Career Center

Friends School is a Quaker, co-educational, college preparatory school, Pre-K through Grade 12, in Baltimore City. We are guided by the Quaker ideals of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship.  We strive for our community to reflect the racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and religious diversity of our city.  

Friends School faculty teach by example, blending intellectual exploration, enthusiasm, and joy.  Every day in their classrooms, they challenge and encourage students to think deeply, to question, and to seek truth, while instilling in each of them a strong sense of social responsibility, a willingness to embrace challenges, and an awareness of their potential as individuals.

Friends School teachers are expected to model and foster the habits of mind we believe are essential to an outstanding education: creativity, curiosity, empathy, reflection, and resilience.  We seek faculty members whose teaching styles and experiences demonstrate:

• A record of successful collaboration with colleagues
• A commitment to lifelong learning, and ongoing professional development
• The infusion of technology to enhance student learning
• The teaching of research and information literacy skills
• The use of a diversity of assessment techniques that provoke students' critical thinking
• Teaching and learning experiences that enhance students' communication skills
• Experience with and openness to interdisciplinary teaching
• A desire to understand diverse attitudes, beliefs, behaviors

Friends School of Baltimore has an opening for an Associate Teacher in our Pre-Primary.  The primary job of the Associate Teacher is to assist the Head Teacher in teaching and managing the students in their class.  The Associate Teacher supports the established curriculum and program.  The Associate Teacher role may vary slightly per class depending on the age and developmental level of the students and the individual gifts and talents that they bring to the job.  This position has medical benefits.  Associate Teachers work 7:45 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. Monday-Friday.  This position is for the 2022-23 school year.

Here is a general overview of Associate Teacher duties:

• With Guided Instruction from the Head Teacher - Teaching math or small group classes, as needed
• Assisting with the teaching of small groups and supporting curriculum needs as determined by the Head Teacher
• Escorting children to/from and assisting students while in special subject classes
• Helping to maintain a visually attractive teaching space
• Helping to supervise recess, snack, and lunch time
• Assisting with teaching the class during circle time, worship, calendar, and sharing
• Support in the development of students’ social skills
• Arrival and Dismissal supervision of students

Being present on the days the Head Teacher is out and performing his/her duties with      the help of an assistant or substitute teacher

Associate Teachers are respected members of the teaching facility and are encouraged to participate in professional development opportunities.  They receive two paid personal days as part of their benefits package.  They attend All-School Professional Day activities and beginning and closing year faculty meetings.  They are welcome to attend our weekly LS faculty meetings.

Associate Teachers work closely with the Head Teacher to incorporate multi-sensory teaching techniques into their teaching style and have an understanding of the developmental needs of our young students.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required; experience preferred
• Candidates with experience in independent, public, charter, or parochial schools and from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Interested candidates should apply at www.friendsbalt.org.  Go to About>Work at Friends>current employment opportunities>and click the tab pertaining to this position, then follow the instructions to apply. A search committee will review candidate information and then will contact those candidates they are interested in about the position.

Friends School of Baltimore actively promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion in all programs and operations, including admissions, financial aid, and hiring. To form a community which strives to reflect the world's diversity, we do not discriminate on the basis of race or color, religion, nationality, ethnicity, economic background, physical ability, sex, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation. Friends School of Baltimore is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates of color and members of other underrepresented groups who might enrich and diversify the school community are strongly encouraged to apply.