Job Description:

The Blake School seeks to hire a Specialist Teaching Assistant for the 2025-26 school year. This position will work in Blake’s Upper Elementary, supporting students in grades 2-5 in specialist area classes.

The rate for this position begins at $21/hour and increases commensurate with education and experience. This is a part-time, non-benefits-eligible position. The hiring team will begin reviewing applications immediately.

Experience and Skills:

Qualifications:

• 2-year degree, 4-year degree preferred
• Experience with students age 7-11
• Background in visual/performing arts preferred
• Collaborative, creative and joyful approach to teaching and learning
• Knowledge of children’s social, emotional, cognitive and physical developmental stages
• Ability to work with children, families and colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences
• Effective written and oral communication skills to engage across constituent groups
• Desire to work with high-potential students in a creative, reflective community
• Active listener who honors children’s thoughts, feelings and ideas
• Ability to support teachers and projects across multiple subject areas

Responsibilities:

• Communicate effectively and frequently with members of the arts department and administrative team
• Perform day-to-day duties that support specialist classrooms, including art, engineering and programming, music, P.E. and theater
• Supervise recess periods when regularly scheduled staff are absent
• Emphasize the collaborative, creative process of a group experience while also recognizing and supporting individuals’ growth and performance
• Participate in professional development opportunities
• Document student work
• Support specialist projects throughout the school year such as student musical and theater performances

About The Blake School

Blake is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational day school for students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. Founded in 1900, Blake offers a rigorous education grounded in shared values — curiosity, kindness, inclusivity and resilience. Our campuses in Hopkins and Minneapolis unite 1,316 students from 50 neighborhoods served by 300 faculty and staff, creating a diverse and inclusive community. Blake’s mission is to engage students with a dynamic, academically challenging education in a diverse and supportive community committed to pluralism and a common set of values. Students pursue an integrated program of academic, artistic and athletic activities, preparing for college, lifelong learning and purposeful lives as community and global citizens. The school community is also guided by its Commitment to Pluralism and core values.

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