Department Head, English, Senior School

at  Crofton House School

FULL-TIME, CONTINUING CONTRACT

2024-2025
Crofton House School offers a girl-centred learning environment for students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12. Here, students are motivated to strive for their best selves, embracing academic challenge and diverse experiences, guided by staff who know them and believe in them.
Bound by our belief in the power of girl-centred education, Crofton House School fosters a strong sense of community among educators, staff, students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12, and families. Here, everyone can contribute to the strength of our school– including you.
We offer extensive professional development opportunities, competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package. Our 10-acre campus provides modern facilities, as well as beautiful outdoor spaces and a daily connection to nature.
The English Department at Crofton House School is distinguished by extraordinary teachers who provide a collaborative, inquiry-based, and student-centred approach to teaching. Through the Crofton House School educational program, students develop critical thinking, creative thinking, and problem-solving skills. The teaching facilities are well equipped and offer bright and technology-rich learning environments.
As an experienced and reflective school leader, you are able to collaborate with other leaders to develop practices and protocols that are in the best interests of the full school. You are strategic in thinking while being operationally organized and proactive. You are recognized as a skilled communicator. An instructional leader, you are able to develop the practice of other educators through observation and coaching.
As an experienced, skilled, and innovative teacher of English, you inspire students. You are actively engaged in planning, implementing and assessing student learning. You are confident in curriculum development and demonstrate an approach to teaching that is reflective of the way in which girls learn. You optimize the resources available to you. You support all learners with diverse strategies and approaches and bring innovative solutions to learning challenges experienced by students. Your classes are student-centred and dynamic. Students, members of your department, colleagues and parents describe you as approachable, available, knowledgeable, genuine and supportive. You are energized by what you do. You understand the importance of parents as partners in their daughter’s education by maintaining open and collaborative relationships with the parent community. As a lifelong learner, you demonstrate a commitment to actively seeking professional development, to continuously reflect on your practice and to collaborating with your colleagues to maximise student learning. You participate actively in the life of the school.
You will find the school to be a professional learning center. In addition to spending an engaging day with students who are genuinely interested in learning, thinking and playing, teachers are provided with dedicated work time as part of their daily schedule to plan and work collaboratively with others.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience:

• Essential: B.C. Ministry of Education Certificate or Independent School Certification qualification criteria
• Relevant university qualifications (e.g. Bachelor of Education plus Bachelor of Arts in English, or equivalent)
• Graduate degree, an asset
• A comprehensive understanding of current educational practices outlined in the BC Ministry of Education documents
• Knowledge of the Harkness method
• Understanding of ‘Standards-Based Learning/Assessment’
• Experience in an independent school, an asset
• Demonstrable awareness of the learning preferences of girls and young women
• Collaborative and energetic with a passion for teaching
• Committed to the craft of teaching, best practices, and standards of professional practice
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills
• A commitment to continued professional development and growth
• Energy, commitment and a readiness to participate in the co-curricular progra

RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CHS DEPARTMENT HEAD OR PROGRAM COORDINATOR:

• Promote a collegial teaching and learning environment with and beyond the department.
• Collaborate with all Senior School Departments Heads, Program Coordinators and the Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning to implement an unified vision for teaching and learning in the Senior School that is aligned with the school’s strategic direction.
• Collaborate with teachers in the department/program and Junior School subject-specific teachers to develop subject-specific curricular scope and sequence from Grade 1 to Grade 12.
• Manage a department/program budget from initial request to year-end reconciliation
• As the instructional leader for the department/program, engage in the ‘Teacher Professional Growth Plan’ of all department/program members through observation and documented conversations.
• Support curricular evening presentations, such as Curriculum Night and Course Planning and Selection Evening.
• Support constructive engagement of parents in the curricular program.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CHS TEACHER

• Bring a student-centred, inquiry-based and collaborative approach to the delivery of the B.C. curriculum
• Support the growth and development of individual learners through the delivery of the Crofton House School Ivy Compass and Advisory program
• Work collaboratively with teachers in the Senior School to plan, develop, and implement an extraordinary learning experience for each individual student
• Build relationships with teachers and staff across the school community
• Be an active and positive participant in the co-curricular program
• Fully engage in the CHS Teacher Professional Growth Plan

Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience:

• Essential: B.C. Ministry of Education Certificate or Independent School Certification qualification criteria
• Relevant university qualifications (e.g. Bachelor of Education plus Bachelor of Arts in English, or equivalent)
• Graduate degree, an asset
• A comprehensive understanding of current educational practices outlined in the BC Ministry of Education documents
• Knowledge of the Harkness method
• Understanding of ‘Standards-Based Learning/Assessment’
• Experience in an independent school, an asset
• Demonstrable awareness of the learning preferences of girls and young women
• Collaborative and energetic with a passion for teaching
• Committed to the craft of teaching, best practices, and standards of professional practice
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills
• A commitment to continued professional development and growth
• Energy, commitment and a readiness to participate in the co-curricular program