CAREERS

JOB SUMMARY

The Rashi School, the Boston Area’s Reform Jewish Independent School, serving students in grades Pre-K-8 seeks a Fitness and Health Teacher (Parental Leave) from October 2, 2023-February 16, 2024. This long term substitute position pays $240/day and is eligible for earned sick time under Massachusetts law. There may be additional coaching opportunities available during the parental leave coverage. There also may be per diem substitute teaching opportunities available before and after the parental leave coverage. 

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.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Teach Fitness and Health classes to Grades K-5 twice a week.
• Teach 4 fitness electives to Grades 6-8 each week.
• Monitor and manage school-owned fitness and health equipment. 
• Establish and maintain standards of student behavior to provide an orderly, productive learning environment. 
• Communicate with parents on student progress as needed.  
• Identify student needs and collaborate with other faculty in addressing learning differences.
• Participate in weekly faculty meetings and internal professional development.
• Supervise early drop-off in the gym from 7:30-7:50 AM
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Athletics or Assistant Head of School for Academic Operations.

QUALIFICATIONS AND ATTRIBUTES:

• Bachelor’s degree in exercise science, education, physical education, or related field is required.   
• Experience in a school setting (K-8) is preferred.

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

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Able to sit, stand, reach, and type.
• Able to listen/hear and communicate orally.
• Able to use telephone and computers.
• Able to model exercises done in class.
• Able to lead drills and participate in games with students.
• Able to lift 10-15 pounds.

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.

JOB SUMMARY

The Rashi School, the Boston Area’s Reform Jewish Independent School, serving students in grades Pre-K-8 seeks a School Placement Assistant for the 2023-2024 school year. Reporting to the Director of High School Placement, this role plays a key function in ensuring that the process for students and families applying to next schools runs smoothly. The work year will run from August through June and require some work over Winter and February break. We are open to part-time and full time applications.  

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 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:

• Track relevant events, people, and deadlines at private and public schools, and provide information to the Director of High School Placement. 
• Ongoing communication to students, families, and teachers to ensure they are aware of, reminded of, and adhere to deadlines. 
• Upload and submit relevant documentation and application materials through online portals (Ravenna, Gateway, SSAT.org, etc.) for each student. 
• Coordinate with SSAT prep providers for course opportunities for students.
• Receive family questions, understanding the needs of the inquirers, providing relevant information, and/or involving the Director of High School Placement. 
• Schedule family meetings for the Director of High School Placement.
• Creating and maintaining students folders with relevant applicant materials.
• Schedule and coordinate meetings with admissions representatives and guidance counselors, including on campus visits when appropriate. 
• Update and maintain accurate school placement data in the database.
• Handle all mass school placement correspondence.
• Help coordinate any school placement events, assisting in event logistics.
• Attend independent school in-person and virtual fairs to collect information and to network. 
• Maintaining inventory of School placement documents and materials.

QUALIFICATIONS AND ATTRIBUTES:

• Able to sit, stand, type, twist, bend.
• Able to use telephone and computers.
• Able to lift 10-15 lbs.

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

• Confidentiality and integrity
• Attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines
• Organized
• Analytical
• Takes initiative
• Continuous learner/Open to feedback
• Collaborator
• Commitment to working in and fostering an inclusive community
• Belief in Rashi’s Mission and Core Values

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Able to sit, stand, type, twist, bend.
• Able to use telephone and computers.
• Communicate orally and in writing

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.

JOB SUMMARY

The Rashi School, the Boston Area’s Reform Jewish Independent School, serving students in grades Pre-K-8, seeks a Hebrew Teacher (part-time 20-30 hours/week) for the 2023-2024 school year. Reporting to the Hebrew/Spanish Department Chair, the Hebrew Teacher will 2-3 sections of Hebrew in Grades 3-7. 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 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:

• Teach 2-3 sections of Hebrew in Grades 3-7
• Teach and support the acquisition of modern Hebrew reading and writing skills, which allow students to have a meaningful relationship with Jewish and Israeli culture.
• Develop and implement tasks and activities that support students’ acquisition of Hebrew and Israeli culture.
• Prepare materials and classroom spaces for class activities.
• Utilize a variety of instructional formats, including whole group small group, partner, and independent work.
• Provide differentiated instruction to students to meet varying needs and interests. 
• Create and implement structures and routines that support student learning.
• Observe, evaluate, and support student performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students, focusing on Hebrew language acquisition and a strong Jewish identity. 
• Provide feedback on student work.
• Collaborate with other department members to develop curricula.
• Prepare, administer, and grade assessments and assignments to evaluate students’ progress.
• Collaborate with other faculty to teach students about Jewish holidays and plan and implement celebrations for grade levels and the full school.
• Participate in weekly planning meetings with the Department Chair.
• Attend grade level meetings as assigned by the Division Director.
• Share duties (recess, lunch, etc.) set by the Assistant Head of School for Academic Operations.
• Participate in Tefillah (prayer) and Kabbalat Shabbat (Friday afternoon religious services).
• Lead parent/teacher conferences.
• Communicate with parents.
• Prepare report cards twice annually.
• Attend weekly faculty meetings.
• Other duties as assigned by the Department Head and/or Head of School.

QUALIFICATIONS AND ATTRIBUTES:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum 3 years teaching experience.
• Fluent in modern Hebrew.
• Prior experience with the Proficiency Approach preferred

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

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Able to sit, stand, type, twist, bend.
• Able to use telephone and computers.
• Communicate orally and in writing

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.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Rashi School, the Boston Area’s Reform Jewish Independent School, serving students in grades K-8 seeks substitute teachers for the 2022-2023 school year. Substitute Teachers are tasked with maintaining continuity and quality in the assigned instructional program during the regularly scheduled teacher’s absence.  We seek to employ faculty and staff with diverse backgrounds who model these traits for our students and are eager to support Rashi in fulfilling its mission. 

The Rashi School is the Boston-area K-8 Reform Jewish independent school. 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 change agents in the school and beyond.

RESPONSIBLITIES

• Follow the instructional guide and class expectations outlined in teachers’ lesson plans.
• Create and maintain a positive learning environment in the classroom.
• Keep a daily log about the progress of the day and leave it for the regular teacher
• Clean teaching area at the end of the day – put all equipment and materials away. If it is the usual daily practice, have students place chairs on the desks.
• Perform any other tasks assigned to the absent teacher on that day (lunch, recess, etc.)
• Be familiar with fire exits, fire drill procedures, and safety procedures.

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

• Flexible
• Patient
• Clear communicator
• Open to feedback
• Demonstrates joy working with elementary aged students
• Belief in Rashi’s Mission and Core Values

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor’s degree required. 
• Previous experience working with children in a school setting is preferred.

COMPENSATION

• Substitute teachers are considered W-2 employees.  A suitable background check including FBI fingerprinting, a completed Form I-9, Form W-4, and other documents are required.  
• Short term substitute teachers are paid $120 per day in gross wages for days worked  ($60 per half day).  
• Substitute teachers are paid by direct deposit on the 15th day and the last day of the month (or the previous weekday if payday falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday).  Please consult HR for a schedule of pay periods and pay dates.

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, and at least 3 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 intersectional 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.

The Rashi School seeks substitute Hebrew teachers. Qualified applicants should be fluent Hebrew speakers and able to teach modern Hebrew. Please send references and resume to jobs@rashi.org. Offers made are contingent upon receiving a suitable background check.