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Middle School Math Teacher, Grades 5 – 8

Our mission at Touchstone is to cultivate a joyful learning community committed to creating a more innovative, just, and sustainable world. Touchstone seeks a full or part-time math teacher for grades 5-8 for the 2024-25 school year. This individual is a reflective, life-long learner passionate about play-based, place-based, and thematic or project-based learning. This person deeply respects childhood and is committed to progressive education, anti-racist and anti-bias learning environments, eco-literacy, emergent and integrated curriculum, and nature-based education.

Touchstone Community School is a co-educational independent day school that enrolls approximately 70-90 students, ages 2.9 through 8th grade. It is located in Grafton, MA, with a five-acre island campus in Upton. Touchstone offers a progressive, hands-on environment, where a natural pace of development is respected and play, community, integrated curriculum, and social justice activism are emphasized.  

This is a 50-60% position that could lead into a full-time position. The position is for math grades 7 & 8, and one additional math class for grade 5 or grade 6. The academic schedule is set so that all math classes are in the morning and completed before noon. The classes are small with between five and seven students per class, allowing for greater flexibility and connection with students. 

An exemplary Touchstone teacher is one who is:

• Dedicated to collaborating with colleagues and partnering with parents
• Willing to learn and utilize Responsive Classroom and/or Collaborative Problem Solving
• Experienced teaching a constructivist approach to mathematics, with a focus on conceptual understanding
• Skilled at differentiating instruction through meaningful mathematical experiences
• Reflective about their own teaching practices

Minimum Requirements:

• Possession of an undergraduate degree and related teaching experience, at minimum
• Experience in or understanding of progressive education
• Able to foster a safe and productive learning environment
• Knowledgeable and appreciative of the developmental needs of 10-14-year-olds and dedicated to supporting students’ individual academic, social, and emotional development

Touchstone welcomes candidates who will add to the diversity of our community and who have demonstrated a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in their teaching and learning.

Touchstone Community School is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, sex, disabilities, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, family composition, or any other status protected by applicable law in the administration of its employment.

To Apply: Please submit your cover letter and resume to sallyk@touchstoneschool.com.