Job Description

Job Location: 93 - New York, NY 10128
Salary Range: $67,675.00 - $134,227.00 Salary/yearTHE SPENCE SCHOOL
Grade 2 Homeroom Teacher -
One-year leave replacement
Full-time to begin August 2026
Overview
The Spence School seeks a dynamic, passionate, growth-oriented teacher to join our innovative and highly collaborative Lower School. This position represents an exciting opportunity to join a school engaged in the ongoing refinement of a nurturing and rigorous approach to teaching and learning whose foundation is the abiding belief that all children are curious and able learners.
Responsibilities
- Teach all disciplines related to the homeroom curriculum: Literacy, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Health.
- Collaborate on teaching teams to design curriculum, assessments, and teaching methods
- Participate in department and division-wide initiatives about issues of equity, pedagogy, curriculum and citizenship
- Engage with parents about individual children and grade wide curriculum
- Write twice yearly student reports

Qualifications

Qualifications
- Finds joy in working with children and in school life
- Approaches work with optimism, energy, kindness and a sense of humor
- Demonstrates cultural competency and skills engaging with and learning from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences
- Demonstrates pedagogical skill and an appreciation for the science the craft of teaching
- Regards collaboration as an essential component of professional growth and values working on a team
- Enjoys a commitment that extends beyond the classroom, including contributions to the larger school community
- Possesses Masters degree in Elementary Education
- Has sustained teaching experience at the elementary level
Spence is committed to an equitable program and a diverse faculty and student body. We therefore actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds.