Lower School Lead Teacher (2025-2026 SY)
Lower School Lead Teacher (2025-2026 SY)
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07-06-2025
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Yearly Salary
$ 55000 - 70939
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Posted on :
07-06-2025
Job Description
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
The Co-op School was founded in 2003 by a group of parents who saw the need for a high-quality and affordable preschool option in the Clinton Hill and Fort Greene neighborhoods. Since then the Co-op School has matured from a small parent-run playgroup to a fully staffed and licensed non-profit school.
After residing in two prior homes in Clinton Hill The Co-op School moved into 87 Irving Place in the fall of 2009. In 2011 The Co-op School launched the first kindergarten class of its elementary program at 40 Brevoort Place. In 2019 we opened our doors at 644 Gates Avenue in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhoodin a 3500-square-foot building with a double-height gym a rooftop library and two playgroundshousing our preschool lower school and middle school students under one roof.
OUR MISSION
The mission of The Co-op School is to inspire passion and teach children to become protagonists in their own educational journey by fostering their innate sense of curiosity and creativity. The Co-op School facilitates joyful learning through a unique and rigorous constructivist approach that listens to and honors the individual interests and strengths of each child. The Co-op School doesnt just belong to the students and educators but extends to the family community as a whole. It belongs to those who participate in it and is a more resilient and creative place because of it.
JOB SUMMARY
Lead classroom teachers who promote the education of students by planning and delivering engaging units of study. One who creates a safe and nurturing classroom environment conducive to learning and appropriate to the physical social and emotional development of students utilizing the Responsive Classroom approach.
Responsibilities
- Teaches students by planning and delivering units of study consistent with The Co-op Schools mission and philosophy emphasizing inquiry creativity and critical thinking.
- Creates differentiated classroom experiences by providing individual and small group instruction to achieve scaffolded support for all learners.
- Develops and delivers lesson plans that use a variety of techniques group discussions projects exhibits field trips visual and library resources and technology.
- Creates and supports a positive safe and nurturing classroom community utilizing Responsive Classroom.
- Consistently monitors and reports student achievement through formal and informal assessments summative and formative.
- Assists students in analyzing and improving habits and attitudes of learning.
- Counsels students with academic challenges and draws on school resources for additional academic support.
- Keeps parents informed of all elements of student development including academic performance attendance and social-emotional learning through formal and informal communication methods such as conferences both regularly scheduled and as-needed.
- Presents a positive role model for students that supports the mission of the school and demonstrates behavior that is professional ethical and responsible.
- Collaborates with school staff in planning and implementing instructional goals objectives and methods according to school requirements.
- Provides student support services by assisting with transitions recess and lunch duty.
- Attends and participates in staff development programs events and meeting
- Attends faculty meetings participates in educational opportunities and reads professional publications.
- Demonstrates flexibility and a positive attitude toward new challenges and growth opportunities.
- Collaborate with teachers coaches and division heads to plan out and provide high-quality relevant instruction to all children
- Actively participate in a learning community including teacher committees that meet on a monthly basis peer observations planning meetings and staff meetings sometimes outside of school hours
- Use a variety of assessments to measure student learning and drive instruction
- Use student performance data to tailor and differentiate the curriculum to individual students and to determine small groupings and modifications
- Collaboratively plan interdisciplinary units of study
- Regularly communicate with families students and community partners through phone face-to-face conversation email and blogs
- Integrate The Co-op School Values into classroom culture units of study and interactions with staff families and students
- Integrate the real world and surrounding community into units of study lessons and classroom culture
- Maintain positive relationships with students families and colleagues
- Maintain confidentiality with student information and records
- Create a positive and safe classroom culture and community
- Participating in all professional development provided to the staff
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelors Degree in Education/Masters Degree in Education preferred
- Lead teaching experience preferred if no Masters degree in education
- Experience with varied reading programs in phonics and phonemic awareness
- Experience with Math Curriculum that is common core aligned along with math practices that push students to think collaborate and emphasize conceptual understanding
- Experience with or training in Responsive Classroom
- Understands that students in a diverse classroom require differentiation to access concepts
- Experience with inquiry-based learning especially around social studies
- Experience interpreting and using multiple forms of data to inform instruction
- Knowledge and experience in developing and assessing curriculum
- Experience with the integration of instructional technology
- Excellent written communication public speaking and presentation skills
- Experience working with children with special needs as some students have IESPs
- Experience in Early Childhood Education (Including Pre-K through 2nd grade)
- Experience with teaching through an anti-bias and anti-racist lens
- Commitment to diverse learning environments
Annual Salary: The salary range for this position is $55000 - $70939; The position on the scale will be based on years of teaching experience and education.
Level: Union Full-Time position
Start Date: August 2025-2026 School Year
This Position reports directly to the Lower School Division Head
TO APPLY:
The Co-op School COVID-19 Vaccination Policy:
We appreciate your interest in employment at The Co-op School. We would like to note that the School has a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy which requires all faculty and staff to be fully vaccinated. Proof of vaccination is required.
The Co-op School is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race creed color citizenship national origin or ancestry religion or religious practices sex age marital status sexual orientation physical or mental disability prior arrest or conviction record genetic predisposition or any other basis prohibited by federal state or local laws. Our policy extends to all employment practices including but not limited to hiring transfer promotion training compensation benefits lay-offs and termination.
Compensation: $55000.00 - $70939.00 per year
History
The Co-op School was founded in 2003 by a group of parents who saw the need for a high-quality and affordable preschool option in the Clinton Hill and Fort Greene neighborhoods. Since then the Co-op School has matured from a small parent-run playgroup to a fully staffed and licensed non-profit school.
After residing in two prior homes in Clinton Hill The Co-op School moved into 87 Irving Place in the fall of 2009. In 2011 The Co-op School launched the first kindergarten class of its elementary program at 40 Brevoort Place. In 2019 we opened our doors at 644 Gates Avenue in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhoodin a 3500-square-foot building with a double-height gym a rooftop library and two playgroundshousing our preschool lower school and middle school students under one roof.
Mission and Core Values
The mission of The Co-op School is to inspire passion and teach children to become protagonists in their own educational journey by fostering their innate sense of curiosity and creativity. The Co-op School facilitates joyful learning through a unique and rigorous constructivist approach that listens to and honors the individual interests and strengths of each child. The Co-op School doesnt just belong to the students and educators but extends to the family community as a whole. It belongs to those who participate in it and is a more resilient and creative place because of it.
We The Co-op School believe in the following Core Values:
Compassion
We value and nurture the strength of character it takes to work together as a team to be an individual to respect differences of opinions and have the ability to empathize with others.
Uniqueness
We value and nurture the confidence that leads to risk taking problem solving and taking pride in ones own point of view.
Innovation
We value and nurture curiosity imagination creativity experimentation and perseverance when faced with challenges.
Community Action
We value and nurture an overall awareness respect and care for our surroundings community and environment.
Anti-Racism
We value and nurture the courage and heart it requires to be anti-racist in our speech and actions and exemplify this through the conversations we have and the work we do in and out of our classrooms.
Joy
We value and nurture the simple joy of playing learning and friendship-making.
Employment Type
Full-Time
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