Working at Green Acres
Studies show that we spend approximately one-third of our lives at work. So, why not work in a community that's inspiring, inclusive, and caring—and that celebrates the expertise that you bring to the table?
At Green Acres School, enjoy a collegial work environment on a beautiful campus. Employees have access to an excellent benefit package, professional development opportunities, and partial tuition remission for their children who attend Green Acres.
Current Openings
- Curriculum Coordinator and Director of Professional Development
- Front Office Administrator and Transportation Coordinator
- Long-Term Middle School Spanish Substitute Teacher
- Middle School Language Arts Teacher, Grades 7 & 8
- Substitute Teachers
- Tech Support
Curriculum Coordinator and Director of Professional Development
Employment category: Staff
Full/part time: Fulltime (40 hours, 5 days/week)
Work year: 12 months
FLSA status: Exempt
Supervisor: Head of School
Summary description:
Green Acres School seeks a full-time Pre-K-8th Curriculum Coordinator and Director of Professional Development to provide administrative support to the Head of School, the Division Heads, and school teaching staff. They will also manage the staff’s professional development and new staff mentoring program.
Areas of responsibility include:
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Collaborate with teachers on completing their UbD curriculum maps using the Atlas Rubicon software tool.
- Develop and manage a vertical and horizontal curricular review, analysis, and articulation of each subject area, K-8, involving teachers and Division Heads.
- Organize, share, and keep updated the school’s curriculum on the Green Acres website.
- Match teachers and staff members to appropriate professional development opportunities to ensure professional growth and use of best practices.
- Implement the new staff orientation and mentoring programs in collaboration with the Division Heads. Ensure that these programs place a strong focus on progressive education and its impact on teaching and learning.
- Lead and seek speakers for monthly staff mentoring meetings with new staff members.
- Collaborate with the Division Heads and Head of School to create, maintain, and communicate the Wednesday staff meeting schedule.
- Coordinate with the Division Heads to plan professional development days.
Required skills and qualities:
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Bachelor’s Degree; Master’s in education field preferred
- Strong understanding of progressive education model and practice
- Experience evaluating curricula, including scope and sequencing, creating curricular frameworks, reviews
- Proficiency with computers, Microsoft Office Suite, and databases
- Impeccable organizational skills and efficiency; can prioritize and0 multi-task
- Collaborative nature, enjoys working with teachers, staff
- Demonstrated excellence in writing, editing, and communication skills
- Cultural competency and ability to work in a diverse community
- Curiosity and a growth mindset, flexibility
Desirable qualifications:
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Work with Understanding by Design
- Experience with Responsive Classroom, Developmental Designs
- Familiarity with Danielson’s Framework for Teaching
- Experience or training related to education or child development
To apply:
Send cover letter, resume, statement of educational philosophy, and Green Acres School Employment Application form to employment@greenacres.org. All four items are necessary for an application to be considered. Questions may be addressed to employment@greenacres.org.
Front Office Administrator and Transportation Coordinator
Employment category: Staff
Full/part time: Fulltime (40 hours, 5 days/week)
Work year: 12 months (school and camp)
FLSA status: Exempt
Supervisor: Director of Finance & Operations (Summer incl. Director of Summer Camp)
Full/part time: Fulltime (40 hours, 5 days/week)
Work year: 12 months (school and camp)
FLSA status: Exempt
Supervisor: Director of Finance & Operations (Summer incl. Director of Summer Camp)
Summary description:
The Front Office Administrator and Transportation Coordinator provides support to the school and camp staff, families, and school staff. The Front Office Administrator helps the office run efficiently, from taking attendance, managing transportation changes and choices, supporting field trips and special events on campus, to welcoming all guests and connecting them where they need to be.
Areas of responsibility include:
Front Office:
- Greeting, welcoming, and checking in visitors, students, contractors
- Screen for health (during COVID) or security (Raptor), visitor passes, and sign ins
- Answer the main phone line, transfer, or take messages as needed
- Manage attendance (Pre-K/Kindergarten) in Veracross and check with families for discrepancies or to clarify
- Check in late arrivals and inform staff of any updates and about early dismissals
- Coordinate with nurse for students who need care and may want to leave early
- Manage recruiting and staffing substitute teachers
- Help create the duty schedule and subsequent edits/changes
- Arrange to purchase and organize snacks for all staff meetings and events as requested
- Support the nurse as a CMT (CPR/First Aid/EpiPen/AED training) with minor injuries
- Responsible for all non-Amazon supplies through most orders in fall/summer
- Sort and distribute the daily mail, organize orders received for staff, and support staff with mailings
- Order milk for Pre-K as needed, coffee/tea/creamer, and water for all buildings
- Keep receipts to reconcile purchases against credit card statements
- Reach facilities in an emergency; update red emergency folder for the entire campus
- Fix or get copiers, toner orders, and paper for printers for Front Office and all campus buildings
- Write daily News & Notes for staff "need-to-knows"
- Activate and allocate key fobs/cards for staff, Middle School students, and some visitors
Transportation:
- Negotiate bus contract (with Head of School support), base routes on enrollment, schedules to families, admission info
- Coordinate with Diener School as needed
- Support behavioral issues as needed with leadership staff support
- Field trip bus orders in advance; enrichment and sports (away games) bus orders well in advance
Required skills and qualities:
- Proficiency with computers and Microsoft Office Suite
- Excellent interpersonal skills, welcoming and helpful nature, and positive, professional demeanor
- Impeccable organizational skills and efficiency
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks at once
- Ability to handle confidential information with discretion
- Collaborative nature
- Flexibility
- Affinity for PreK–8th grade students
- Cultural competency and ability to work in a diverse community
Desirable qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Experience in a similar position
- Experience with Veracross database
To apply:
Send cover letter, resume, and Green Acres School Employment Application form to employment@greenacres.org. All three items are necessary for an application to be considered. Questions may be addressed to employment@greenacres.org.
Long-Term Middle School Spanish Substitute Teacher
Green Acres School is seeking a dedicated long-term substitute Spanish teacher to teach students in grades 6–8 from about mid-September through the beginning of November 2022. The immersive approach to teaching languages that we embrace, based on research in language development, is highly communicative. Teachers conduct classes mostly in Spanish, balancing work in the Savvas Realidades textbooks with authentic conversations, listening and speaking exercises, skits, written stories, and other engaging activities to get students learning new skills, vocabulary, and concepts, and honing their ability to genuinely use the language through receptive and generative practice. The teacher will also work towards preparing the students for the National Spanish Exam. Our 6th graders take level 01 of the exam, our 7th graders take level 1, and our 8th graders take level 2.
Green Acres School enjoys a friendly and collaborative working environment, and engaged, motivated students. Our Spanish teachers also serve as student advisors and engage students in social-emotional learning, as well as acting as liaisons between advisee families and the school.
Requirements:
Green Acres seeks a Spanish teacher who has a background in curricular and pedagogical innovation, as well as some teaching experience relevant to this position. The successful candidate will have native or native-like fluency in the Spanish language and will have the skills to provide differentiated instruction and to integrate technology into the curriculum. A bachelor’s degree is required.
To apply:
Send cover letter, resume, statement of educational philosophy, and Green Acres School Employment Application form to employment@greenacres.org. All four items are necessary for an application to be considered. Questions may be addressed to employment@greenacres.org.
Middle School Language Arts Teacher, Grades 7 & 8
Green Acres seeks an experienced Middle School language arts teacher. The 7th and 8th grade language arts program helps students to become increasingly sophisticated as readers, writers, and thinkers by engaging them in the reading of novels (like The Outsiders and Long Way Down), poetry, and short stories, and by having them write both creatively and analytically. Applicants should demonstrate experience in hands-on, project-based learning, as well as more traditional forms of instruction. Students currently engage in projects where they stage a mock trial, write memoirs and poetry, and become part of a “Human Library.” Middle School classes cultivate skills through collaboration, critical thinking, and creative problem solving. Our teachers are able to use best practices in classroom management while also building strong relationships with individual students. The expectation for professional collaboration is high in order to coordinate efforts as a teaching team, to serve students effectively, and to build integrated cross-curricular projects. This full-time position would also include serving as an advisor to a small group of students and as a liaison to the families of those students. Teachers are expected to plan and supervise day field trips and to participate in an overnight field trip of several nights’ duration in the spring.
Requirements:
Green Acres seeks an experienced classroom teacher with a background in curricular and pedagogical innovation and teaching experience relevant to this position. The successful candidate will possess the following capacities: a sincere love of working with tweens and teens, a passion for literature and the English language, a love of teaching and reading, curiosity and a growth mindset, the ability to provide differentiated instruction, and an interest in integrating technology into the curriculum. A bachelor’s degree is required; an advanced degree is preferred.
To apply:
Send cover letter, resume, statement of educational philosophy, and Green Acres School Employment Application form to employment@greenacres.org. All four items are necessary for an application to be considered. Questions may be addressed to employment@greenacres.org.
Substitute Teachers
Green Acres School is seeking substitute teachers during the school day and after school.
Subject areas for school-day substituting include language arts, humanities, math, science, Spanish, social studies, PE, technology, and the arts (music, studio art, ceramics, photography, drama, and creative movement).
After school, substitutes are needed in the School's Extended Day Program, which operates from 3–6 PM.
Assignments range from 1–8 hours in a day and may cover more than one academic area or grade level. A full school day is 8 AM–3 PM. Paid training is provided.
Requirements:
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Teaching experience.
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Bachelor's degree. (A bachelor's degree may not be required to substitute in the PM Care program, depending upon the candidate's experience.)
To apply, please send the following three items to employment@greenacres.org:
1. One-page cover letter including:
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Days and times of availability
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Grades and subjects you’re comfortable teaching or willing to learn how to teach
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Your statement of educational philosophy
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Why you’re interested in teaching at a progressive school
2. Resume
*The Employment Application has fields for direct typing. Before you type into these fields, please save the application file to your computer. Then open the file, complete the application, and re-save the document before sending it to employment@greenacres.org.
Tech Support
Employment category: Staff
Full/part time: Part-time (20 hours 5 days/week)
Work year: 12 months
FLSA status: Non-Exempt
Supervisor: Associate Director of Technology
Areas of responsibility include:
- Troubleshoot, manage, and perform basic repairs on Windows devices, and iPads
- Work as directed by the Technology Director and other department members assisting with the maintenance and repair of student devices as well as troubleshooting hardware and software issues.
- Provide in-person technical support and assistance to user requests in a timely manner
- Provide professional development for staff
- Help to maintain an accurate and current inventory of devices.
Required skills and qualities:
- Knowledgeable about Windows devices Microsoft Office 365 and be able to troubleshoot windows devices issues as well as iPads.
- An introductory technology skill level and generalized tech troubleshooting experience.
- Strong communication skills (staff, parents, students) and teamwork skills.
- Service-oriented in an education environment.
- Moderate lifting is required.
- CompTIA A+ Certification preferred (can be in process of being certified).
- Able to set up and trouble shoot network printers.
Desirable qualifications:
- Veracross experience
- Network Plus certificate
- Familiarity with VM Ware
To apply:
Send cover letter, resume, and Green Acres School Employment Application form to employment@greenacres.org. All three items are necessary for an application to be considered. Questions may be addressed to employment@greenacres.org or Armin Roshanaei, 301.881.4100 or arminr@greenacres.org.
Green Acres School does not discriminate on the basis of race; color; religion; sex; gender identity and expression; pregnancy; national, ethnic or ancestral origin; age; marital status; sexual orientation; disability; genetic information; or military service in the administration of its education, admissions, employment, and financial aid policies, and all school-administered programs. Green Acres School will reasonably accommodate an individual’s physical or mental disability as required by law. Green Acres School will also reasonably accommodate an individual’s religious obligations as required by law. Further information relating to reasonable accommodation is available from the Head’s Office.