LS Kindergarten Teacher

The Kinkaid School•Houston, TX

11h

About The Position

The Kinkaid School is seeking a Kindergarten Teacher to join its Lower School starting in August 2026. This teacher must embrace and help advance the principles set out in Kinkaid’s mission and core values , Lower School Educational Philosophy , and Portrait of a Teacher . The Kinkaid School is a co-educational non-sectarian day school enrolling 1,500 students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. Located on a sixty-five-acre campus in the heart of Houston, Texas, the school offers a thriving intellectual community in the midst of a vibrant, urban, diverse culture. With an enrollment just above 400 students, the Lower School fosters a learning environment centered on innovation, creativity, and personal attention. Teachers in each grade work as a close-knit team to support each other and collaborate on curriculum development. Teachers are assisted by learning specialists in arts, sciences, reading, music and physical education and have access to generous resources including material and supplies, state of the art technology and regular professional development seminars, which occur both on and off campus.

Requirements

Experience with the workshop model of teaching
Knowledge of current, best practices in reading, writing, and math instruction
Commitment to play as a crucial component of early childhood education
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
Core knowledge of the development of primary-age school children
A passion for and experience with integrating technology into the curriculum to serve the needs of all learners
Lauded experience working with students, parents, and colleagues
Experience working successfully with partner or assistant
A demonstrated eagerness to grow professionally
A commitment to collaboration and high ethical professional standards
A collegial, energetic, and engaging demeanor
An interest in and commitment to being a full member of the community
Exemplifies Kinkaid’s four core values of honesty, responsibility, respect, and kindness
Bachelor’s degree in education.
A minimum of three years of experience teaching kindergarten, preferably at an independent school

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred

Responsibilities

Provide daily instruction to a classroom of up to 16 students
Create daily, differentiated instructional plans aligned with grade-level standards
Assess student progress towards objectives, expectations, and/or goals for the purpose of providing feedback to students, parents, and administration
Prepare a variety of written materials (e.g. grades, attendance, anecdotal records, etc.) for the purpose of documenting student progress
Collaborate with fellow teachers on curriculum development
Collaborate with teaching specialists to foster a learning environment congruent with the specific educational objectives set by the administration and the grade team
Communicate with parents, counselors, and specialists regarding students’ educational objectives
Organize parent-teacher conferences and attend school events as needed
Use technology i.e. computer, iPad, Promethean Boards, audiovisual aids, and other equipment and materials to instruct and support students
Attend faculty/staff meetings, and serve on committees as required
Plan with and supervise assignments for teacher assistant
Fulfill weekly/monthly before and after school duties as assigned