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Job Opening: 6th – 8th Math Teacher
The Math Specialist’s role is to plan, organize, and teach an invigorating instructional program in Math for two small mixed-grade classes of neurodivergent learners. The Math Specialist will work in tandem with the Classroom Behavioral Specialist and will be responsible for implementing the academic curriculum and working closely with administration, staff, specialists, and the students’ families to enable the optimal development of each student.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and teach Common Core-aligned daily lesson plans for two mixed-grade classes that maximize learning potential for a diverse group of students.
- Provide dynamic and engaging instruction utilizing multiple methods of delivery.
- Prepare students adequately for all required assessments.
- Foster an inviting, exciting, innovative educational environment that is favorable to learning and personal growth.
- Engage in long- and short-term planning addressing individual needs of students.
- Collaborate daily with the classroom behaviorist to maintain classroom management procedures and foster social-emotional learning.
- Liaison effectively with parents, staff, specialists, and administration.
- Incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff and behavioral specialists.
- Maintain and enrich your expertise in the subject areas you will teach.
- Maintain a high level of organization and preparation for the classroom as well as for meetings, presentations, and events.
- Evaluate students’ progress and prepare at least quarterly individual student achievement reports for parents and administration.
- Represent the school at community events.
- Perform other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the Head of School.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- An ability and desire to engage the interest of students in grades 6 – 8.
- An ability to teach advanced concepts to accelerated students that goes beyond the scope of typical middle school math curriculum.
- An ability and desire to work with children who need additional support with self-regulation, executive functioning, and/or social-emotional learning.
- Experience with adverse classroom behaviors and willingness to learn and implement new strategies for addressing these behaviors as needed.
- An ability to utilize varied teaching methodologies to accommodate students’ unique learning styles.
- An ability to adapt teaching and classroom management to meet students’ specific needs in the moment and an eagerness to further develop this type of professional flexibility over time.
- An ability to communicate effectively with parents, staff, and administrators in a constructive and thoughtful manner.
- An ability to work effectively as a positive contributor to a healthy school culture.
- An ability to embrace the “start-up school” culture, to contribute to the development and adapt to changes in characteristics of students, programs, leadership, staff, and community.
- An ability to use data to drive instruction and willingness to learn how to work with various assessment systems.
- An ability to incorporate and implement behavior plans within the classroom.
- Expertise in the subjects you will teach.
- An ability to speak publicly in an effective manner in order to represent the school at community events.
Qualifications:
- Teaching Credential or bachelor’s degree in education or related field.
- 3+ years’ experience as a middle school math teacher.
- 1+ years’ experience in a Special education setting and a passion to work with an underserved neurodivergent population.
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
This Company Describes Its Culture as:
- Stable — traditional, stable, strong processes
- People-oriented — supportive and fairness-focused
- Team-oriented — cooperative and collaborative
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
- Day shift
- 8-hour shift
Job Type:
Full-time
Salary:
$65,000.00 – $105,000.00 per year
Grade school specialties:
- 6th grade
- 7th grade
- 8th grade
Physical setting:
- Private school
- Special education school
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Experience:
- math teaching: 3 years (Preferred)
- teaching at the middle school level: 3 years (Preferred)
- Special Education: 1 year (Preferred)
Ability to Relocate:
- San Mateo, CA 94403: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
Qualified candidates can send their resumes and cover letters to admin@theburkardschool.org.
Job Opening: 6th – 8th Language Arts & Social Studies for '24-'25 School Year
The Burkard School is looking for a skilled and resilient educator who is seeking a challenging yet highly rewarding position with neurodiverse learners.
The Burkard School has an opening for a Language Arts and Social Studies teacher for the 6th-8th grade classes.
The Language Arts and Social Studies Teacher’s role is to plan, organize, and teach an invigorating instructional program in Language Arts and Social Studies for two small classes: Grades 6th-8th. The Language Arts and Social Studies Teacher will work in tandem with the Classroom Behavioral Specialist and will be responsible for implementing the academic curriculum and working closely with the administration, staff, specialists, and the students’ families to enable the optimal development of each student.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and teach daily lesson plans in Language Arts and Social Studies for two small mix-grade classes (6-10 students each), Grades 6/7/8, that maximize learning potential for a range of learners and learning styles.
- Provide dynamic and engaging instruction utilizing multiple methods of delivery.
- Improve and build students’ Executive Function skills to cultivate strong study habits and systems that lead to independence.
- Prepare students adequately for all required assessments.
- Foster an inviting, exciting, innovative educational environment that is beneficial to learning and personal growth.
- Engage in long- and short-term planning addressing the individual needs of students.
- Collaborate daily with the classroom behaviorist to maintain classroom management procedures and foster social-emotional learning.
- Liaison effectively with parents, staff, specialists, and administration.
- Incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff and behavioral specialists.
- Maintain and enrich your expertise in the subject areas you will teach.
- Maintain a high level of organization and preparation for the classroom as well as for meetings, presentations, and events.
- Evaluate students’ progress and prepare individual student achievement reports for parents and administration.
- Represent the school at community events.
- Perform other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the Head of School.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- An ability and desire to engage the interest of students in grades 6th–8th.
- An ability and desire to work with children who need additional support with self-regulation, executive functioning, and social-emotional learning.
- Experience with adverse classroom behaviors and willingness to learn and implement new strategies for addressing these behaviors as needed.
- An ability to utilize varied teaching methodologies to accommodate students’ unique learning styles.
- An ability to adapt teaching and classroom management to meet students’ specific needs at the moment and an eagerness to further develop this type of professional flexibility over time.
- An ability to communicate effectively with parents, staff, and administrators.
- An ability to work effectively as a team member.
- An ability to use data to drive instruction and willingness to learn how to work with various assessment systems.
- An ability to incorporate and implement behavior plans within the classroom.
- Expertise in the subjects you will teach.
- An ability to speak publicly in an effective manner in order to represent the school at community events.
Qualifications:
- Teaching Credential or Master’s Degree in Education or related field
- 3+ years of experience as a classroom teacher preferred
- Background in grades 6-8
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
This Company Describes Its Culture as:
- Stable — traditional, stable, strong processes
- People-oriented — supportive and fairness-focused
- Team-oriented — cooperative and collaborative
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
- Day shift
- 8-hour shift
Job Type:
Full-time
Salary:
$65,000.00 – $105,000.00 per year
Grade school specialties:
- 6th grade
- 7th grade
- 8th grade
Physical setting:
- Private school
- Special education school
Schedule:
- 8-hour shift
Experience:
- Language Arts and Social Studies teaching: 3 years (Preferred)
- Teaching at the middle school level: 3 years (Preferred)
- Special Education: 1 year (Preferred)
Ability to Relocate:
- San Mateo, CA 94403: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location:
In-person
Qualified candidates can send their resumes and cover letters to admin@theburkardschool.org.
Job Opening: Classroom Behavior Specialist
The Classroom Behavior Specialist is responsible for the students’ social-emotional well-being in the classroom. Their role is to work with the Director of Behavior to implement the school’s behavior support strategies in the classroom, on the playground, and on field trips. The Classroom Behavior Specialist must be restraint certified (ProAct, CPI, or equivalent) and physically capable of safely implementing crisis prevention and response for middle-school-aged children if necessary.
Responsibilities:
- Implement the School’s social-emotional learning, executive functioning, and behavioral support interventions in the classroom, on the playground, and on field trips.
- Safely implement proper crisis prevention and response protocols.
- Ensure that the strategies are tailored for each student, working with the parents, other specialists, and School Psychologist to understand the student’s underlying needs and issues.
- Teach explicit/implicit SEL curriculum in the classroom.
- Send a daily, personalized SEL update to each family.
- Engage in long- and short-term planning addressing individual needs of each student.
- Develop performance metrics for students’ SEL Success Plans.
- Evaluate students’ progress and prepare quarterly individual student achievement reports for parents and administration.
- Present oneself as an integral member of the educational team: lead by example; contribute to an expectation of excellence; motivate fellow employees to maintain best efforts and produce their best work; take the initiative to research new programs/policies/ideas/events; and cultivate a contagious enthusiasm for our mission.
- Effectively communicate to staff, parents, students, and community members in a way that models teamwork, encourages cooperative interaction among employees, supports collaboration, and promotes a high level of open and honest communication.
- Express oneself clearly and confidently orally and in writing.
- Speak publicly in an effective manner in order to represent the School at community events.
- Act as an ambassador to the School and uphold a standard of excellence and professionalism in all interactions with parents, prospective parents, and other community members, whether representing the school or in private interactions.
- Maintain a workable level of organization and preparation for the classroom as well as for meetings, presentations, and events.
- Perform other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the Director of Behavior.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Demonstrated effectiveness as a behavioral specialist.
- An ability to stay calm and focused when challenging behaviors occur
- An ability to think quickly on one’s feet to analyze the possible cause and function of a behavior and the best intervention in the moment.
- Knowledge of social-emotional learning and executive functioning.
- An ability to teach an engaging SEL curriculum.
- A willingness and ability to learn behavior management methods from the Director of Behavior to supplement own techniques.
- A sense of humor, genuine love for children, and deep appreciation for our students.
- An ability to make a genuine connection with each student.
- A belief that all youngsters have the natural ability to succeed at high levels of learning and it is the behaviors and actions of the adults in the School that nurture, develop, and encourage each and every student.
- An ability to build caring and considerate relationships that demonstrate regard and respect for all people.
- A belief that decisions should be made from the perspective of putting students’ needs first.
- An ability to resolve student problems and make decisions based on developmental appropriateness, educational research, and an understanding of the issues underlying an individual student’s behavior.
- An ability to get along well with co-teacher and other members of staff.
- An ability to conduct oneself in a way that maintains the integrity of the position and the School.
- An ability to adhere to professional codes of ethics: maintain trust and confidentiality; model legally and morally responsible actions at all times; treat individuals with fairness, dignity, and respect; and model the core values of the School.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Psychology, or related field or BCBA.
- 2+ years experience working with children with behavior challenges
- Certified in ProAct, CPI, or equivalent (or willing to be certified)
- Experience in implementing crisis communication, crisis prevention, and response
- Physically capable of safely implementing crisis prevention and response
Preferred Qualifications:
- Registered Behavior Technician (RBT), Master’s Degree (completed or in progress)
- 4+ years of experience working with children with behavioral challenges
- Experience in a school setting
- Experience with Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Salary:
- $60,000 to $95,000
- Salary range based on experience, skills, and qualifications


A small independent K-8 school for bright children who need extra support with self-regulation, executive functioning, and/or social-emotional learning in the classroom.