Careers

About the Role:

The Montclair Cooperative School is seeking a progressive, energetic Primary Grade Teacher to join our dynamic team for the 2025-2026 school year, beginning on September 1, 2025.

About our School:

Founded in 1963, the Montclair Cooperative School (the Co-op) is an independent, progressive, co-educational school, serving approximately 125 students from Early Ages through eighth grade. We are a community of students, teachers and parents dedicated to creating a diverse and nurturing environment where children flourish intellectually, creatively and emotionally while developing exceptional social skills and a deep sense of community responsibility. The Co-op’s whole-child curriculum is interdisciplinary, emphasizing inquiry, diversity, critical thinking and deep understanding, while supporting individualized social and emotional growth.

Reporting to the  Head of School, the Primary Grade Teacher is responsible for planning and implementing developmentally appropriate curriculum and differentiated instruction for students in first grade.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Plan and design developmentally appropriate educational programs and lessons for math, reading, writing, phonics, social studies and social-emotional learning;
• Support students with their social-emotional development with a strong focus on health and wellness;
• Work closely with learning specialists to create and implement both learning support and enrichment activities;
• Provide opportunities that encourage curiosity, exploration, problem-solving, and the use of technology;
• Create and provide a supportive and caring classroom environment in which students can learn and interact positively with one another;
• Conduct informal and formal learning assessments to be responsive to an individualized approach for student growth;
• Assess students’ academic and social growth, keep accurate records and prepare progress reports;
• Communicate with families about students’ learning through frequent updates, parent-teacher conferences, and student progress reports;
• Continue to develop professionally by actively participating in professional development opportunities within the independent school community;
• Develop lesson plans and instructional materials that support individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student;
• Use a variety of instructional strategies;
• Participate in faculty and curriculum development meetings and committees as requested;
• Assess students’ academic and social growth, keep accurate records and prepare progress reports;
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Masters preferred
• High level of skill and proficiency in preparing and delivering synchronous and asynchronous lessons on a distance learning platform (Google Classroom preferred) 
• Effective organizational skills including but not limited to lesson planning, implementing units of study, differentiating instruction, designing and implementing assessments
• A working knowledge of and an embracing of a progressive educational approach
• A clear commitment to the mission of the Montclair Cooperative School
• Excellent time management skills and be detail and goal oriented
• Excellent interpersonal skills; must be a strong team player and have some experience working collaboratively with peers to implement an academically robust, engaging, and integrated curriculum
• Solid organizational and problem solving skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Highly resourceful and motivated – a “self-starter” with initiative, energy and enthusiasm and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced and changing environment
• Ability to interact well with people from a wide diversity of backgrounds and cultures

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume and a statement of educational philosophy to Ana Younghusband, Head of School at anay@montclaircoop.org. Only those selected to be interviewed will be contacted. No phone calls please.

The Position:

The Montclair Cooperative School is seeking a progressive, energetic Primary Grade Teacher to join our dynamic team for the remainder of the  2024-2025 school year, effective immediately.   The class is supported by a full time assistant teacher and a part time learning support specialist.

About the School:

Founded in 1963, the Montclair Cooperative School (the Co-op) is an independent, progressive, co-educational school, serving approximately 125 students from Early Ages through eighth grade. We are a community of students, teachers and parents dedicated to creating a diverse and nurturing environment where children flourish intellectually, creatively and emotionally while developing exceptional social skills and a deep sense of community responsibility. The Co-op’s whole-child curriculum is interdisciplinary, emphasizing inquiry, diversity, critical thinking and deep understanding, while supporting individualized social and emotional growth.

Reporting to the  Head of School, the 3rd/4th Integrated Grade Teacher is responsible for planning and implementing developmentally appropriate curriculum and differentiated instruction for students in third and fourth grades.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Plan and design developmentally appropriate educational programs and lessons for math, reading, writing, phonics, social studies and social-emotional learning;
• Support students with their social-emotional development with a strong focus on health and wellness;
• Work closely with learning specialists to create and implement both learning support and enrichment activities;
• Provide opportunities that encourage curiosity, exploration, problem-solving, and the use of technology;
• Create and provide a supportive and caring classroom environment in which students can learn and interact positively with one another;
• Conduct informal and formal learning assessments to be responsive to an individualized approach for student growth;
• Assess students’ academic and social growth, keep accurate records and prepare progress reports;
• Communicate with families about students’ learning through frequent updates, parent-teacher conferences, and student progress reports;
• Continue to develop professionally by actively participating in professional development opportunities within the independent school community;
• Develop lesson plans and instructional materials that support individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student;
• Use a variety of instructional strategies;
• Participate in faculty and curriculum development meetings and committees as requested;
• Assess students’ academic and social growth, keep accurate records and prepare progress reports;
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Masters preferred
• High level of skill and proficiency in preparing and delivering synchronous and asynchronous lessons on a distance learning platform (Google Classroom preferred) 
• Effective organizational skills including but not limited to lesson planning, implementing units of study, differentiating instruction, designing and implementing assessments
• A working knowledge of and an embracing of a progressive educational approach
• A clear commitment to the mission of the Montclair Cooperative School
• Excellent time management skills and be detail and goal oriented
• Excellent interpersonal skills; must be a strong team player and have some experience working collaboratively with peers to implement an academically robust, engaging, and integrated curriculum
• Solid organizational and problem solving skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Highly resourceful and motivated – a “self-starter” with initiative, energy and enthusiasm and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced and changing environment
• Ability to interact well with people from a wide diversity of backgrounds and cultures

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume and a statement of educational philosophy to Ana Younghusband, Head of School at anay@montclaircoop.org. Only those selected to be interviewed will be contacted. No phone calls please.

Position

The Montclair Cooperative School is seeking substitute teachers for the 2021-2022 school year.  

About the School

The Montclair Cooperative School is an independent Early Ages through Eighth grade school founded in 1963 and located in Montclair, NJ. We have an enrollment of  approximately 140 students, a program that is progressive and a community that is highly collaborative. 

Qualifications

Substitute Teacher candidates should have past experience as a teacher, or working in a school setting, or in other programs with children such as camp or childcare.  The ideal candidate is positive, fun, flexible, open-minded, patient, with a good sense of humor, and a genuinely child-centered approach.  We are searching for substitute teachers who are self-starters and can lead a class with a given plan independently or in partnership with an assistant teacher.

To Apply

Please submit a cover letter and resume to careers@montclaircoop.org. Please indicate how you learned of the opportunity and with which age groups of children you feel confident working.  Please understand that due to volume, only candidates selected to be interviewed will be contacted. No phone calls, please.