Lower School Science Teachers (Grades 2-4) Leave Replacement
The Packer Collegiate Institute seeks a passionate, experienced, and knowledgeable science teacher for Grades 2-4 to teach full-time in our Lower School division from the start of the 2025 school year until December 1, 2025.
Anticipated start date: August 2025
Through extensive collaboration, Packer’s two Pre and Lower School science teachers connect student learning in the science lab to the world around them. Using a child-centered, inquiry-based, and hands-on model, the teachers design relevant, stimulating, and challenging investigations that develop student skills and ability to problem solve, work collaboratively, and think critically. Packer’s Lower School science program emphasizes the development of scientific literacy and depth of understanding rather than the accumulation of scientific facts.
Ideal candidates must have a collaborative spirit, strong understanding of child development and scientific concepts, and excellent communication skills.
Requirements include:
Master's degree in Early Childhood, Elementary, or Science Education
Minimum of three years of experience teaching young students
Passion for developing a love of science in young children
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Include Reasonable Accommodations:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Packer's values and vision of educational excellence include embracing diversity, fostering community, nurturing a sense of belonging, and ensuring all learners are valued and challenged. Faculty members are required to actively and thoughtfully engage in work around identity, anti-bias, and inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from candidates whose backgrounds and perspectives may be underrepresented.
Salaries are determined based on a scale reflecting years of teaching experience and level of education.
The Packer Collegiate Institute does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national and ethnic origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to, but is not limited to, educational policies, admission, financial aid, hiring and employment practices, use of school facilities, athletics, and other school-administered programs.
- Department
- Academic - PreK-12 Science
- Role
- Grade 2-4 Science Teacher
- Locations
- Brooklyn, NY
- Daily salary
- $335 - $785
- Job Type
- Exempt
- Job Category
- Full-Time, 4-5 months
- Work Schedule
- Mon - Fri
Working At Packer
Packer’s faculty and staff are passionate, committed, student-focused leaders. We inspire joy and purpose through transformative learning experiences that foster both intellectual development and social-emotional growth. We prioritize collaboration, reflection, and continuous improvement, embracing the learning process for students as well as for ourselves as professionals.
Packer's mission, vision and values influence everything we do—in our classrooms, on stage, in the art studio, or on the field, whether locally or globally.
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At Packer, we strive to create a community of belonging that embodies our core values—scholarship, creativity, equity, integrity, joy and respect.
We deliberately follow inclusive hiring processes to attract the widest possible range of candidates representing varied identities, races, cultures, and economic backgrounds. We commit abundant resources to faculty and staff mentoring and professional development so that our employees develop skills that support academic and institutional excellence.
About The Packer Collegiate Institute
The Packer Collegiate Institute is an independent, PreK-12 school in beautiful Brooklyn Heights, one subway stop from Lower Manhattan.
Established on Joralemon Street in 1845, our school is located on a unique and historic campus. The Packer Early Learning Center, one block away at 100 Clinton Street, houses our Pre-K and Kindergarten classes.
We serve over 1,000 students from throughout the five boroughs of New York City and the surrounding area in a diverse community of learners in which each person is valued and challenged.
Packer educates students to:
Think Deeply
Listen Actively
Speak Courageously
Act with Purpose and Heart
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The Packer Collegiate Institute does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national and ethnic origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to, but is not limited to, educational policies, admission, financial aid, hiring and employment practices, use of school facilities, athletics, and other school-administered programs.
Lower School Science Teachers (Grades 2-4) Leave Replacement
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