Employment

Position type: Full time, Academic Year Only
Monday-Friday, 7:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Reports to:  Executive Assistant to the Head of School
Position Summary:  The nurse is the health manager of the school and is responsible for maintaining health records and delivering health services through the clinic by providing temporary care for our community, primarily students, who are ill or injured. 

For 2025-2026 Academic Year

Position type:  Full time, exempt

Hours:  Monday-Friday, 7:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. (unless otherwise specified)

Sycamore School seeks an experienced Spanish teacher for its early childhood and lower school students (Preschool - 2nd grade) for the 2025 - 2026 school year.  You will also be called upon to help build the foreign language program in an innovative way. 

Well-qualified applicants should apply online

Sycamore School is seeking several hard-working, responsible, and positive individuals for its after school program for the 2024-2025 academic year. Students participating in the after school program are gifted students in grades preschool through 8th grade.

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Position Type: Temporary throughout academic year as needed
Compensation based on half day or full day work
Monday - Friday; 7:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.

The primary purpose of this position is to provide coverage for absent classroom teachers and assistants as needed, primarily in Early Childhood and Lower School Divisions.

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Part Time when needed (Academic Year Only); 9 am - 1 pm

The primary purpose of this position is to provide coverage for the Facilities Department when one of the full time employees is absent.

Responsibilities:  
Lunchroom set up & breakdown.
Traffic cone setup/breakdown.
Event setup/breakdown (Set up folding tables & chairs, trash cans. Volume varies with event).  
Move supplies and delivery items to needed locations (janitorial, etc.).
Other duties as needed.

Teachers at Sycamore School are hired on the basis of their training, experience, personalities, and their perceived enthusiasm and energy for teaching. Lead teachers typically have a license to teach and several years of successful teaching experience. Teachers hired at Sycamore who do not have specific training in gifted education are asked to get that training at school expense in a timely manner.

Teaching assistants at Sycamore School are in every classroom up through fourth grade. In the Middle School (grades 5-8) there are shared assistants in some subjects. Specialists teach music, art, Spanish, physical education, and technology at all grade levels. Teaching assistants in Early Childhood and Lower School often have the same training as lead teachers, but assistants sometimes have training in other professional fields.

The assistants work under the direction of their classroom teachers, interacting with students in many instructional activities, on field trips, and by providing class supervision at special events. The teaching assistant position is often an ideal way for a young teacher to gain experience when a full-time teaching job does not appear elsewhere. Other assistants find that this is a way to participate professionally in school life without the ultimate responsibility of a lead teacher.

Teachers and assistants are sought out by the Division Heads in Early Childhood, Lower School, and Middle School. The Division Heads screen résumés and conducts preliminary interviews. Finalists are interviewed by teachers and the Head of School. When possible, teacher candidates are asked to teach a sample lesson to a class of Sycamore School students.

Other staff members support Sycamore teachers in their work. The purpose of all non-teaching positions at Sycamore School is to support and facilitate the teachers’ work with students and parents.

The procedure for hiring non-teaching staff members varies with the position being filled. Administrators are hired by the Head of School, following procedures that he/she believes are most appropriate for the position to be filled.

The typical hiring process involves résumé reviews, interviews, reference checks, and a police background check. For administrative positions, there is usually consultation within the school involving a broader base of school constituents.

All hiring at Sycamore is formalized through a contract or a letter of agreement issued by the Head of School. The Head of School is hired by the Sycamore School Board of Trustees; all other employment and staff management is the Head’s responsibility, in concert with relevant members of the administration.