Job Details
Are you ready to be the original innovator of a brand-new space and academic program that will flourish and expand beyond your wildest imagination?
Join us at Our Mother of Consolation School in the beautiful environs of Chestnut Hill, where you can breathe life and direction into a new state-of-the-art 21st-century school. Enjoy an easy commute via train or convenient access from Rt 309 and the PA Turnpike while being the lead architect of a STEM Innovation lab that will be the crown jewel of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The opportunity is here!
We are seeking a dynamic professional to serve as the Innovation and Information Technologist. The ideal candidate is eager to be the founding Teacher and Coordinator of our Innovation Lab and Information Commons while working collaboratively with the principal, faculty, and a group of knowledgeable parents who helped formulate this position.
The starting date for this position is September 2024, with the potential to expand to summer programs.
OMC School, located in the historic Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, is convenient to both train and bus lines. The school, part of a parish campus founded in 1855, experienced a fire in March 2023 and is currently undergoing reconstruction. The newly reconstructed, state-of-the-art building will be ready for occupancy in the Spring of 2025. Until then, the school will continue operating at its temporary location at Chestnut Hill College. Our Mother of Consolation is a Middle States Accredited school and has achieved the National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia School of Distinguished Instruction. Its governance model is Pastor and Principal, working collaboratively with the Board of Limited Jurisdiction.
The ideal candidate will possess a spirit of curiosity for innovation that they are excited to share with students and faculty. They should have a degree in Education or a STEM-related field, an eagerness to teach STEM classes to grades K-8, and a willingness to grow through professional development. The successful candidate must be willing to develop and implement a curriculum in a brand-new Innovation Lab with the overarching aim of guiding our students to think, assess problems, and become flexible learners.
Requirements:
- Experience in education
- Degree in Education or a STEM-related field
- Opportunity to advance Education/Technology Degree
- An understanding of child growth and development
- Strong proficiency in Google Suite and Digital and Information Literacy skills
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Be forward-thinking and maintain a vision for the implementation of a vibrant STEM program for the school
- Serve as the founding teacher and coordinator of OMC's Innovation Lab
- Develop a curricular framework that encourages students to explore, iterate, and design for creativity, critical thinking, and positive change
- Develop a scope and sequence of skills in digital literacy, coding, and robotics for grades K-8 in the fall semester of 2024, to be implemented in the spring semester of 2025
- Teach in the Lower School and Middle School
- Partner with Elementary and Middle School teachers to develop, integrate, and assess innovative student learning experiences
- Develop and maintain a STEM resource library/checkout system that teachers can access to augment Science/Math learning within the general classroom
- Serve as the faculty leader of one student co-curricular club per trimester
- Serve as Coordinator of the Innovation Lab and the Information Commons, maintaining and ordering technology and supplies, participating in professional development opportunities to continually grow the STEM program and provide relevant training to teachers and staff
- Serve as the liaison with the school and parish's offsite technology management company
Qualified and interested candidates, please send your resume and cover letter. Clearances and other documentation will be required if the position is offered.