High School Social Studies Teacher - Kindle Farm School - Newfane

Company: HCRS
Location: Newfane
Posted on: June 2, 2025

Job Description:

Located in Newfane, Vermont, Kindle Farm School is a therapeutic, independent day school serving male identifying students grades 2-12. The school provides a highly individualized, hands-on, and relationship-based educational environment for students who have not thrived in traditional school settings due to social, emotional, behavioral, or learning challenges.

All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description.

Kindle Farm offers a holistic approach that integrates academics, vocational education, therapeutic supports, and experiential learning across a rich milieu that includes classrooms, forests, workshops, and working farms. The school day may include carpentry, mechanics, sustainable agriculture, wilderness skills, and arts - all designed to promote student growth through authentic, meaningful engagement.

Kindle Farm School is seeking an inspired and fun individual to teach Social Studies to High School aged students with a diverse set of skills and interests. This position requires a strong background in Social Studies, with a supporting transcript from all post-secondary educational institutions attended. Kindle Farm School believes that students learn best when their relationships with instructors are strong. Therefore, this position requires strong people skills, the ability to set firm but respectful limits and diverse recreational interests. The ideal candidate will also have the ability to provide experiential education with the capacity to connect Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening and Historical and Social Thinking processes to authentic learning units for our students. This position is not a traditional teaching position, in that many students participate in a strong vocational component in their day, including but not limited to Agriculture, Carpentry and Forestry. Many of our students have had negative reactions to traditional classroom settings. In our school, they are served in small classes with high staff to student ratios and natural incentives. Most of our students have Individualized Educational Plans created in conjunction with their sending school districts.

Join a company that has been named one of Vermont's best places to work for 5 years in a row!

Responsibilities include:

*Implementation and adaptation of experiential curriculum with Social Studies team and co-teachers

*Behavioral support of students in collaboration with co-teachers

*Implementation of relevant IEP goals

*Completion of Grades, Quarterly Reports and Curriculum logs

*Participation in and Facilitation of afternoon activities

*Supervision of students during lunch, transitions and breaks

*Participation in behavioral, academic and campus meetings and trainings

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