Science Department Chair (Fall 2025)

Job Summary:

The Rashi School, Greater Boston’s Reform Jewish Independent School, serving students in grades Pre-K-8, seeks a Science Department Chair (PK-8) for the 2025-2026 school year. Reporting to the Assistant Head of School for Academic Strategy, The Science Department Chair will oversee the science and maker curriculum in Grades PK-8. In our warm and inclusive community, children are appreciated for who they are as they learn and develop their identities. With the school’s foundation of rigorous academics and differentiated instruction and a mission rooted in social justice, we want our students to ask the tough questions—not just the who, what, where, but the how, why, and what can I do to fix it? Rashi graduates have the confidence to try new things and to fail forward. With kindness at their core, they become empowered learners, change agents, global Jewish citizens, and good friends. 

Rashi’s Lower School uses a collaborative teaching model to promote students’ academic, social, and emotional growth by nurturing an environment that promotes risk taking, flexibility, adaptability, empathy, and resilience through collaborative teaching which models behaviors of the adults. We seek to employ faculty and staff with diverse backgrounds who model these traits and our core values for our students and are eager to support Rashi in fulfilling its mission. 

Rashi’s Middle School seeks to promote students’ academic, social, and emotional growth by nurturing an environment that promotes risk taking, flexibility, adaptability, empathy, and resilience. We are looking for educators with a history of positive, caring student-teacher interactions, rich content expertise, and student-centered approaches to join a team of exceptional faculty who utilize a strength based approach to empower students to be their best selves in and out of the classroom. We seek to employ faculty and staff with diverse backgrounds who model our core values (respect, learning, community, spirit, and justice) for our students and are eager to support Rashi in fulfilling its mission. 

Position Responsibilities:

• Oversee science and maker curriculum review, changes, development and implementation PK-8 with appropriate grade level teachers and administration
• Conduct classroom observations and provide teachers with resources and/or pedagogical tools that support teachers in the implementation of curriculum
• Cultivate and maintain a healthy and trusting learning environment, encouraging and nurturing relationships with students
• Guide students in their social-emotional development and in their ability to establish positive and rewarding relationships
• Teach 2 sections of Middle School Science
• Lead a Middle School Advisory and participate in all areas of Middle School life
• Work collaboratively with Middle School Dean and learning specialists to support and challenge all learners that you teach
• Communicate with families in positive and professional ways including email, phone calls, meetings and parent-teacher conferences.
• Write progress reports twice a year 
• Attend relevant meetings during the school day and faculty meetings on Wednesdays after school
• Share duties (recess, lunch, etc.) set by the Assistant Heads of School
• Participating in other aspects of school life as determined by the Assistant Heads of School

Personal Characteristics:

• Collaborative
• Creative
• Analytical
• Continuous learner
• Open to feedback
• Strong communicator 
• Active listener
• Commitment to working in and fostering an inclusive community
• Belief in Rashi’s Mission and Core Values

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific field, education or related field required. Master’s degree in scientific or related fields preferred
• 5 to 7 years experience teaching, preferably with Middle School students
• Previous experience in school leadership preferred

Physical Requirements:

• Able to sit, stand, type, twist, bend
• Able to use telephone and computers
• Able to lift 10-15 lbs. 
  

How to apply:

Interested candidates should email a cover letter, resume, and professional references to jobs@rashi.org. The application deadline is January 6, 2025.

Rashi is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Guided by our core values of justice, respect, learning, community, and spirit, and with social justice as a foundational cornerstone of our school, we are committed to building an inclusive community that honors and respects each individual, their varied identities, and their spirit. We seek to listen, learn, and grow together to ensure that we are a place in which all community members can thrive. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, including age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, disability, mental disorder, familial status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.

About The Rashi School

The Rashi School is the Boston area's Reform Jewish independent school serving students in grades PK–8. Located in Dedham, Massachusetts, the mission of The Rashi School is to provide a dynamic, child-centered program of academic excellence that integrates rich secular and Jewish studies curricula and nurtures in its students’ critical minds and compassionate hearts.

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