What are the responsibilities and job description for the Key Middle School Language Comprehensive Teacher position at Carolina Day School?
Key Middle School Language Comprehensive Teacher
The Key School at Carolina Day School is seeking a passionate, experienced Multisensory Language Comprehensive Teacher to join our Key Middle School team for the 2026–2027 academic year. This is more than a teaching position; it’s an opportunity to transform how students experience language, literacy, and their own potential.
The Key School is a nationally recognized leader in the field of dyslexia education, situated on the campus of CDS. We are dedicated to supporting bright students with dyslexia and language-based learning differences. Accredited by the Orton-Gillingham Academy and multisensory instruction, the program helps students build confidence, strengthen skills, and thrive academically through individualized, research-based teaching.
As a Key Middle School Language Comprehensive Teacher, you will help students become confident readers, writers, and thinkers while working collaboratively with a dedicated team.
Job Responsibilities
• Deliver engaging, multisensory, Orton-Gillingham-based instruction
• Differentiate for diverse learning profiles
• Collaborate with colleagues to support student success
• Serve as an advisor to students
• Engage in ongoing professional development
• Uphold high teaching standards
• Flexibility to take on other duties as assigned, contributing to the overall success and growth of Key School
Ideal Candidate Qualifications
• Minimum 5 years of teaching experience
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred
• Training in Orton-Gillingham and multisensory instruction
• Experience with students with dyslexia
• Commitment to lifelong learning
Additional Details
• Other duties as assigned, such as supervision duties and support of students
elective courses
Americans with Disabilities Act Specifications:
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment:
Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.