The Teacher must be able to develop and maintain a classroom environment that ensures effective learning and incorporates pedagogical innovations and research. He/she must employ appropriate teaching methodology in order to meet established program objectives and be capable of understanding and meeting the needs of students.

Key Responsibilities:
Planning & Preparation for Learning
- Plan some units backwards with big ideas, essential questions, knowledge, and skill goals.
- Plan on-the-spot/unit assessments to measure student learning.
- Design lessons that target various learning needs, styles, and interests.

Classroom Management
- Foster positive interactions among students and teach useful social skills.
- Teach routines that students maintain throughout the school year.
- Have a repertoire of disciplinary “moves” and be able to capture and maintain most students’ attention.
- Maximize academic learning time through coherence, lesson momentum, and smooth transitions.
- Confident, dynamic “presence” and diffuse most discipline problems before learning is impacted





Delivery of Instruction
- Activate students’ prior knowledge and hook their interest in each unit and lesson.
- Use clear explanations, appropriate language, and good examples to present material.
- Orchestrate effective strategies, materials, and classroom groupings to foster student learning.
- Have students actively think about, discuss, and use the ideas and skills being taught.
- Differentiate instruction to accommodate most students’ learning needs.

Monitoring, assessment, and follow-up
- Provide clear criteria for proficiency, including rubrics and exemplars of student work.
- Frequently check for understanding and give students helpful information if they seem confused.
- Have students set goals, self-assess, and know where they stand academically at all times.
- Take responsibility for students who are not succeeding and get them extra help.
- Reflect on the effectiveness of learning and con

📌 Upper School Science Teacher (Ciudad de México)
🏢 ASF
📍 Ciudad de México