Lead Teacher

Seeking Wonderful Educators at Dorshei Tzedek Religious School! 

Dorshei Tzedek is a dynamic and growing Reconstructionist congregation in Newton, MA, with about 70 students in our religious school (grades preK-7).  We are dedicated to inclusive Jewish learning and to ethical Jewish living in the modern world. We seek to build a teaching staff that reflects our community’s racial, cultural, and Jewish diversity, and who bring love and sensitivity to the complexity of Jewish identity and experience in our world today.  Our school is a queer and trans affirming learning environment, and we have many inter-faith and mixed faith families. We celebrate our students and our families for being exactly who they are!

How to apply:

Send resume and cover letter to [email protected].

School Details: 

Our Sunday program is from 9:30-12pm for K-7th grade at Temple Reyim in Newton. Staff arrive at 9am and stay every other week until 1p, with 2 compensated afterschool staff training/meetings, sometimes until 2:30pm. We have a weekday tutoring program for third-sixth grade. Here is a link to the 5787 School Calendar. Visit our Religious School website for more information about our wonderful community!

Compensation: 

Hourly teaching rate (10a-12p) is $45 for the first year of lead teaching, and includes 1-2 hours of prep per paid teaching hour. The hourly rate is higher for candidates with 6+ years of relevant field experience, an M.A. in education, Jewish studies or a related field. In future years and employees qualify for a retirement account and matching after one year of employment.  

Hourly non-teaching rate (9a-10a, 12p-1p) is $25/hr. This rate is used for all job duties that do not involve frontal teaching, such as behavior management during Zman Byachad (9:30-10a), childcare, meetings, set up, and training days. 

Kitah Zayin (7th grade) Lead Teacher (Sundays): Universe of Obligation: Global Judaism, the Holocaust and Israel/Palestine

• We are looking for an educator with experience working with middle school students to teach our class on Israel/Palestine (see this document for a sense of our approach) 
• This is a great position for someone who wants to support LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse students
• The Kitah Zayin educator should be someone who loves making personal connections with students and can balance boundaries and flexibility
• Kitah Zayin will have a teen assistant, the lead teacher should be comfortable with and excited about coaching and job development
• Work with and adapt existing curriculum on:
• Project-based learning, using art, drama and other creative and embodied modalities
• Teach sessions on 
• Jewish Communities around the world
• Immigration to I/P from a Global Judaism perspective
• The Establishment of the State of Israel/Nakba
• Holocaust
• Develop rituals and activities to honor the students in their journey towards becoming B’Mitzvah (for example, ritual to celebrate kids the week before their B’Mitzvah)

Kitah Dalet (4th grade) Lead Teacher (Sundays): Bereishit (Genesis)

• Work with our curriculum that combines deep Torah learning through chevruta study with experiential storytelling and projects
• Create an inclusive learning environment 
• Teaching the Avot/Imahot stories with dynamic, engaging, and experimental methodology
• Create opportunities for project based learning and creative play