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0.4 FTE Teachers’ Aide for 4th-5th Grade, Temporary Position

Schedule: 2 full days per week, Tuesdays and Thursdays

Term: 1 school year (August 11, 2025 – June 5, 2026)

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Assist the 4/5 team with preparing and delivering a multi-subject curriculum.
    • Provide assistance with language arts, social studies, science, math and social/emotional curriculum, field trips and outdoor education.
    • Participate in a cross-age curriculum with TK-8 students.
    • Assist students with identified learning and behavioral needs.
    • Supervise and facilitate activities with groups of students.
    • Collect and correct student work, take daily attendance.
  • Practice the agreement system and Synergy philosophy regarding growth and change. 
  • Communicate with the team regarding learning and behavioral observations.
  • Perform supervisory duties that are shared among staff: lunch supervision, before school drop off or yard supervision, snack/recess supervision, and after school pick-up.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills:

  • Ability to help with 4th and 5th grade curriculum.
  • Desire to work collaboratively on a teaching team. 
  • Organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Technology and G-suite proficiency.
  • Ability to respond to changing needs and be flexible.
  • Must be able to lift 25 lbs.

Preferred Skills:

  • Experience teaching or caring for elementary age students.
  • Understanding of developmental needs of 4th and 5th graders.
  • Interest in developing teaching and management skills.
  • Clear communicator.

Compensation: $22 to $30 per hour, depending on experience, paid hourly

To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to hiring@synergyschool.org

Synergy is a progressive, independent TK-8 school with a vibrant, diverse community in San Francisco’s Mission District. We are an educational cooperative, in which teachers and staff are empowered to direct the school in its commitment to the highest standards of progressive education, global awareness and social justice.

Synergy School is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values workplace diversity. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, political affiliation, age, religion, creed, national origin, disability, ancestry, ethnicity, marital status, parental status, domestic partner status, veteran status, medical condition (cancer-related), or the conditions Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and AIDS-related conditions or other non-merit factors or any category provided by ordinance.

Employee Code of Conduct

The Synergy School Agreement System stands as our guide for interactions with students. Employees are expected to follow the agreements with regards to respect and safe space, which includes tone of voice, language, and physical interactions that are deemed aggressive or sexual. If an interaction between a staff member and student is inappropriate, another member of the cooperative will be brought in to facilitate a conversation to process the incident.