Carney, Sandoe & Associates , an education recruitment firm, is currently seeking Associate Teachers for the 2025-2026 school year at independent schools in the New York area .
The Associate Teacher position is a 1-3 year program designed to support aspiring educators by providing training, hands-on experience, and ongoing guidance. Associate Teachers are paired with an experienced classroom teacher who will serve as their mentor.
Responsibilities:
- Subscribe to the school's core values, mission and philosophy and seek passionately to promote them.
- Participate in creating lesson plans, developing effective classroom management practices, and promoting a positive classroom environment.
- Collaborate with lead teacher to create a classroom atmosphere that promotes joyful learning and a welcoming, purposeful school tone and culture.
- Assist with creating and planning engaging lessons that foster active participation and promotes student enthusiasm for the subject matter.
- Lead student instruction in various subject areas that could include phonics, reading, writing, math, handwriting, and social studies.
- Opportunities to coach or provide support for extracurricular activities (often with an additional stipend).
- Communicate regularly and effectively with parents in proactive and professional ways through e-mail, phone calls, in-person conversations, parent-teacher conferences, bi-annual progress reports, etc.
- Communicate regularly with Lead Teacher to learn new skills and techniques to build your teaching tool kit.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- An aspiring educator with a willingness to learn.
- Demonstrated interest in teaching and/or working with young people.
- Previous experience working with children (camp counseling, sports instruction, teaching assistant, etc.)
- Work collaboratively with other teachers.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- No credential or certification is needed, just a passion for working in education.
Potential Benefits: Compensation and benefit packages are competitive but will differ by school and will typically depend on geographic location, your experience, and your level of degree.
Competitive pay