and differentiate instruction in math and science.Ability to infuse diversity equity inclusion and social justice concepts and themes into academic and socialemotional curricula and inform teaching classroom management and parent relationships. Establish and maintain strong homeschool partnerships with families to ensure student success.Strong collegial and interpersonal skills.Effective written and oral communication skills.QualificationsA bachelors degree is required; an advanced degree is preferred.Three to five years of experience teaching upper elementary is preferred; fifth grade teaching experience is preferred.Training and/or experience with Singapore Math and equity inclusion and belonging work are preferred.Please submit a cover letter resume and a list of professional references to with Fifth Grade Math and Science Teacher in the subject line by Friday April 18 2025.The school will always be maintained as a nonsectarian institution. The school is an equal opportunity employer. The school complies with all legal requirements in connection with admissions and access to programs facilities and employment practices regardless of race color religion sex gender identity sexual orientation national origin genetics age or disability.