Body-Mind Education Teacher
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$ 82000 - 168000
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Job Title: Body-Mind Education Teacher
Reports to: Dean of Faculty
Status: Part-time Exempt (this position is .4 to .8 FTE)
Salary Range: Faculty are placed on a salary scale ranging from $82000 to $168000 determined by their years of teaching experience.
Salary will be prorated based on FTE.
About Lick-Wilmerding High School
A private school with a public purpose LWHS develops the head heart and hands of highly motivated students from all walks of life inspiring them to become lifelong learners who contribute to the world with confidence and compassion.
At Lick our treasures are our students faculty staff and familiesour people. Collegiality and camaraderie are rich in our community and we pride ourselves on providing opportunities for our community members to lead and be led by each other.
We are a community that values student-centeredness inclusivity and lifelong learning. We are actively committed to Equity Inclusion and Belonging which we acknowledge is iterative and imperative work. As a community we are constantly learning and applying lessons learnt to improve the quality of the student experience and the well-being of all our community members.
Position Overview
Lick-Wilmerding High School seeks a dedicated movement SEL and health educator to join the Body-Mind Education Departments ninth-grade team beginning August 2025. This is a one year 40 - 80% interim position. The BME department is a collaborative supportive student-centered team that nurtures students capacity to be active in their own social emotional and physical wellbeing providing tools for developing self-awareness building positive relationships with self and others and learning to navigate the joys and challenges of their lives with perspective wisdom and skill.
As an institution committed to educating the whole child LWHS both invites and expects teaching faculty to participate fully in the academic and co-curricular life of the school. This includes but is not limited to furthering the mission of the school through participating in our Public Purpose and DEI Programs; as well as routine attendance in all curricular team meetings department meetings faculty meetings and office hours to support students when needed.
Key Responsibilities:
- Teach four sections of Body-Mind Education (movement SEL and Health & Wellness sessions) to ninth-graders in collaboration with the team.
- Attend BME Department and/or Team Meetings approximately once per week.
- Attend Faculty Meetings after school twice a month.
- Fulfill school-wide responsibilities including: chaperoning student events working with admissions and participating in the life of the school.
- Engage in ongoing professional development under guidance of Department Chair and Dean of Faculty.
Qualifications
Ideal Candidate Will Bring
- Display a deep commitment to equity and culturally responsive anti-racist education working with a diverse student population in a dynamic high school setting.
- Ability to collaborate with a team to continue developing and administering our ninth-grade Health and Wellness and SEL curriculum and contribute to the holistic vision of the department.
- A willingness to engage across differences with empathy and understanding.
- Fierce advocacy for students and their needs.
- Social and emotional acuity.
- An understanding of your own identity and related positionalities.
- A profound openness to feedback and improvement modeling lifelong learning of practice as well as subject area.
Job Specific Qualifications:
- Bachelors or Masters Degree in a health science or education related field.
- Expertise and teaching experience in a body-mind movement discipline that combines physicality with social-emotional learning. Our current team includes oneyoga instructors and one rock climbing instructor; ideally were seeking a candidate who can facilitate classes in a different yet harmonious body-mind discipline such as a martial art fitness capoeira etc.
- Documented experience teaching a movement discipline.
- Experience working in a health-related field or teaching health classes.
- Be passionate about working in schools.
- Demonstrate professionalism and integrity.
- Possess strong interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with others both on a grade level team as well as across disciplines.
- Show initiative optimism and flexibility.
- Experience with student-centered teaching and learning including differentiated instruction for students across various academic and social backgrounds.
- Evidence of commitment to lifelong professional development to grow knowledge of self content area pedagogical knowledge and knowledge of students as learners.
- Excellent organizational as well as written and oral communication skills.
How to Apply: Apply through this siteand also send a cover letter resume statement of educational philosophy and the names and contact information of three references one of whom should be a direct supervisor.please no phone calls about this position
Your statement of educational philosophy should include your answers to the following questions:
- How do you promote the development of a learning mindset among students
- How have you supported students with diverse cultural and academic experiences
LWHS is an equal opportunity employer. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. LWHS prohibits in all its programs including hiring and employment practices discrimination or harassment against any member or group based upon age gender race color national origin ancestry religion marital status sexual orientation disability genetic information gender identity or expression veteran status and any other category protected under California or federal law except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification.
Employment Type
Full-Time
