Lower School Teaching Assistant

Palisades Episcopal School is seeking creative, passionate, enthusiastic educators with a lifelong love of learning to join our faculty. The Lower School at Palisades Episcopal School has a current enrollment of 195 students with 20 classroom teachers and teaching assistants. PES Lower School includes Junior Kindergarten through fourth grade programs with 2 classes per grade level. Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten classes have an optimal class size of 18 each, and first through fourth grade classes have an optimal class size of 20 each. The Middle School at Palisades Episcopal School currently serves 93 students in fifth through eighth grade with 1 class per grade level in 5th, 7th, and 8th and 2 6th grade classes. PES provides a learning environment which cultivates a joyful love of learning through hands-on, engaging activities that teach children how to think, not what to think. A growing Social-Emotional Learning program, Responsive Classroom’s morning meetings, devotions, Middle School advisory, Faith Studies, service projects and empathetic educators all contribute to students who respect differences, are growing in character daily, and develop a spirt of service for the community around them. The Core Knowledge curriculum provides a solid foundation of learning while creating opportunities to gain a broad range of knowledge as well as deep dives into topics of interest. Learning comes alive outside the classroom walls with outdoor learning and numerous field trips throughout the school year, averaging 1 per grade level per month. Community is fostered during weekly chapels, cross-grade level “buddies” and cross-divisional activities. Palisades Episcopal School seeks dedicated educators with a strong desire for excellence and a commitment to inspiring a community of learners to be curious, engaged and joyful to join the PES Lower School team.