Job Details
Crescent Heights Academy is an independent day school located in Surrey, BC. With 672 students from K-12 in 2025, our population will grow to 720 students in the following few years. Our aim is to provide students with an inclusive community, a challenging academic education with a focus on our students character, emphasizing critical and compassionate thinking and a life-long love of learning. Our school has a vibrant, close-knit family atmosphere where students are known and cared for; we seek candidates that value the professional and appropriate connections with students and their families and understand that every child matters. Plans have begun to build a 120,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility on the current Senior Campus site. Over the next 3 years we will be planning and building the new facility with an eye to provide our students with an environment that supports our mission of building future ready students. Candidates who possess an entrepreneurial, trail-blazing spirit would thrive in this growing, progressive school.
Job Description- Full Time Senior School English & Social Studies Teacher
Commences September 202 6
Crescent Heights Academy is looking for a teacher to support the Senior School programme through instruction in the following subject area s : English & Social Studies . This position is 1.0 FTE and includes a homeroom teacher responsibility. There is some flexibility in subject and grade level scheduling and as a growing school there are continued opportunities as we expand.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
-Work collaboratively with others to plan and deliver programming using the MYP framework for grade 9 English. Grade 10 and 11 English do not utilize the IB framework
-Design and facilitate learning experiences and engagements that inspire, engage, motive, and challenge learners
-Develop a caring classroom environment with positive relationships at the core
-Monitor, guide, give feedback and assess student learning using a range of tools and strategies
-Communicate effectively and regularly with colleagues, students, and their families
-Attend and participate in school functions, events and professional development
-Supervise students at recess and/or lunch breaks
-Lead after school co-curricular activities/coach athletics teams
-Attend and help supervise overnight outdoor education excursions
-Additional duties and responsibilities as directed by the Head of School and as outlined in our Staff Handbook
-Be a contributor within the Crescent Heights Academy community
Qualifications:
A Bachelor of Education
Hold a valid BC teaching certificate
AP Training is considered an asset
Experience teaching in a senior school setting
Passion and commitment to inquiry-based and concept driven instruction
Canadian resident and be legally entitled to work in Canada
First Aid Certificate
Strong classroom management skills
Collaborative team member
Effective communication skills
A self-starter, someone who sees a need, and strives for solutions
This position is full-time. Only those candidates shortlisted will be contacted. Compensation is based on the Surrey Schools Salary Grid with a slight premium and extended health benefits.