Career Center

The School at Columbia University is an independent K-8 school founded in 2003 with the goal of providing an excellent education to a diverse student body. Our intentional school culture embraces shared beliefs across disciplines and grades, which underlie important values expressed through everyday behaviors and visible symbols throughout our community.

We dedicate ourselves to fostering in our students personal resourcefulness and integrity, a sense of social responsibility, and a lifelong appreciation of learning through an innovative, socially and emotionally supportive, and academically challenging program. Our pedagogical and curricular philosophies embrace multicultural perspectives, which challenge educators and learners to examine their preconceived notions of race, gender, ethnicity, class, ability, religion, and sexual orientation. We adhere to a common code of civility among all constituents. We tailor our instruction so that the needs of the individual students are met. A committed faculty and administration strive to create a school that will stand as a model for what K-8 education can be, and serve as a genuine and enduring partnership between Columbia University and its neighbors.

Responsibilities:

• Teach an integrated Science curriculum to students in a K-8 setting.

• Work to ensure academic excellence by fully knowing students and adapting curriculum to meet student needs

• Collaborate with a team of teachers in the design and implementation of integrated curriculum

• Keep careful anecdotal and assessment records and use them to write accurate, comprehensive reports.

• Act as an advisor to a group of middle school students if needed

• Possibly mentor a teacher in the Associate Teacher Program (if conditions and schedule allow)

• Fulfill duties, responsibilities and commitments as outlined in the Working at The School of Columbia Guidebook

Minimum Degree Requirement:

Bachelor's Degree

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.A. or B.S. degree in Education, Science or related field from an accredited college or university

• At least two years full-time teaching experience in K-8 public, parochial or independent schools

• Teaching experience at the K-8 level, and demonstrated knowledge of child development

• Wide-ranging intellectual and educational interests and understanding of the nature of integrated curriculum;
  Strong skills in science learning with inquiry, STEAM, and understanding at the core 

• Commitment to excellence in teaching and the education of children

• Demonstrated knowledge of child development

• Experience working with web-based technologies and applications

• Commitment to equity and justice including knowledge and skills related to cultural competencies

• Strong writer and speaker

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in a related field

• Knowledge of latest research and thinking about science education

• Familiarity with new technologies

Annual salary range is  $80,681.14-$133,887.95

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Pay Transparency Disclosure

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training.  The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

About Columbia University

Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty and student body, to support research and teaching on global issues, and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions. It expects all areas of the university to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and to convey the products of its efforts to the world.

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