Description:

The Morgan Oliver School is seeking an energetic and passionate support specialist for our Allies classroom. Our school is a small anti racist community school serving kids 5-12. We are located in a bungalow in the neighborhood of Kirkwood, Atlanta. This will be a co teaching role designed to support children in their social emotional wellbeing and conduct mini groups for reading and math instruction. Special skills or talents are welcome. We are seeking a warm and flexible teacher who is interested in developing their practice and is adaptable to various needs of a small school. 

This role is a salary position with all applicable school breaks off. 

Responsibilities:

As a part of this role, you will:

• Support the lead and associate teacher in a classroom of 15 kids 5-7
• Perform auxiliary tasks on a rotating basis with other teachers and staff 
• Conduct small group instruction in reading and math 
• Ensure students are engaged and support children experiencing challenges

Requirements

• An exuberance and excitement for elementary age children
• At least 2 years working with elementary age children in some capacity
• An ability to develop relationships across socioeconomic backgrounds and an excitement to grow from the proximity of them. 
• An innate desire to learn more and discover 
• Self motivating and able to structure ones small groups and class rhythm and flow
• Ability to communicate compassionately to colleagues 
• Flexibility in thoughts and ideas as we are a small startup school 

Nice-to-Haves

• Confidence
• Grace
• Love for the mission
• Stability
• Innovator
• Outside the box thinker

Where We Work:The Morgan Oliver School is located in a bungalow in Kirkwood, across from Pullman Pratt yard, and walking distance from Marta on Dekalb Avenue. 

Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We believe in intentionally seeking historically marginalized groups of people in order to offer and build community which considers the needs of our most vulnerable first. We believe that a healthy work place is one which reflects the communities we live in. We are a LGBTQIA , black women run and disability inviting workplace which honors folks of every walk of life and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, or any of the other “isms”. 

Work Culture

We are a startup school which promises creativity and flexibility of thought and ideas. We are inviting creative thinkers and those who find value in a hard days work. We enjoy a work environment which is familial, close knit and supportive. We hope to find more ways to increase the work place satisfaction as we grow and work life balance as we grow. 

About The Morgan Oliver School 

• We are committed to socioeconomic diversity 
• We are committed to community collaboration and removing barriers to a quality education
• We are interested in developing and sharing our Anti Racist Curriculum 
• We are a lab school where pioneering teachers can have the agency and freedom to think outside the box in education and feel empowered to develop rich experiences for children 

If this job description sounds exciting and you have most of the skills listed, please send a resume, cover letter and 3 references to sanidia@morganoliverschool.org.