Assistant Teacher

Uncommonly Awesome Learning Lab; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Starting rate: $30 per hour

Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits

Growth opportunities

Inclusive learning environment

Job summary

Uncommonly Awesome Learning Lab seeks an Assistant Teacher for the 2026-2027 school year in Mountain View. The microschool serves a small group of twice-exceptional, neurodivergent, and gifted students in grades 3–8 with a personalized, hands-on approach.

Responsibilities include leading small groups, helping students complete tasks, building social skills, and organizing materials. Hours are Mon-Fri 12:30–5:30pm, Aug–May, start Aug 17 for in-service training.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required; college coursework in education is a plus.
• Experience working with children in formal or informal settings.
• Ability to pass a background check and TB test.

Responsibilities

• Support small groups in games, crafts, and outdoor activities.
• Help students complete independent tasks.
• Chat with students to build social skills.
• Supervise older students during learning activities.
• Assist in organizing materials and setting up activities.
• Clean up after experiments or art projects.

Skills

Experience with children

Education

High school diploma

Some college in education (plus)

Job description

Assistant Teacher

We are currently hiring an assistant teacher for our microschool for the 2026 - 2027 school year! Our microschool is a super small private school with fifteen students currently. Our program is super personalized and works primarily with twice exceptional, neurodivergent, and/or gifted students in grades 3 to 8.

Interested candidates should be willing and able to play indoor or outdoor games, prepare materials for hands-on lessons, encourage students to complete assignments, and chat about Pokemon. Experience working with twice exceptional, neurodivergent, or gifted students is preferred but not required. Cool camp counselor vibes, a sense of humor, and knowledge of Dungeons and Dragons are all a plus.

Pay is $30 per hour. Your hours would be 12:30 to 5:30pm Monday - Friday, August to May, with holiday breaks throughout the year. Your start date would be August 17th for in-service training and meeting the teaching team.

About Us

Uncommonly Awesome Learning Lab is a nonprofit learning center that works with twice exceptional, neurodivergent, and gifted students. We have a microschool program for students in grade 4 to 8 that is super small, super personalized, and super awesome. The program creates academically informed accessible classes that are a balance of discussion, hands-on, and project-based learning. We also offer tutoring, after school classes, and a summer program in July.

Assistant Teacher Responsibilities

• Work with small groups to play games, make things, or do outdoor activities
• Help students to complete independent tasks
• Chat and play with students to help build their social skills
• Supervise older students completing independent learning activities
• Occasionally assist in organizing materials and setting up some activities
• Cleaning up after experiments or art projects

Assistant Teacher Requirements

• High school diploma (some college or a degree is a plus! If your college work is in education or early education, even better)
• Experience working with children in a formal or informal environment
• Ability to pass a background check and TB test

We provide

• Starting rate of $30 per hour
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
• Chance to grow with us
• Safe and supportive environment for diverse human learners of all ages