Join a team of deeply intentional educators at Hood River New School, where you’ll help craft a learning landscape that sparks curiosity and challenges the middle school brain. Teaching here is hands-on, community-rooted, genuinely collaborative, and we're looking for a Middle School Teacher who's ready to work alongside colleagues energized by the opportunity to invest in students’ lives and empower them to become the world-changing leaders of tomorrow. Our Lead Curriculum Teacher, you'll also play a central role in ensuring our program is cohesive, rigorous, and true to who we are as a school. This is a teaching role first, with meaningful added responsibility for curriculum alignment across our Core team.
You'll carry the same full teaching load as our other Core teachers, a mixed-age class of 6th–8th graders, integrating Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies through an interdisciplinary, project-based curriculum. In addition, you'll serve as the curriculum coordination hub for the Core team: keeping the program on track, sequenced, and responsive to students.
•Build a warm, inclusive classroom where students feel safe taking intellectual and personal risks
•Differentiate instruction across a wide range of learning styles and abilities
•Guide hands-on, interdisciplinary projects that connect academic content to real-world questions
•Teach core subjects, adapting thoughtfully as needed
•Maintain a shared curriculum map and pacing guide across the Core teaching team
•Identify gaps, redundancies, and opportunities for interdisciplinary connection across classes
•Keep the team aligned on learning goals, assessments, and student progress
•Serve as the point person for curriculum-related questions, resources, and decisions
•Facilitate productive curriculum conversations during Friday collaboration time
•Lead curriculum planning, reflection, and refinement sessions with fellow Core teachers
•Coordinate outdoor education, fieldwork, or community service experiences
•Organize field trips and invite guest speakers
•Build partnerships with local community organizations
•Communicate regularly and thoughtfully with families
•A peer leadership model in which you'll coordinate curriculum as a trusted colleague, not a supervisor
•Deep relationships with your students
•Mixed-age classrooms that encourage collaboration, leadership, and individualized learning
•Outdoor education and community engagement woven into the weekly schedule
•Real influence in shaping school culture and the direction of our academic program
•Hold (or are eligible for) an Oregon elementary or middle school teaching license
•Have experience teaching middle school and a passion for curriculum design
•Understand how to build and maintain a coherent, sequenced curriculum across a team
•Are organized, proactive, and comfortable holding the group's focus
•Build trusting relationships with students, families, and colleagues naturally
•Bring a culturally responsive lens to your teaching and curriculum thinking
•Are energized by collaboration and skilled at facilitating it
•Passionate about revolutionizing learning through technology
•Bring multiple academic endorsements
Competitive salary based on experience and education, with additional compensation reflecting the curriculum coordination responsibilities.