Interim Lower School Assistant Teacher
Friends Select School is seeking a lower school assistant teacher to work in a full-time role supporting first-grade teachers for the 2026-27 school year.
About the role
The assistant teacher plays a vital role in creating an environment where children thrive, supporting the lead teachers during lessons, working with individual learners, providing small-group instruction, and performing lower school duties such as recess and dismissal. This collaborative position involves working closely with colleagues and administrators, actively supporting our Quaker philosophy, and participating fully in the life of the school.
Responsibilities
- Support the lead teacher in teaching core subjects, completing daily classroom responsibilities, and managing student behavior
- Engage with the students and support their learning both individually and in small groups
- Perform various lower school duties, such as supervising recess and covering dismissal
- Act as the lead teacher, covering the necessary responsibilities, while the lead teacher is absent
- Perform other tasks as assigned by the lead teacher or lower school administration
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred
- Experience teaching elementary-level children
- Passion for teaching young children
- Experience providing math support and enrichment for upper elementary students is preferred
- Interest in continued professional development
- A strong commitment to Quaker values, anti-racism, and social justice
About Friends Select School
Friends Select School is a co-educational, pre-kindergarten through twelfth-grade, college-preparatory, independent school located in Center City, Philadelphia, serving over 600 students. As a Quaker school committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, FSS actively seeks and warmly welcomes applicants from diverse and underrepresented populations.
Teaching and learning at Friends Select is tangible. We’re located in the cultural heart of Center City Philadelphia, right on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. At every age, students visit museums, attend cultural events, participate in community service, and use the finest educational resources Philadelphia has to offer. Through interaction with the real world, students become resourceful learners and active citizens of our school, city, and global community.
Our Pre-K through 12 academic program is an engaging and connected educational journey, carefully constructed to guide students through every stage of learning in a warm and welcoming environment where failure is not feared or believed to be fixed. At the core is a firm foundation of Quaker values. During weekly Meeting for Worship, our students and teachers sit in silent search for Truth and if moved to speak, rise to share. Seniors graduate from Friends Select with the knowledge and understanding of peaceful resolution to conflict, empathy, service to others, mutual respect, inclusion, and stewardship.