About Avenues São Paulo

Avenues prepares students for engaged global citizenship during a time of unprecedented complexity and accelerating change, combining language immersion, interdisciplinary learning, a global curriculum, and a culture of creativity and deep collaboration. Collaboration here isn't a buzzword: it's woven into everything we do. At Avenues, no one teaches on an island. Substantial time to collaborate is embedded into the schedule. Teacher teams, across multiple disciplines, design learning experiences together for a whole grade level, this intensity of collaboration is challenging as well as exciting: we're always evolving, learning from each other and seeking to improve.

About the Role

The Middle and Upper Grades are where our ambitious goals for Avenues graduates, defined in our mission statement, are most comprehensively realized. While in grades 6-12, we prepare students for a globally connected, innovation-driven, and largely unknown future. Our students will be: accomplished in all the academic skills you would expect, at ease beyond their borders, and confident because they excel in a particular passion.

At Avenues, science project teachers work closely with teachers of art, English and the World Course to design and enact interdisciplinary learning experiences as part of a teaching team within a grade level. In their role as part of a project team, teachers. Ensure that students act as scientists every day: asking questions, conducting experiments, and learning deeply from the world around them. Our project-based curriculum integrates fundamental concepts and skills from the physical, life, and earth sciences along with design and engineering concepts.

And you will also:

• Ensure that students achieve key learning outcomes, targeting instruction to address individual needs
• Build a learning atmosphere that leads students to feel part of a rigorous and joyful learning community
• Collaborate intensively with colleagues to design interdisciplinary projects and continually deepen student learning
• Inspire trust and confidence among parents and families

What You'll Bring

Science teachers at Avenues bring all or most of the following:

• A burning desire to work as part of a project-based, interdisciplinary team
• A remarkable entrepreneurial drive, creativity and ability to bring new ideas to fruition
• Intellectual curiosity and humility, to reflect on and continually grow in teaching practice
• Strong content knowledge in general physical and life sciences, as well as one or more specialized topics (e.g. astronomy, environmental science, engineering, etc.)
• Pedagogy that engages all students in interesting, meaningful and challenging work
• Experience teaching science, with clear evidence of student learning and growth
• A strong sense of personal responsibility for the success of every student