Upper Elementary/ Junior High Judaics Teacher
The Toronto Heschel School Seeks a Dynamic Jewish Educator to Join its Growing Team
We are:
- An Innovative Jewish Day School with classes from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8
- Pluralistic and Egalitarian within Halakhah
- Implementing integrated Jewish/General Studies Curricula
- Employing Arts-based curricula & methods
- Dedicated to a collaborative teaching model
- Committed to Teaching for Understanding (Harvard University model)
- Committed to a strong environmental ethos
You are:
- A dedicated educator who is committed to Klal Israel
- Committed to bringing Jewish values and concepts to all areas of curriculum and daily life
- A creative and innovative thinker
- A flexible team player who thrives in a collaborative teaching model
- Dedicated to teaching and learning through the Arts
- Able to teach particular disciplines (i.e. Math, Science, Language Arts, Judaics, Hebrew, Social Sciences)
- Able to create environments in which students learn how to use skills in new and varied contexts
- Serious about participating in on-going professional development in accordance with the school philosophy
Qualifications:
- Fluent Hebrew speaker. Ability to teach fully Ivrit b’Ivrit.
- Strong background teaching Jewish texts including Tanakh, Mishna and Nevi’im.
- Knowledge of ta’amei Hamikra (trop)
- Background in drama, dance and/or music an asset
Applicants should forward a cover letter and resume to teaching@torontoheschel.org.