Friends School Boulder is a progressive co-educational Preschool - Grade 8 day school serving students from the Boulder area. Friends offers a challenging curriculum guided by strong values of collaboration & creativity, mindfulness and social & emotional learning, cross-curricular & project-based instruction, and diversity, social justice & service learning.  Faculty and staff are highly engaged and enjoy flexibility, autonomy, and a collaborative working environment. Friends seeks a First Grade Maternity Leave Lead Teacher who possesses a deep understanding of child development and progressive pedagogy, appreciation for the importance of practicing mindfulness and actively teaching social & emotional skills, and a commitment to diversity social justice & ser