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Beaver Country Day School—an independent day school located just outside of Boston, serving grades 6-12—seeks a creative, innovative, and forward-thinking Middle School Science Teacher. This is a full-time position for the 2025-2026 school year.

We are not your typical independent school. If that’s exciting, keep reading!

The School

While education is not traditionally seen as forward-thinking, Beaver’s dynamic model of education is designed to expand the nature of school for students–-we place the student experience at the center of our approach. Our classes are anything but formulaic; we look to the real world for inspiration and input. With a curriculum that is rigorous and responsive, rather than rigorous and rote, we welcome change and seek feedback to continuously improve and evolve what school looks like. Our “Launch, Test, Refine” mindset promotes strategic thinking, flexibility, risk-taking, open-mindedness, resilience, and innovation. With our students as the clients, the product we provide is a future-focused education rooted in real-world context, experience, and readiness.

The People

• Our students are interesting and passionate individuals who take pride in being part of building the culture here. We know happy students thrive, and we prioritize creating an environment that cultivates a sense of belonging and purpose for all of our community members. We believe our students are going to be tomorrow’s changemakers,  so, central to our approach is creating opportunities for them to be co-creators of their learning– making it a deeper, more meaningful experience.  Our teachers and educational leaders are committed to expanding the nature of school through igniting and fueling the passions of all our students. Our “next practice” approach to teaching and learning encourages continuous improvements and innovative teaching practices so that we can meet all our students where they are.
• Our mindset is to make excellent mistakes, launch/test/refine, and not be defined by binary thinking. Instead, we look to approach things from a both/and outlook: tradeoffs don’t have to be the answer–-that’s where creativity comes in. We are a community of creative thinkers and doers. 
• Our values include collaboration, partnership, and above all, creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable environment for our community. This work is a priority we are steadfastly committed to. It is never “done”, and we will always make decisions with this at the core of who we are. For all Beaver students to feel a sense of belonging, it’s important that they see themselves reflected in the community, curriculum, and all our programming. 
• Our goal every day is to create a school that is making an impact–-for our students, and for education as a whole. We don’t take that lightly, we need people that are relentlessly committed and excited to do this work—together. 

The Approach

Teaching and learning at Beaver is not a one size fits all model–it is always evolving. The successful candidate will have a commitment to:

• Aligning the work to the BVR Mindset and New Basics as critical to the Beaver Student Experience
• A future-focused education with an understanding of the complexity and ever-changing nature of the world our students are inheriting
• A “next practice” mindset that understands how teaching and learning are changing and how practices should adapt 
• Student-centered, culturally proactive, and responsive pedagogy in which all students are met where they are, and see themselves represented and valued

About the Middle School Science Position:

Competitive candidates will demonstrate the following skills and mindsets:

• Genuine interest in and experience working with middle school aged students
• Content expertise
• Knowledge in differentiated instruction and assessment
• Willingness and ability to design curriculum
• Work collaboratively to develop innovative pedagogical initiatives that are student-centered, hands-on, and promote experiential learning
• Willingness to participate fully in the community beyond the classroom
• Knowledge of and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice practices and commitment to ongoing growth in this area

Responsibilities:

• Teach and direct the evolution of the curriculum for three sections of our 7th grade Science of Self course
• Support and collaboratively co-teach in sections of the 8th grade Current Global Issues and 6th grade Science of Place courses
• Serve as an advisor and participate in other areas of student life
• Actively participate in the work of the Science Department including innovative curriculum development, project-based learning, and assessment
• Collaborate and plan with colleagues within course teams, in the Science Department, and in other departments
• Utilize technology to enhance instruction and student learning
• Post resources, feedback, and assignments to the LMS in a timely manner
• Communicate effectively and professionally with students, faculty, and parents/caregivers
• Provide frequent, constructive, objective, and prompt feedback to students
• Demonstrate commitment to working in and fostering an inclusive community
• Actively participate in professional learning opportunities
• Remain knowledgeable of current instructional and curriculum trends
• Seek and constructively use professional feedback
• Model organization and preparation to meet all professional responsibilities reliably
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Additional things to know: 

• Generous Benefits (Health, Dental and more). For more information visit our website.
• Breakfast and lunch provided, as well as coffee and snacks.
• Free parking and close to the MBTA Green Line D.