Midday Teacher Lower School

Job Description

Bank Street School for Children Lower School – Midday Teacher for Preschool – First Grade classrooms.

Start Date:

ASAP / while posting is up.

Schedule:

Part‑time, daily (3‑4 hours/day, up to 20 hours/week).
Pay Rate: $20.00 per hour.
This one‑year position covers the 2025‑2026 school year.

• Provide classroom coverage while head and associate teachers take breaks or prep time.
• Support daily classroom routines such as transitions, work time, lunch, rest, and other activities according to the age group and weekly schedule.
• Set up materials for children to use, prepare snack and lunch, clean up afterward, and work with small groups of children.
• Participate as a member of a collaborative, cooperative classroom teaching team, sharing information and strategies to sustain a healthy classroom community.
• Work cooperatively with teachers to support and foster age‑appropriate activities during specials, lunch, rest, and work times.
• Build relationships with students so they treat each other well and stay on task.
• Use classroom management skills to periodically run and support an energetic classroom of children.
• Support students in moving safely through the hallways and in and out of the building during various times of the day.
• Participate in specials, including music, movement, gym, or library, and actively support children and specialist teachers in ways identified by the classroom teachers and specialist teacher.
• Abide by school regulations for health and safety during the 2025‑2026 school year.
• All teachers help build a collaborative, cooperative, and reflective approach to working as a classroom teaching team.

• High school diploma required; bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Experience managing and working in a classroom, and teaching children (experience with young children a plus).
• Experience with progressive education preferred.
• Willingness to collaborate and work as part of a team, and develop skills in working with individual children, small groups, and the whole class.