First Grade Teacher - Maternity Leave Replacement

Dwight School is the first school in the Americas to offer all four International Baccalaureate programs from preschool to grade 12. Guided by our philosophy of igniting the spark of genius in every child, Dwight is an inclusive school that aims to meet the unique needs, abilities, and interests of each student. At the same time, Dwight challenges every student to develop intellectual independence, respect for diversity and belonging, and to become innovators and thought leaders.

Known for its low student-teacher ratio, Dwight enrolls 1,100 students with 400 faculty and staff. Our School rests on three pillars: personalized learning, community, and global vision. As part of a leading global network of schools, Dwight offers employees exciting cross-campus opportunities. Additionally, with the support of The Dwight School Foundation’s generous grants, Dwight provides faculty professional development, enabling teachers to deepen their content knowledge and pursue their own sparks of genius to be shared with the community.

At Dwight, we strive to ensure that our environment is welcoming — a place in which everyone can thrive — and an organization we are proud of. We recognize that this takes trusting relationships and ensuring that all individuals feel valued regardless of their backgrounds.

We consistently strive to advance the equity, diversity and belonging of our community in all domains, including the curriculum, admissions, environment, and hiring. Our goal is to achieve and maintain equal employment opportunities, with policies in place to maintain a work environment free from discrimination.

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Dwight School’s goal is to achieve and maintain equal employment opportunities. It is also the policy of Dwight School to maintain a work environment free from discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, veteran/military status, marital status, or other status protected by federal or state law, with regards to any term or condition of employment.

Hours: 8:00AM-4:30PM

Dwight School, an innovative preschool-grade 12 co-educational school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, is seeking an experienced and energetic Fourth Grade Teacher for a maternity leave cover to begin in March 2026 through the end of the 2026 school year. The purpose of the First Grade Teacher is to create an educationally sound and developmentally appropriate learning environment that supports students in the lower school at Dwight School.

• Demonstrates knowledge of content and a wide range of instructional pedagogies.
• Applies knowledge of varied approaches to learning in instruction, lesson planning, questioning, and assessment.
• Utilizes technology effectively, where appropriate, both in classroom instruction, and for student assignments to advance the educational process and engage students.
• Ensures that all learning goals are clear and communicated effectively to students.
• Ensures that standards of conduct are clear to all students and appear to have been developed with student participation for example – a classroom Essential Agreement.
• Creates a classroom environment that is safe, engaging, student-centered, and inquiry-based.
• Documents each student’s progress consistently throughout the course of the year. Provides high quality and regular feedback that is an accurate reflection of the student.
• Ensures that students have regular opportunities for reflection and self - assessment.
• Utilizes internal and external assessments to inform instruction.

• Ensures that the classroom contains all items on the PYP classroom checklist.
• Designs learning activities that are…