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Manglares Discovery School Playa Venao, Panama License required
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Grade 2 Elementary Teacher
Manglares Discovery School
Pedasi, Panama
500 - 1,600 USD monthly
Negotiable for right candidate
Negotiable for right candidate
Start date: October 2023
11 months
1
- Elementary
- Licensed Teacher
- Bachelor
- 2 years of teaching experience
- Education, Psychology, or relevant field
- Teaching Credential/LicenseOther Certification
We are looking for candidates who have experience in elementary education, but more importantly, someone who has the mindset to achieve an inquiry-led learning environment and manages classrooms with positive discipline. PYP experience is a huge plus.
Our teachers bring diverse perspectives and love engaging with the children. The candidate(s) must embrace positive discipline, be open-minded and willing to adapt and incorporate various learning tools, pay attention to the student’s learning needs & interests, lead discussions, inspire collaboration and reflection, and model a love of learning. The candidate(s) must have experience being in a classroom and display familiarity with lesson planning and classroom management. Experience with special education is also a plus.
Travel medical insurance and relocation stipend are negotiable for the right candidate.
Small class size - approx 15 with learning support. The entire school has 60. The campus is set in the jungle near a small local community, so there are many spontaneous and inquiry/project-based learning opportunities. in the past, we have hosted a school fair attended by half the town, organized cultural events, and created awareness campaigns about ghost nets for the area fishermen. There will be access to professional development, and is a unique opportunity to have direct input and leave a footprint in a rapidly growing school!
We are looking for adventurous, fun, and creative teachers to join us!
Manglares Discovery School is a private micro-school in its fifth year, set at a secluded, natural jungle campus. Our students range from age 3 to age 12, and the school serves the nearby beach community of Playa Venao. Our school is focused on developing the whole child; academic as well as social and emotional well-being.
Our early education uses a Reggio Emilia-inspired curriculum, and the area offers much potential in terms of inquiry extensions. For example, the campus is home to a waterfall; we get almost daily visits from three species of monkeys and other birds and animals. The local community has various interesting cultural traditions. Our student-teacher ratio is approximately 6 children to 1 teacher for preschool (but often less), and 10-12 to 1 for elementary.
Our elementary grades use US-based standards for reading, writing, language arts; Singapore math; and inquiry-based science and social studies. The candidate must have experience leading a homeroom class and display familiarity with engaging children, and create lesson plans. PYP or project experience is a plus. The class size ranges from around 10-15 students.
We started with a single, early-education classroom, but have since expanded into elementary grades. We currently have a last-minute opening in our Grade 2 classroom for the academic year 2023-2024 to bring the inquiry-driven spirit into the homeroom class.
If you believe in developing the whole child, love working with children, believe that life is an adventure, love nature, believe in the hidden potential of children, and want to try working at a growing school in a tropical location, this position might be a great fit for you!
The position requires relocation to rural Panama. Playa Venao is often regarded the surfing capital of Panama with consistent year-round waves. The candidate(s) must be willing to adjust to a new environment & culture (a slower pace of life) and enjoy nature (or learn to embrace it)
Our Philosophy
We believe that every child wants to and can learn.
When children find meaning in learning, they are motivated and challenged, and take ownership of their learning.
We value every child as an individual. Our children have diverse learning needs and bring with them a wide range of experiences, beliefs, knowledge, and skills. We adapt our teaching pace, approaches, and assessment practices to be effective and appropriate for where the child is in development.
We believe that learning takes place in caring and safe environments. We cultivate positive teacher-student and peer relationships so that there is a culture of care and mutual respect in our classrooms, where children learn to appreciate diversity. They are encouraged to take risks, learn from their mistakes and one another, and be confident in expressing their views.
Learning takes place individually and collaboratively, as children construct and co-construct meaning from knowledge and experiences. We guide learners to activate prior knowledge and assimilate and accommodate new knowledge through exploration and interaction with others. This allows them to build a strong foundation of knowledge by connecting new ideas and experiences with what they already know, thus facilitating the understanding of concepts and the application of what they have learned to different contexts.
We believe in developing thinking skills and dispositions in our learners. To do this, we guide them to construct, interpret, and evaluate knowledge from different perspectives. We help learners understand that by thinking about their thinking, they can monitor, assess, and improve their learning.
Assessment is integral to the learning process and helps children become self-directed learners. As such, we design assessments with clarity of purpose, to provide our learners and us with feedback to address learning gaps and improve teaching practices.
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