High School Humanities Teacher

Monteverde Friends School: High School Humanities Teacher

Monteverde Friends School seeks an experienced, passionate high school (grades 7-12) Humanities teacher to join our small bilingual Quaker school on August 1, 2024. The ideal candidate will instill and foster a passion for global history, geography, and human rights and integrate these essential topics into the school’s curriculum and activities. 

Note: Our Humanities classes are taught entirely and solely in English. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in History or Humanities; teaching certification highly desirable. 
• Teaching experience in middle and/or high school.

The ideal candidate will have: 

• A high level of organization, initiative, and energy.
• A willingness to collaborate with classroom teachers, school administration, and other specialist teachers.
• Creativity and flexibility in solving problems, a sense of humor, enthusiasm for designing innovative lessons, and strong interpersonal skills that encourage cooperation.
• An intention to join our international team of teachers for at least two years.

Full-time high school faculty members have the following responsibilities:

• Teach up to 22 class periods (which include classes, homeroom responsibilities, delivering Quakerism curriculum, or assisting in other classes). 
• Plan, prepare, and teach engaging lessons on your topic of study, including modifying or adapting lessons for English Language Learners and students with learning differences. 
• Maintain attendance and grade records. 
• Write semester and yearly curricular descriptions. 
• Write reports on the progress of all students at the end of the first and second semesters. 
• Participate in parent/teacher conferences twice yearly and additionally as needed. 
• Maintain contact with students’ families. 
• Serve as a homeroom teacher/advisor
• Oversee planning and fundraising for the homeroom’s annual class trip. (Example: homerooms make and sell lunches and host evening talent shows)
• Supervise students during recess and lunch as assigned. 
• Participate in committee work. (Committees support graduation, service-learning days, Quaker life, learning support, Children’s Day, Cultures Day, etc.) 
• Lead mini-courses each quarter  (Electives such as cooking, health & sexuality, hiking, songwriting, etc.) 
• Participate in weekly Meeting for Worship and the life of the school community.  
• Attend staff meetings, parent meetings, and other meetings as needed. 

Compensation and Benefits: 

• Salary as determined by step on the salary scale. 
• Health care through the Costa Rican national health care system (CAJA). 
• Visa / Immigration expenses are reimbursed in the second year of employment. 
• Aguinaldo (Christmas bonus, equal to one-twelfth of yearly pay). 
• Participation in national teacher retirement plan (Magisterio managed by Jupema).

Interested candidates should send a resume, letter of intention, and a list of three references by May 15, 2024, to jobs@mfschool.org.