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About the Role
The Lower School Substitute Teacher provides essential operational continuity and instructional versatility across Grades K–5. This position requires a highly adaptable educator to cover the responsibilities of any lower school faculty member who is absent, ensuring uninterrupted student learning and routine adherence. When not covering, the educator supports differentiated instruction, facilitates small-group learning, and assists the faculty team.
Responsibilities
- Assume instructional and supervisory responsibility for a classroom during a teacher's absence, professional development, or administrative meetings.
- Deliver prepared curricula, assignments, and activities with high fidelity, ensuring academic standards are met in the regular teacher's absence.
- Swiftly assess and adopt the established behavior management systems, daily routines, and cultural norms of whichever classroom is being covered.
- Collaborate with classroom teachers on non-coverage days to support lesson delivery, focusing on student engagement and providing individual scaffolding.
- Assist grade-level teams with preparing physical and digital learning materials, grading formative assignments, and setting up laboratory or art stations.
- Execute assigned duties during non-instructional blocks, including morning arrival, recess, lunch segments, and afternoon dismissal.
- Maintain awareness of specific student accommodations or behavioral interventions across multiple grade cohorts.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in General Education, Special Education or similar field
- Experience leading whole class instruction
- Master’s Degree in Education or similar field
- Prior experience in an independent school
- Minimum of three years of relevant school-based experience
- Commitment to inclusive education and skills to inspire, nurture, and challenge students with a range of interests, experiences, strengths, readiness-levels, and learning styles
- Proven skills in classroom management, helping to create a respectful, safe, and nurturing community where all students feel comfortable expressing their full identity and are inspired to celebrate the full identities of their peers
- Work to deeply understand the strengths and challenges of students and ensure that all students are challenged and supported across disciplines
- A growth mindset and collaborative, flexible spirit
- A willingness to ensure students are nurtured, challenged, and inspired across disciplines
Skills
- Adaptability
- Instructional versatility
- Classroom management
- Collaboration
- Differentiated instruction
- Lesson delivery
- Student engagement
- Individual scaffolding
- Material preparation
- Grading
- Behavior management systems
- Daily routines
- Cultural norms
- Student accommodations
- Behavioral interventions
Location
- 5 Hanover Square, New York, NY 10004
Work Type
- Full-time
- 10-month
Experience Level
- Minimum of three years of relevant school-based experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in General Education, Special Education or similar field
- Master’s Degree in Education or similar field
Salary/Compensations
- $48,000-55,000
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance
- Flexible spending program
- Health reimbursement account
- Commuter benefits program
- Income protection via short and long-term disability benefits
- Paid family leave
- Professional development opportunities
- 403(b) plan with employer contribution (waiting period applies)
About the Company
- The IDEAL School of Manhattan is an inclusion school dedicated to creating a diverse community that affirms and accepts the full identities of all people while inspiring academic excellence, creative leadership, and a desire to build a more just and equitable world.
Equal Opportunity
- The IDEAL School of Manhattan is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunities for all qualified employees and job applicants and to making all employment decisions without unlawful discrimination as to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, citizenship or immigration status, marital status, familial status, actual or perceived status as a victim of domestic violence, caregiver status, gender identity or expression, military status, veteran status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
- This policy of Equal Employment Opportunity applies to all policies and procedures relating to recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, training and development, promotion, demotion, discipline, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.