Job DetailsJob Location: The Kinkaid School - HOUSTON, TX 77024Position Type: Full TimeJob Category: 1.TeacherOVERVIEW
The Kinkaid School is seeking a Fourth Grade Teacher to join its Lower School starting in August 2026. This teacher must embrace and help advance the principles set out in Kinkaid's mission and core values, Lower School Educational Philosophy, and Portrait of a Teacher. The Kinkaid School is a co-educational non-sectarian day school enrolling over 1,500 students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. Located on a sixty-five-acre campus in the heart of Houston, Texas, the school offers a thriving intellectual community in the midst of a vibrant, urban, and diverse culture.
The Lower School fosters a learning environment centered on innovation, creativity, and personal attention. Teachers in each grade work as a close-knit team to support each other and collaborate on curriculum development. Teachers are assisted by learning specialists in arts, sciences, reading, music, and physical education and have access to generous resources including material and supplies, state of the art technology, and regular professional development seminars, which occur both on and off campus.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide daily instruction to a classroom of up to 18 students
Create daily, differentiated instructional plans aligned with grade-level standards
Collaborate with fellow teachers on curriculum development
Assess student progress towards objectives, expectations, and/or goals for the purpose of providing feedback to students, parents and administration
Prepare a variety of written materials (e.g. grades, attendance, anecdotal records, etc.) for the purpose of documenting student progress
Collaborate with teaching specialists to foster a learning environment congruent with the specific educational objectives set by the administration and the grade team
Actively participate in new faculty coaching
Communicate with parents, counselors, and specialists regarding students’ educational objectives
Attend and help organize parent-teacher conferences and school events as needed
Use technology i.e. computer, iPad, Promethean Boards, audiovisual aids and other equipment and materials to instruct and support students
Attend faculty/staff meetings, and serve on committees as required
Plan and supervise assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers
Fulfill weekly/monthly before and after school duties as assigned
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in education, Master's preferred
Minimum of three years of experience teaching fourth grade, preferably at an independent school
Experience with the workshop model of teaching
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
Core knowledge of the development of intermediate-age school children
Experience with integrating technology into the curriculum to serve the needs of all learns
Lauded experience building relationships and working with students, parents, and colleagues
Demonstrated eagerness to grow professionally
Commitment to collaboration and high ethical professional standards
Collegial, energetic, and engaging demeanor
Commitment to being a full member of the community
Exemplify Kinkaid's four core values of honesty, responsibility, respect, and kindness
