Resident Teacher
Resident Teacher - Job Description
The Greater Dayton School is a private school for kids from low-income backgrounds. We offer our students small class sizes (2 teachers for 20 students), wraparound medical care and therapy, and a whole child education. We’re hiring a PreK-3 resident teacher, which is a teacher in training and in-house substitute. On days when all teachers are present, they will work as a teachers aid and learn from some of the best teachers in the country. On days when a teacher is absent, they will substitute teach.
Our goal is to train Resident Teachers to become full time teachers in future years.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Learn innovative teaching from some of the best educators in the country.
- Aid teachers in day-to-day instructional tasks: small group teaching, behavioral support, movement breaks for students, classroom organization, and grading.
- Supervise lunch and recess.
- When teachers are absent, serve as an in-house substitute.
Character Traits and Preferred Experience:
- Bachelor's degree (in any subject area).
- Strong desire to teach children in grades PreK-3.
- Love kids and have a desire to help them learn and grow.
- Treats kids with respect, acts as a mentor, and has high expectations for students.
- Preferred - Ability to effectively manage students and a classroom environment.
- Preferred - Experience with competency based learning assessment models.
- Preferred - Experience with digital learning platforms and educational technology.
- Preferred - One or more years working with kids in an educational setting.
Compensation + Details:
- Hours - 8:00am-5:00pm
- 10 month school calendar (i.e. 2 months of vacation time on breaks)
- Pay - $50K salary
- Benefits - health/vision/dental/life insurance for individual + family with 0% paycheck deductions, 401K retirement, 6 flexible paid time off days, holidays, child care assistance, relocation packages, paid gym membership, morning coffee/tea, free lunches daily, unlimited color/black white copies, and more!