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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in General Education, Special Education, or a similar field.
• Experience leading whole-class instruction.
• Commitment to inclusive education and the ability to inspire, nurture, and challenge students with varied interests, experiences, strengths, readiness levels, and learning styles.
• Proven classroom-management skills to help create a respectful, safe, nurturing community where students can express their identities and celebrate those of their peers.
• Ability to understand students’ strengths and challenges and ensure they are appropriately challenged and supported across disciplines.
• Growth mindset and collaborative, flexible spirit.
• Willingness to ensure students are nurtured, challenged, and inspired across disciplines.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Education or a similar field.
• Prior experience in an independent school.
• Minimum of three years of relevant school-based experience.

Responsibilities

• Assume instructional and supervisory responsibility for a classroom when a teacher is absent or attending professional development or administrative meetings.
• Deliver prepared curricula, assignments, and activities with fidelity to maintain academic standards.
• Adapt to each classroom’s behavior-management systems, daily routines, and cultural norms.
• On non-coverage days, collaborate with classroom teachers to support lesson delivery, student engagement, and individual scaffolding.
• Help grade-level teams prepare physical and digital learning materials, grade formative assignments, and set up laboratory or art stations.
• Perform assigned duties during morning arrival, recess, lunch segments, and afternoon dismissal.
• Maintain awareness of student accommodations and behavioral interventions across multiple grade cohorts.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Paid time off.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible spending program.
• Health reimbursement account.
• Commuter benefits program.
• Short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Paid family leave.
• Professional development opportunities.
• 403(b) plan with employer contribution; waiting period applies.