Elementary Homeroom Teacher

**Our Mission**: To inspire and challenge every learner to reach their full potential and become curious, independent, and compassionate citizens of the world. Our Core Values: Commitment to Excellence - We tackle challenges willingly and persevere in order to succeed. Compassion and Integrity - We care for, respect, and value one another Strength in Diversity - We embrace our differences, enrich our community, and make meaningful connections, ensuring our global mindedness. Innovative Spirit - We are creative and curious learners, empowered to adapt to a rapidly changing world.

Lasting Impact - We contribute to a sustainable future by taking care of our planet and leaving our environment better than we found it. Our Definition of Learning: Learning is a journey of authentic discovery to develop understanding, skills, and character. This includes four principles: Learning is Iterative - We learn through our mistakes, providing us opportunities to be creative and find solutions. Learni ng is Exciting - We learn when we are inspired, challenged, and active.

The International School of Panama, in keeping with our core beliefs and mission statement, has adopted a Child Protection Policy that will empower students, families and staff in matters related to the health, safety and care of children in attendance at our school. This Child Protection Policy is the school's commitment to do our utmost to prevent and protect children from abuse. It is a statement of intent that demonstrates the school's commitment to safeguard children from harm and makes clear to all its members what is required in case of a known or suspected case of abuse. All ISP faculty, staff, and employees, as well as all students, parents and other relevant community members and service providers associated with the school (the "ISP Community"), have a legal obligation to report suspected incidences of child abuse or neglect whenever they have reasonable cause to believe that a child has suffered or is at risk of suffering any type of abuse regardless of the location where the abuse takes place.

You can find detailed information on our Child Protection Policy at isp.edu.pa ELEMENTARY at ISP: Our primary mission is to meet the unique educational, emotional, and social needs of each and every student. All of the staff members at ISP share a common goal - to do whatever it takes to help students reach their full potential as learners and as global citizens. We recognize that learning is a complex, dynamic process, and we constantly evaluate our practice to ensure that students are engaged, that they are appropriately challenged, and that they experience joy. We offer a research-based curriculum that emphasizes a strong foundation in literacy and math as well as critical thinking, citizenship, and ample opportunities for creative expression.

Our whole-child approach includes challenging social studies, science, and math programs. Students stay fit and healthy in our physical education classes, they produce art, music, and drama in our specialist classes, and they get hands-on access to technology through integrated units of study. Students are also exposed to daily Spanish classes differentiated by fluency. In addition to these special enrichment classes, our students are engaged in the social-emotional realm as they have set aside weekly classroom visits and lessons from their grade level counselor.

At ISP, we believe that life-long learning is critical for everyone. Our early release time of students on Wednesdays is devoted to professional development activities designed to continually improve our services to students and families. Education is not static, and our staff understands the importance of keeping up with the latest research regarding effective educational practices.