Job Description

Job Location: 91 - New York, NY 10128
Salary Range: $53,000.00 - $58,000.00 Salary/yearGrade 5 ASSOCIATE TEACHER (Science Focus)
Full-time position
Overview
The Associate Teacher Program at the Spence School provides a foundation for early-career educators to prepare for lead teaching roles. Associates typically remain at Spence for two years, which allows the Associate Teacher to have a broad and increasingly deep experience. The Associate position includes all aspects of homeroom supervision for a class of Grade 5 students and content instruction in their selected discipline, as well as significant experience in the following areas:
- The craft of teaching and the development of curriculum
- Strategies for teaching, including differentiation of instruction
- Classroom management
- Student assessment and feedback, including narrative report writing
- Development of personal teaching style
- Communication with parents
- Active observation of students
- Weekly planning
Responsibilities
- Attend all meetings of Grade 5 Science classes with the Head Teacher
- Provide Science instruction through one-on-one support, small group activities, and whole-class lessons, with a gradual increase in responsibility for teaching over the two-year program
- Support Grade 5 homeroom routines daily
- Additional Middle School responsibilities as needed
- Attend all faculty, department, and  grade level meetings
- Attend parent programs and meetings
- Opportunity to design and lead a student club
- Participate in school-wide professional development
- Work with students to support their social and emotional development
- During the second year, possible opportunities exist for additional compensation for co-teaching classes in other subject areas or athletics coaching, as needed on a yearly basis

Qualifications

Qualifications
- Experience working with Middle School aged children
- Joyful approach to working with children and school life
- Optimism, energy, kindness, and a sense of humor
- Proven demonstration of cultural competency and skills: engaging with and learning from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences
- Supports Spence’s commitment to equity and inclusion
- A disposition toward learning from and with colleagues about teaching practice
- Content-relevant knowledge or experience
- Working toward MA, MFA, or MS (preferred)
Salary range: $53,000 - 58,000
Salary ranges will be updated in February 2026.
Spence is committed to an equitable program and a diverse faculty and student body. We therefore actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds.