Washington, D.C.
Posted: 06-May-26
Location: Dedham, Massachusetts
Type: Full Time
Salary: 52,000.-87,500.00
Categories:
Pre-K-8 Math Specialist (Fall 2026)
Job Summary:
The Rashi School, Greater Boston’s Reform Jewish Independent School, serving students in grades Pre-K-8, seeks a dynamic and collaborative Math Specialist for the 2026-2027 school year. 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 and our core values 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:
- Create and maintain a positive, safe, supportive environment for all students by developing strong relationships with students, families, and teachers.
- Provide small group enrichment and/or support to ensure that the math education provided meets the needs of identified students in grades K-8
- Oversee AIMSweb testing in math in Grades K-5
- Oversee progress monitoring as needed in math in Grades K-5.
- Assist and advise teachers on differentiated instruction for particular groups or individual students
- Aid in the resourcing and/or creation of additional resources to support differentiation
- Share duties (recess, lunch, etc.) as assigned by the Assistant Heads of School
- Lead Parent-Teacher Conferences
- Attend Learning Team and Child Study meetings for students on caseload
- Write Progress Reports twice a year for students on caseload
- Attend weekly faculty meetings
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
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in education Math or related field required. Master’s degree preferred.
- 3 to 5 years experience teaching math in an elementary or middle school setting
- Familiarity with Imagine IM curriculum preferred
Physical Requirements:
- Able to sit, stand, type, twist, bend.
- Able to use telephone and computers.
How to apply:
Interested candidates should email a cover letter, resume, and professional references to jobs@rashi.org.
Rashi is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Guided by our core values of justice, respect, learning, community, and spirit, and with social justice as a foundational cornerstone of our school, we are committed to building an inclusive community that honors and respects each individual, their varied identities, and their spirit. We seek to listen, learn, and grow together to ensure that we are a place in which all community members can thrive. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, including age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, disability, mental disorder, familial status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.
