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Social Emotional Wellness Teacher

At Gordon, we think about student wellness through an expansive lens. The goal of our wellness curriculum is to help students build healthy habits and important prosocial skills by building their competencies in the following areas: diversity, equity and inclusion, health and wellness, social and emotional skills, and digital literacy and citizenship.

We are seeking an innovative, collaborative, mission-aligned wellness teacher who is passionate about using a culturally responsive approach to wellness instruction. This person will teach wellness classes to students in third to eighth grade and, along with our school counselor, will serve as the curriculum leader for a social and emotional learning scope and sequence that integrates mental and physical health and wellness, racial and cultural literacy instruction, as well as digital literacy and citizenship. This person will report to our Middle School Director and partner closely with our School Counselor, Lower School Division Director and Assistant Head of School for Teaching and Learning.

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Nursery teacher

We are seeking a Nursery teacher who will co-teach a class of approximately eighteen children. The Nursery teacher is a passionate and creative member of a team of two co-teachers. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the educational, social and emotional, and developmental stages of three and four-year-olds. This position is a full-time, benefitted position.

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After School Theater Director

Gordon is excited to launch a search for an After School Theater Director position. This is a part-time role and the hours for this position will be 1:30 - 5:45 pm.

Gordon is seeking a warm, creative, culturally competent, artistic leader to manage all components of our theater program. The After School Theater Director is a hands-on job. Ideally, the person in this role should be an exuberant educator committed to maintaining a safe, organized, and positive environment for learning in which students are encouraged to take creative risks while collaborating constructively with each other. The director should have excellent organizational and troubleshooting skills and demonstrate a commitment to excellence in every aspect of their work.

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Middle School music teacher

We are seeking a music teacher who is passionate about teaching general music literacy to our fifth and sixth graders. Additionally, we need an innovative music educator who is driven to develop appropriately rigorous performance ensembles with grades seven and eight through our arts electives program, clubs, and an auditioned ensemble.

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Third to Fifth Grade Learning Specialist and Support Coordinator

At Gordon School, a key component of our commitment to anti bias, multicultural and social justice education is honoring neurodiversity and all the strengths that all of our learners bring to school each day. We aim to build a school culture that celebrates our varied learning profiles, strengths and needs, and see the work of our learning support services as central to a student’s sense of self and belonging at school. The Third to Fifth Grade Learning Specialist and Support Coordinator will be an important member of our student support services team at Gordon School.

The Third to Fifth Grade Learning Specialist and Support Coordinator’s primary responsibility is to support students, teachers, and families in third to fifth grade, with a particular focus on students whose learning needs require accommodations and/or interventions. Working alongside families, teachers, and the academic leadership team, the Grades 3-5 Learning Support Coordinator ensures that students have access to the resources they need to thrive at Gordon. This position reports to the Lower School Director and works in close partnership with the Middle School Director and other members of the learning support team at Gordon.

The Third to Fifth Grade Learning Specialist and Support Coordinator is also is the lead instructor for our third and fourth grade Pathways Program. The Pathways Program provides targeted, small group instruction and offers students opportunities for individual guidance and focused, explicit instruction and practice in foundational skills. Instruction is based on the needs of the group and may include literacy, writing, or math remediation and executive functioning skills instruction and coaching.

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Substitute teachers

Gordon School is always looking to increase its pool of substitute teachers for all grade levels, particularly in first through eighth grade. Personal attributes we are looking for in substitutes include:

Appreciate and enjoy working with children
Be energetic, flexible, resilient and open to change and new ideas
Possess good organizational capabilities and be able to implement these effectively
Have strong interpersonal skills which support and engender trust
Have a deep sense of community, be respectful of adults and children, understand and respect human differences and support multicultural practice and pedagogy
Have experience working in a racially diverse community
Be a thoughtful and effective listener
Be able to communicate with parents, colleagues, and students clearly and accurately, both orally and in writing
Have a strong sense of self and a good sense of humor

As with all teachers at Gordon, substitutes are required to hold a college degree and be fully vaccinated against COVID.

If you are interested in applying to the sub pool, please send a cover memo and resume to Cheryl Fanti, Assistant to the Director of Early Childhood and Lower School at cfanti@gordonschool.org

After school staff

Gordon's after school program is seeking part-time staff to work with students ages 3-14. Gators (Nursery through fourth grade) and Young Adult Place (YAP – fifth through eighth grade) are the core of the after school programs every day that the school building is open.

Gators offers younger children the opportunity to play with their classmates in a fun, safe, supervised environment. The responsibilities of the Gator staff include creating and supervising activities, games, and projects for students in the same cohort; group management, tracking attendance and inventory of supplies, and communicating with families. The Gators program takes place both indoors and outdoors.

Middle School students in YAP primarily participate in a supervised study hall, working individually or in small groups. YAP staff assists with questions, engages in activities and conversations with students, and tracks attendance. YAP is mainly an indoor program but may utilize outdoor spaces as available.

The ideal candidates will be enthusiastic, responsible, and flexible and have experience working with children. After school hours are Monday through Friday from 3:00pm to 5:30pm. After school staff members also provide supervision during some evening events and full day childcare on certain days when school is not in session.

Gordon School is taking all the precautions necessary to keep students, faculty, staff and families safe during this time of COVID 19. All employees must share proof of COVID vaccination.

Interested candidates should send a resume to Jenny Alario, Director of Auxiliary Programs, at jalario@gordonschool.org

Careers at Gordon

The Gordon School is a racially diverse nursery through eighth grade coeducational independent school in East Providence, RI. The curriculum is rooted in multicultural practice and social justice, with an emphasis on developing intellectual leadership, active imagination, and a child’s natural inquisitive nature. Students are challenged and inspired to be active workers toward their own education and teachers strive to develop meaningful relationships with each child and family.

Relocating to Rhode Island

Gordon is less than five miles from the center of Providence, Rhode Island, a world-class city known for its fabulous restaurants, a vibrant theater and arts scene, and an intellectual community fueled by major schools and universities including Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design. Marquee cultural events include Providence’s unforgettable WaterFire and the Newport Folk Festival.

Rhode Island was founded by Europeans who were seeking a community that was more inclusive and tolerant than the one established by Massachusetts’ Puritans. Since then, it has been the site of many progressive firsts, from the first synagogue in North America (Newport’s Touro Synagogue, 1763) to the first openly gay mayor of a US state capital (Providence’s David Cicilline, 2002).

Rhode Island is the smallest state in the US, and much of the state retains a small town vibe. No matter where you are in the state, you are never more than a half-hour drive from a major city, a gorgeous public beach, or a forest to explore.

Don’t take it from us, though; according to the roving reporters of Gordon’s fifth and sixth grade newspaper, Gordon students’ favorite things about Rhode Island include:

food
beaches
Providence
sky
sunset
the ocean
surfing
small state
food
shells
smallest state
smallness

Don’t let the emphasis on the size fool you, either. There is plenty to keep you busy in Rhode Island. If a die-hard New Yorker like Dr. Thomas López can make the transition to Rhode Island, so can you.

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