Garden and Cooking Enrichment Teacher, Larchmont Charter School at Larchmont Charter School
Requirements / Qualifications
Requirements / Qualifications
Primary Function: The Garden and Cooking Enrichment Teacher is responsible for providing an educational program through the garden that will lead our students to be appreciative of seasonal patterns, observant of changes and causes and effects in the garden, and responsible stewards of the planet. The Garden and Cooking Enrichment Teacher will also provide an educational program through cooking that will lead our students to experience culture, history, language, ecology and mathematics through the preparation of food. Through the guidance of the Garden and Cooking Enrichment Teacher, students experience seasonal eating through the school year, developing their understanding of the power of eating locally grown seasonal foods. The Garden and Cooking Enrichment Teacher collaborates with the Edible Schoolyard team to develop a cooking/garden curriculum. The Garden and Cooking Enrichment Teacher manages parent volunteers to work with students as well as to support garden maintenance. This position is also responsible for supporting the academic and socio/emotional growth of our diverse group of students. The Garden and Cooking Enrichment Teacher communicates regularly with parents and establishes positive relationships with all stakeholders in our learning community. As an affiliate of Edible Schoolyard, this position supports the involvement of our students in farming of the garden and preparing, serving, and eating food as a means of awakening their senses and encouraging awareness and appreciation of the transformative values of nourishment, community, and stewardship of the land. Minimum Qualifications: (*) Bachelor’s Degree (*) TB Test clearance & DOJ finger printing clearance (*) 3+ successful years working with school-aged children (*) Familiarity with constructivist pedagogy (*) An enthusiasm for curriculum development to support a growing school program.
HOW TO APPLY: Submit the following to lcsjobs@larchmontcharter.org with subject line: Garden and Cooking Enrichment Teacher • Must include Résumé clearly stating: all degree(s) earned, applicable professional development certifications earned, and each position held with dates of employment, employer, and responsibilities (for each teacher position, list number of years in full-time capacity); • Cover letter explaining in detail why you believe you are the right person for the position; include statement about your professional and relevant experience (1-page maximum, single-spaced, 12 pt. Times New Roman); • May include letters of recommendation • May include unofficial transcripts
Primary Function: The Garden and Cooking Enrichment Teacher is responsible for providing an educational program through the garden that will lead our students to be appreciative of seasonal patterns, observant of changes and causes and effects in the garden, and responsible stewards of the planet. The Garden and Cooking Enrichment Teacher will also provide an educational program through cooking that will lead our students to experience culture, history, language, ecology and mathematics through the preparation of food. Through the guidance of the Garden and Cooking Enrichment Teacher, students experience seasonal eating through the school year, developing their understanding of the power of eating locally grown seasonal foods. The Garden and Cooking Enrichment Teacher collaborates with the Edible Schoolyard team to develop a cooking/garden curriculum. The Garden and Cooking Enrichment Teacher manages parent volunteers to work with students as well as to support garden maintenance. This position is also responsible for supporting the academic and socio/emotional growth of our diverse group of students. The Garden and Cooking Enrichment Teacher communicates regularly with parents and establishes positive relationships with all stakeholders in our learning community. As an affiliate of Edible Schoolyard, this position supports the involvement of our students in farming of the garden and preparing, serving, and eating food as a means of awakening their senses and encouraging awareness and appreciation of the transformative values of nourishment, community, and stewardship of the land. Minimum Qualifications: (*) Bachelor’s Degree (*) TB Test clearance & DOJ finger printing clearance (*) 3+ successful years working with school-aged children (*) Familiarity with constructivist pedagogy (*) An enthusiasm for curriculum development to support a growing school program.
HOW TO APPLY: Submit the following to lcsjobs@larchmontcharter.org with subject line: Garden and Cooking Enrichment Teacher • Must include Résumé clearly stating: all degree(s) earned, applicable professional development certifications earned, and each position held with dates of employment, employer, and responsibilities (for each teacher position, list number of years in full-time capacity); • Cover letter explaining in detail why you believe you are the right person for the position; include statement about your professional and relevant experience (1-page maximum, single-spaced, 12 pt. Times New Roman); • May include letters of recommendation • May include unofficial transcripts
Comments and Other Information
Larchmont is a constructivist school. Constructivism is a theory of learning which holds that each of us has a unique schema of the world based on our lived experience and that by interacting with our environment we make connections to what we already know and construct new meaning. It is therefore essential that we know our students well to be able to meet them where they are and grow from there. We do this through small class size, looping, longer periods of instruction, and a focus on social-emotional development and community K-12.
Learning is seen as an active process. Diversity is core to our model because it is through ensuring a richly diverse environment – of both people and programming – that we create the setting for learning to occur. The diversity of our community provides students the opportunities to interact and benefit from students and staff from disparate backgrounds often resulting in a variety of perspectives leading to diversity of thought and increasing critical and creative thinking. The diversity in the program – both the interdisciplinary project-based learning and the rich array of enrichment and elective offerings – music, art, movement, cooking, gardening, improvisation, and more K-12 – tap into our students’ multiple intelligences and facilitate them making connections across the curriculum. This is the power of our model.
This Diverse by Design video highlights the power of integration and how Larchmont is part of a national movement to realize the vision and promise of Brown v. Board of Education. It was made possible through a generous benefactor and professional filmmaker in our community.
Copy and paste this link to your browser to learn more about LCS: https://youtu.be/NrSKSbkju2c
Comments and Other Information
Larchmont is a constructivist school. Constructivism is a theory of learning which holds that each of us has a unique schema of the world based on our lived experience and that by interacting with our environment we make connections to what we already know and construct new meaning. It is therefore essential that we know our students well to be able to meet them where they are and grow from there. We do this through small class size, looping, longer periods of instruction, and a focus on social-emotional development and community K-12.
Learning is seen as an active process. Diversity is core to our model because it is through ensuring a richly diverse environment – of both people and programming – that we create the setting for learning to occur. The diversity of our community provides students the opportunities to interact and benefit from students and staff from disparate backgrounds often resulting in a variety of perspectives leading to diversity of thought and increasing critical and creative thinking. The diversity in the program – both the interdisciplinary project-based learning and the rich array of enrichment and elective offerings – music, art, movement, cooking, gardening, improvisation, and more K-12 – tap into our students’ multiple intelligences and facilitate them making connections across the curriculum. This is the power of our model.
This Diverse by Design video highlights the power of integration and how Larchmont is part of a national movement to realize the vision and promise of Brown v. Board of Education. It was made possible through a generous benefactor and professional filmmaker in our community.
Copy and paste this link to your browser to learn more about LCS: https://youtu.be/NrSKSbkju2c