4th-8th Grade Science Lab Teacher

The Greater Dayton School (GDS) is one of the most innovative schools in America. Our mission is to provide world-class schooling to kids from low-income communities. We are looking for a founding middle school Science Lab teacher for our Dayton, Ohio campus.

• High-performing educators:
  Work collaboratively with some of America’s best teachers.
• Impact & innovation:
  Teach the whole child in a modern-day Montessori class.
• Wellness services:
  Our students receive pediatric, dental, mental health, vision, and other wellness support.
• Resources:
  We spend $30K per child annually, three times the national average.
• 10 to 1 - student-to-teacher ratio: 2.5 teachers per class of 20 students.
• State-of-the-art campus:
  We built a $60M campus designed by one of the nation’s top architecture firms.

• Do you love kids? Are you in the top 10% of teachers in your school?
• Do you have a passion to teach students from low-income communities?
• Do you like to innovate and work with high-performing educators?
• Do you want to throw out the industrial model of schooling and teach in a student centered way using AI and adaptive curriculum?
• Do you have an undergraduate degree and at least two years of teaching experience? As a private school, we don’t require teaching licenses.
• Teach 4th-8th grade students in science adaptive curriculum and science lab.
• Set up the Science Lab (currently there are no materials, only a science lab classroom).
• Lead a sport/club from 3-4p (after school time is part of our school day).

• Supremely organized and collaborative
• At least 2 years of teaching PreK-8 (experience in low-income schools preferred)
• Expertise in science teaching: classroom management, pedagogy, lesson planning

• Base salary - $59K-$63K (3 year contract + annual raises)
• Full benefits for teacher & family, 401K, + Roth IRA
• Relocation stipend, tuition assistance, child care stipend, maternity leave
• $1K annual discretionary classroom spending stipend and more!