Employment Type: Full time, 10 months, benefits eligible
Start Date: August 2026
Job Summary:
Paideia is a pre-K-12 college preparatory school of over 1,000 students in the Emory University area of Atlanta; the elementary school enrolls approximately 300 students. The elementary program includes thirteen full-day, self-contained classrooms. There are two teachers in each class of twenty-six to twenty-eight children. Teachers work together as a lead teacher and assistant or as two co-lead teachers. Children remain with their own teacher throughout the day, with the exception of classes with specialists, including art, music, physical education, and library.
Paideia’s philosophy is based on the belief that to educate well, schools must be individualized. The elementary school faculty emphasizes the acquisition of basic academic skills. The development of social skills is an important part of every learning experience at Paideia. Teachers frequently employ nontraditional means to achieve these traditional goals. Most academic work in the elementary school level is carried out through individually prescribed instruction in mixed-age or multi-age classrooms that emphasize individual challenge and achievement rather than competition.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Assistant teachers at Paideia are considered full teachers with classroom teaching and curricular responsibilities. The biggest difference between lead and assistant teachers is the number of years of classroom experience and the types of classroom responsibilities. Assistant teachers participate in parent conferences, curriculum development, student assessment, professional development, faculty meetings, etc. It is a wonderful opportunity for a less experienced teacher to collaborate with an experienced one.
