Substitute Teacher Per Diem

About the Company

Northwest Yeshiva High School (NYHS) is a coeducational, accredited Jewish High School, educating teens from a wide geographic area in the Seattle area and a variety of Jewish backgrounds.

Located on Mercer Island, NYHS empowers students to become curious, resilient, and virtuous citizens of the world by developing into sophisticated thinkers who take ownership of their ideas with passion and intellectual honesty. This mission comes alive in our neighborhood setting on Mercer Island where we serve grades 9-12 in a vibrant, dual curriculum.

Our diverse faculty bring varied life experience and passion to their content areas and instruction. Our guiding principles are intellectual curiosity, student agency, and a commitment to the common good. We are a small school with 65 students currently enrolled; this contributes to our family-like atmosphere where all students are known and seen.

We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

About the Position

Northwest Yeshiva High School is seeking a Per Diem Substitute High School teacher for the  school year. The role of the Substitute Teacher is to foster a love for learning and make learning accessible for all students. This position will include Substitute teaching General Education and Judaic Studies. Class sizes are small and range from 7-10 students.

• Provide Per Diem Expert learning and engagement with students following lesson plans and instruction.
• Provide skillful classroom management practices (routines and procedures) to ensure a safe, orderly, positive, enjoyable, and productive learning environment.
• Work collaboratively in situations that may be time sensitive with a variety of individuals including students, parents, faculty and staff.
• Uphold the philosophy, principles, policies, and procedures and represents NYHS positively in the school community and the wider community.

• A bachelor’s degree or higher in secondary education, or a related discipline
• Experience in education, preferably at the secondary level
• Teaching certification preferred

• A passion for teaching and creating an engaging learning environment
• Desire, interest, and enthusiasm for working with high school-aged students
• A willingness to incorporate social-emotional learning (social awareness, relationship skills, self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision making) and project-based learning into the subject matter
• Strong organizational and communication abilities
• Strong judgment & decision making skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficient at working in a Google Drive environment and confident in learning new technology
• Ability to work and communicate well with students, families, faculty, and staff within the community

Northwest Yeshiva High School is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know.