MS/US Technology Teacher and Integrator

Ridgefield Academy in Ridgefield, CT, has a mid-year opening for an experienced, energetic, and enthusiastic educational technologist.

Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, teaching technology classes in grades 4-8 and working closely with teachers in those grades to create student-centered interdisciplinary learning experiences for students. The Middle School/Upper School (Grades 4-8) Technology Teacher and Integrator will also help manage our technology facilities, which include a 1:1 Chromebook deployment, a technology lab, a green screen room, and a sound studio. This position helps create, support, and drive technology for Ridgefield Academy's Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning. 

A successful candidate can:

• continue the development of a program that offers programming, robotics, 3D fabrication, and digital arts
• inspire teachers and students with a passion for creating with technology in the classroom
• work with a wide range of technologies, comfortable with everything from a camera to a terminal console to a soldering iron
• help teachers integrate technology into their classes, teaching necessary skills, and also helping facilitate/co-teach classes in other disciplines
• be a resource for students as they complete independent or group work
• proactively seek out opportunities to make our technology facilities a hub of interdisciplinary learning
• find avenues to showcase student work both in school and outside of it
• develop and lead upper school elective courses and clubs
• be a part of the school community beyond assigned classes and school day responsibilities, open to opportunities to be an advisor, coach, or other student-facing roles
• have both a good sense of humor and patience when working with others

Experience teaching technology to middle school-aged students is strongly preferred, as is a demonstrable history of collaborative work with teachers of all disciplines.

The MS/US Technology Teacher and Integrator reports to the Director of the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning and has divisional responsibilities to the Head of Middle and Upper Schools.