1st-3rd Grade - Mixed-Age Homeroom Teacher
Provide world-class schooling to students from low-income communities in one of America's most innovative schools. The Greater Dayton School is Ohio's first non religious private school exclusively for under-resourced students
What is great about this role?
- High-performing educators: Work collaboratively with America's best teachers.
- Impact & innovation: Teach the whole child in a modern-day Montessori class. Our classes are mixed-age and we teach to the individual using a combination of adaptive teacher instruction and AI.
- Wellness services: Our students receive pediatric, dental, mental health, vision, and other wellness support on site.
- Resources: We spend $30K per child annually, three times the national average.
- 12 to 1 - student-to-teacher ratio: 2 teachers per class of 24 students.
- State-of-the-art campus: We built a $60M campus designed by one of the nation's top architecture firms.
Does this describe you?
- Do you love kids? Are you one of the best teachers in your district?
- Do you have a passion to teach students from low-income communities?
- Do you like to innovate and work with a team of high-performing educators?
- Do you want to throw out the industrial model of schooling and teach in a student centered way using AI and adaptive curriculum?
- Do you have an undergraduate degree and at least two years of teaching experience? As a private school, we don't require teaching licenses.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Teach 1 content area: reading, writing, math, OR character education + school jobs to a mixed age 1st-3rd grade class.
- Build rapport with students and families and communicate with them effectively.
- Lead a sport, life skills, or club during after school time (3-4p).
- Schedule - 10 month employee (paid breaks), 8:00a-4:30p or 8:30a-5p
Compensation + Details:
- Start Date: Summer 2027
- Base salary - $62,000-70,000 (3 year renewable contract + annual raises)
- Hours: 8:00a-4:30p or 8:30a-5p, M-F, 10 month calendar
- Full benefits for teacher & family, 401K with company match, + Roth IRA, HSA/FSA options, dependent care FSA's.
- Other: Relocation stipend, child tuition at GDS, child care stipend, paid maternity leave, free lunch and coffee/tea daily, free fitness center