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Hebrew Teacher (Part-time) 2023-2024

Job Summary

The Rashi School, the Boston Area’s Reform Jewish Independent School, serving students in grades Pre-K-8, seeks a Hebrew Teacher (part-time 20-30 hours/week) for the 2023-2024 school year. Reporting to the Hebrew/Spanish Department Chair, the Hebrew Teacher will teach 2-3 sections of Hebrew in Grades 3-7. In our warm and inclusive community, children are appreciated for who they are as they learn and develop their identities. With the school’s foundation of rigorous academics and differentiated instruction and a mission rooted in social justice, we want our students to ask the tough questions—not just the who, what, where, but the how, why, and what can I do to fix it? Rashi graduates have the confidence to try new things and to fail forward. With kindness at their core, they become empowered learners, change agents, global Jewish citizens, and good friends. 

Rashi’s Lower School uses a collaborative teaching model to promote students’ academic, social, and emotional growth by nurturing an environment that promotes risk taking, flexibility, adaptability, empathy, and resilience through collaborative teaching which models behaviors of the adults. We seek to employ faculty and staff with diverse backgrounds who model these traits for our students and are eager to support Rashi in fulfilling its mission. 

Rashi’s Middle School seeks to promote students’ academic, social, and emotional growth by nurturing an environment that promotes risk taking, flexibility, adaptability, empathy, and resilience. We are looking for educators with a history of positive, caring student-teacher interactions, rich content expertise, and student-centered approaches to join a team of exceptional faculty who utilize a strength-based approach to empower students to be their best selves in and out of the classroom. We seek to employ faculty and staff with diverse backgrounds who model our core values (respect, learning, community, spirit, and justice) for our students and are eager to support Rashi in fulfilling its mission. 

Position Responsibilities:

• Teach 2-3 sections of Hebrew in Grades 3-7
• Teach and support the acquisition of modern Hebrew reading and writing skills, which allow students to have a meaningful relationship with Jewish and Israeli culture.
• Develop and implement tasks and activities that support students’ acquisition of Hebrew and Israeli culture.
• Prepare materials and classroom spaces for class activities.
• Utilize a variety of instructional formats, including whole group small group, partner, and independent work.
• Provide differentiated instruction to students to meet varying needs and interests. 
• Create and implement structures and routines that support student learning.
• Observe, evaluate, and support student performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students, focusing on Hebrew language acquisition and a strong Jewish identity. 
• Provide feedback on student work.
• Collaborate with other department members to develop curricula.
• Prepare, administer, and grade assessments and assignments to evaluate students' progress.
• Collaborate with other faculty to teach students about Jewish holidays and plan and implement celebrations for grade levels and the full school.
• Participate in weekly planning meetings with the Department Chair.
• Attend grade level meetings as assigned by the Division Director.
• Share duties (recess, lunch, etc.) set by the Assistant Head of School for Academic Operations.
• Participate in Tefillah (prayer) and Kabbalat Shabbat (Friday afternoon religious services).
• Lead parent/teacher conferences.
• Communicate with parents.
• Prepare report cards twice annually.
• Attend weekly faculty meetings.
• Other duties as assigned by the Department Head and/or Head of School.

Personal Characteristics:

• Collaborative
• Creative
• Analytical
• Continuous learner
• Open to feedback
• Strong communicator 
• Active listener
• Commitment to working in and fostering an inclusive community
• Belief in Rashi’s Mission and Core Values

Physical Requirements:

• Able to sit, stand, type, twist, bend.
• Able to use telephone and computers.
• Communicate orally and in writing

About THE RASHI SCHOOL

The Rashi School is the Boston area's Reform Jewish independent school serving students in grades PK–8. Located in Dedham, Massachusetts, the mission of The Rashi School is to provide a dynamic, child-centered program of academic excellence that integrates rich secular and Jewish studies curricula and nurtures in its students’ critical minds and compassionate hearts.

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