Elementary Teacher

Contract Length: 10 months

Number of Vacancies: 1

Student Level:

- Elementary
- Licensed Teacher, Director/Principal

School Requirements:

- Education Required: Bachelor
- Minimum Teaching Experience: 2 years of teaching experience
- Major: Education, Psychology, or related field
- Required Certificates:
- Teaching Credential/LicenseAdditional School Requirements:
**Qualifications**:

- Teaching license not required but relevant educational training or classroom experience is required
- Some experience with positive classroom management styles and/or constructivist learning theories
- Some experience with project-based curriculum or inquiry learning

Job Benefits:
International travel medical insurance.

**Job Description**:
We are looking for adventurous, fun, and creative teachers to join us

Manglares Discovery School is a private micro-school in its sixth year, set on a secluded, natural jungle campus. Our students range from age 3 to age 12, and the school serves the nearby beach/surf community of Playa Venao. Our school is focused on developing the whole child; academic as well as social and emotional well-being.

We started with a single, early-education classroom, but have since expanded into elementary grades. Our early education started with a Reggio Emilia-inspired curriculum, and our goal is to permeate this philosophy of the project-based approach through all of our grade levels. We are now looking for a lead teacher to bring the child-led, inquiry-driven spirit into an elementary grade, Grade 3.

The area offers much potential in terms of inquiry extensions. For example, the campus is home to a waterfall; we get almost daily visits from three species of monkeys and other birds and animals. The local community has various interesting cultural traditions. Our student-teacher ratio is approximately 10-15 students to a teacher.

If you believe in developing the whole child, love working with children, believe that life is an adventure, love nature, believe in the hidden potential of children, and want to try working at a growing school in a tropical location, this position might be a great fit for you