Pre-K 3/4 Assistant Teacher (School Year 25-26)

Capital City is looking for innovative, experienced, and passionate teachers for the school year 2025-2026.

At Capital City, we challenge the status quo every day. Our staff are skilled, compassionate, solutions-oriented, and unwavering in their commitment to give children of all ages, all backgrounds, and all abilities the education they need to thrive. If you want to help prepare the next generation of changemakers, apply today!

This role is a 10-month position, which is non-exempt and therefore eligible for overtime pay under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Why teach at Capital City?

• Work hard and achieve results, together! At Capital City, teachers work on collaborative teams that grapple with challenges, celebrate successes, and support and learn from one another.
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion aren’t just buzzwords. We believe the diversity of our staff and the students we serve is our greatest asset. We take seriously the responsibility to achieve equity for our students and build a culture where staff engage in dialogue about race and work to build an inclusive culture.
• Invest in your own learning. Capital City prioritizes the professional growth and learning of our teachers through weekly internal professional development and opportunities to learn from experts around the country. Campus and school-wide leadership opportunities are available for teachers who want them.
• Make your classroom and curriculum your own. Our teachers value the autonomy they have at Capital City to design a curriculum that is dynamic, personal and exciting. There is a culture of innovation that is supported by Principals and Instructional Coaches.

This position will assist the Lead and Associate teachers with instruction during the school day by fully participating in the life of the classroom. A specific area of responsibility of this position is to plan and implement developmentally appropriate outdoor experiences during children’s outside time, as well as maintain the outdoor playground space. The position is full-time, according to the provided schedule.

This position reports to the Early Childhood Director. The role provides significant opportunities to learn from the lead classroom teacher, associate, and the entire Capital City staff, as well as participate in outside professional development.

Responsibilities of the PK Assistant include:

• Implementing the principles of Responsive Classroom®.
• Creating and maintaining a physically and emotionally safe environment for students.
• Communicating respectfully with students at all times by modeling expected behaviors. Practicing unbiased and effective communication with students.
• Upholding and supporting the school-wide discipline policies. Documenting serious and less serious infractions to school policies and seeking support from colleagues and administrators when discipline concerns arise.
• Supporting our inclusion program by meeting the individual needs of students' academic, social, and emotional needs as specified in student IEPs.
• Providing accommodations and support as needed to students with disabilities.
• Supporting English Language Learners (ELL Students) using suggested practices and techniques learned during staff training.
• Communicating with parents, about student activity and social choices during school and after school.
• Helping to ensure parents and visitors feel welcome in our building while maintaining security protocols.
• Maintaining shared classroom spaces and materials, work and storage areas, and equipment. Including daily cleaning of tables and sweeping floors.
• Leading and interacting with students during outdoor activities to ensure fun, student engagement, and safety.
• Offering supervisors feedback about supplies and additional materials needed to support the school day and after school for students.
• Participating in bi-weekly planning session with the Early Childhood Director.
• Supporting the classroom teacher and teaching fellow/co-teacher with instruction. Instructional duties and roles will be discussed with the lead
• teacher in the beginning of the year and reviewed periodically. Instructional duties may include: working with small groups of students, working individually with students, assessing student learning, and assisting with the preparation of classroom lessons and activities.
• Assuming lead teacher or teaching associate responsibilities during absences and other unexpected times.
• Supervising fieldwork, school specials, and community service that support learning expeditions.
• Enhancing the vision of the courtyard as an ideal play space for young children by helping to design and implement the water area, quiet area, sand area, and usage and storage of toys and garden material and tools.

Additional Professional Responsibilities:

• Working cooperatively and collaboratively and maintaining professional relationships with school administrators, staff, parents and greater community.
• Avoiding talking and/or texting on mobile devices or otherwise being distracted. Supporting children ages 3-5 using the bathroom facilities and/or assist in changing their clothes when accidents occur.
• Arriving to work on time in appropriate clothing, being prepared to work with a professional and courteous attitude.
• Observing in other classrooms to gain ideas and learn from other experienced educators.
• Participating in professional development activities to support school-wide and individual goals.
• Attending a weekly New Teacher Seminar the first year at Capital City and participating in new student family conferences.
• Other duties as assigned to support the program and the needs of the students.

This position is ineligible for recurrent telework. Job duties are expected to take place in-person at Capital City.

Capital City seeks to employ experienced and credentialed teachers.

Minimum requirements: a high school diploma and experience supervising and teaching elementary age students.

Candidates should enjoy working with children, have strong classroom management skills, and be strong team players. Experience working in diverse and inclusive settings is desired.

Spanish speakers are desired.

In addition to the above requirements, teachers must meet the requirements of all hires at Capital City including a criminal background check and a negative TB test.

About Our School

Capital City was founded in 2000 and currently serves a diverse population of nearly 1,000 students across PK-12th grade. We have been recognized as a model for social, emotional and academic development. Our program emphasizes a commitment to diversity and equity, a strong inclusion model and the integration of arts into the curriculum. We are a credentialed EL Education Mentor School (https://eleducation.org/) in the national network of over 150 schools. Through this model, teachers craft long-term learning expeditions that connect learning to the real-world and incorporate projects, research, fieldwork, and service to support students in meeting rigorous standards. Learn more at www.ccpcs.org.

Capital City is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, marital status, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected status. All employment decisions will be made solely on the basis of the individual's qualifications as related to the requirements of the position being filled.