Career Center

Start Date: March 2024

Why Teach at Avenues?
A top-tier school in New York City, offering a truly global education. Teaching and learning through challenging interdisciplinary projects. A culture of creativity, entrepreneurship and deep collaboration. State-of-the-art technology throughout. Brilliant colleagues, with widely diverse experience, creating a unique educational experience together. There is no place quite like Avenues. 

Deep Collaboration and Constant Evolution
Collaboration here isn't a buzzword: it's woven into everything we do. No one teaches on an island here. Time to collaborate is embedded into the schedule. Teacher teams, across multiple disciplines, design learning experiences together for a whole grade level. This intensity of collaboration is challenging as well as exciting: we're always evolving, learning from each other and seeking to improve.

What You’ll Do 
The ultimate goal of the Lower Division Wellness and Movement program is to have students become physically literate, life-long movement explorers. WAM lessons are designed to create purposeful and meaningful opportunities for movement exploration, creative expression, and close collaboration, while simultaneously teaching science, math, reading, writing, anatomy/physiology, and social emotional skills. Individual, partner and team activities incorporate elements of choice, allow students to set their own goals, build confidence, foster personal growth, encourage communication and allow students to build resilience. To promote the mind-body connection, students are often challenged to think deeply about the topics being discussed in class, both before and after engaging in a movement experience. Students share their learnings in individual and group projects, written assignments and class discussions.

In this role you will: 

• Lead project-based wellness and movement classes 
• Collaborate intensively with colleagues across the division and within the WAM team to develop innovative curricula and continually deepen student learning
• Ensure that students achieve key learning outcomes, targeting instruction thoughtfully to address individual needs
• Build a robust learning atmosphere that leads students to feel part of a rigorous and joyful learning community
• Inspire trust and confidence among parents and families

If hired for this position, the annual salary range is between $72,000 - $112,433, prorated against the start and end dates of the position. The salary may vary depending on your campus location and skills. Competitive benefits for benefits eligible roles include medical, dental, life insurance, 401K savings plan, generous paid time off, family forming benefits, health and wellness benefits and more.

Avenues is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion throughout our organization. We strive to uphold a culture in which every colleague feels that they belong, are trusted, and are valued. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, and strongly encourage candidates from traditionally underrepresented communities or groups to apply. Avenues offers competitive compensation and a generous benefits package. 

Avenues upholds the highest standards for safeguarding the physical and emotional wellbeing of children. As an essential aspect of this commitment, all offers are contingent upon successful completion of careful reference and background checks.