Jobs

Grade 3 Co-Teacher
(full-time, beginning August 2025)

Atrium School is a progressive, inclusive PreK – Grade 8 independent school in the vibrant East End of Watertown, MA. Our program encourages deep academic curiosity, creativity, and exploration, fostering each child’s intellectual and personal growth. Our students are diverse and original thinkers who develop confidence in themselves and respect for others within a joyful, energized community of nurturing and challenging teachers, engaged parents, and enriching community partnerships.

Teachers in the elementary grades at Atrium work in co-teaching pairs and actively create innovative curriculum. We seek candidates with particular strengths in math, science, and interdisciplinary projects in a classroom where social/emotional learning, collaboration, and kindness are prized. Atrium’s program and school culture cultivate inclusion and an active sense of social and environmental justice. Throughout the year, co-teachers work closely together to develop integrated thematic study that focuses all aspects of children’s education at Atrium into a central idea, often in collaboration with the second-grade team and students.

Qualifications:

• The spirit and qualities of innovation, reflection, initiative, collaboration, and kindness

• Bachelor’s degree required, dual licensure, or master’s degree preferred

• Minimum of three years experience teaching elementary-aged students

• Excellent communication skills with students, colleagues, families, and the greater community

• Experience and capacity to teach diverse, multicultural perspectives

• Strong ability to problem solve, and work both independently and collaboratively

• Knowledge and understanding of elementary school students’ emotional, physical, cognitive, and intellectual development

• Fluency and ease with iPad, Google suites, and interest in further developing effective instructional technologies

• Orientation towards curriculum development and interdisciplinary projects

Responsibilities:

• Teach critical thinking and problem-solving skills through math, science, and interdisciplinary projects

• Design, refine, refresh, and implement 3rd grade curriculum following Atrium benchmarks; assess student work using multiple strategies

• Co-plan and co-teach in a variety of modalities to support learning objectives

• Write individualized student progress reports twice a year

• Conduct parent/guardian conferences and regularly communicate with the families about curriculum and student progress

In addition, faculty at Atrium: 

• Are passionate experts in their content areas and instructional skills; write skillfully and frequently

• Enjoy and have great capacity to nurture the whole child, and value the broad array of learning approaches that every child possesses

• Value the varied dimensions of student learning and progress

• Collaborate daily with multiple colleagues to plan and carry out complex, integrated learning experiences that cross grades and subject areas

• Initiate and continually plan their own growth within a supportive atmosphere that prioritizes professional development

At Atrium, we believe diversity and inclusion are key drivers of creativity and innovation, and that a diversity of thoughts, experiences, backgrounds, personalities, and identities helps us think bigger and better, enabling us to reach our goals more effectively. We encourage applications from individuals who will add to the racial, cultural, and gender diversity of the school community, and who are committed to building and sustaining a community that is richly diverse and includes a wide range of family structures and racial, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds.  We seek candidates with the ability to demonstrate commitment to advancing the school’s mission and core values. For more information on these, please visit our website.

Please submit a cover letter specific to this position, resume, and the names of three references to: Nicole Moran, Director of Student Learning & Support at nmoran@atrium.org. The most suitable applicants will be contacted. No phone calls, please.

Salary Range: $55,000 to $80,000, based on experience.