Grade 5 Teacher Fall 2026

Job Summary

The Rashi School, Greater Boston’s Reform Jewish Independent School, serving students in grades Pre-K-8, seeks a Grade 5 Teacher 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. 

Position Responsibilities:

• Cultivate and maintain a healthy and trusting learning environment, encouraging and nurturing relationships with students.
• Guide students in their social-emotional development and in their ability to establish positive and rewarding relationships.
• Design, plan, and implement learning experiences for all content areas including ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies.
• Work collaboratively with the grade level team, Lower School Dean, Learning Support and Specialists, School Social Worker, and Department Chairs to support and challenge all learners.
• Regularly communicate with families about classroom happenings and student progress.
• Meaningfully integrate technologies into the classroom.
• Manage students during transition times to and from specialists.
• Attend grade level meetings
• Take responsibility for set-up and clean-up of the classroom.
• Share duties (recess, lunch, etc.) 
• Participate in Minyan (weekly prayer service), Kabbalat Shabbat (weekly celebration of Shabbat), and other holiday celebrations.
• Lead Parent-Teacher Conferences.
• Attend Learning Team and Child Study meetings.
• Write Progress Reports twice a year 
• 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
• Demonstrates joy working with elementary aged students
• Belief in Rashi’s Mission and Core Values

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in education or related field required.  Master’s degree preferred.  
• 3 to 5 years experience teaching in an elementary or middle school setting.
• Familiarity with Responsive Classroom 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.

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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