Provide world-class schooling to students from low-income communities in one of America’s most innovative schools. The Greater Dayton School is Ohio’s first non religious private school exclusively for under-resourced students. We're hiring a Middle School 7th-8th Grade ELA Teacher for the 2027-2028 School Year.
What is great about this role?
- High-performing educators: Work collaboratively with America’s best teachers.
- Impact & innovation: Teach the whole child in a modern-day Montessori class. Our classes are mixed-age and we teach to the individual using a combination of adaptive teacher instruction and AI.
- Wellness services: Our students receive pediatric, dental, mental health, vision, and other wellness support on site.
- Resources: We spend $30K per child annually, three times the national average.
- 13 to 1 - student-to-teacher ratio: 2 teachers per 26 students
- State-of-the-art campus: We built a $60M campus designed by one of the nation’s top architecture firms.
Character Traits and Preferred Experience:
- Mission - a sense of purpose for teaching kids from low-income families at an elite level
- Required : Deep content knowledge in middle school ELA
- Supremely organized and collaborative
- Loves working with adolescents and teenagers
- At least 2 years of teaching experience
- Expertise in general pedagogy: Classroom management, routines and procedures, lesson/unit planning
- Preferred - Experience working with students from low-income backgrounds
- Required : Bachelor’s Degree
- 26 students total across 2 sections
- Ensures students write weekly learning plans - Achieving 1.25≥ years of growth
- Daily reviews data dashboard to monitor student progress
- Create lesson plans (with artificial intelligence assistance) based on student data
- Teach small group lessons daily (1:20 teacher:student ratio)
- Lead a sport/club from 3-4p (after school time is part of our school day)
- Collaborate and plan with middle school teacher team (90 minutes planning time per day)
- Keep classroom clean and organized
- Grading and family communication
- Start Date: Summer 2027
- Base salary - $62,000-70,000 (3 year renewable contract + annual raises)
- Hours :8:00a-4:30p or 8:30a-5p, M-F, 10 month calendar
- Full benefits for teacher & family, 401K with company match, + Roth IRA, HSA/FSA options, dependent care FSA’s.
- Other: Relocation stipend, child tuition at GDS, child care stipend, paid maternity leave, free lunch and coffee/tea daily, free fitness center