Employment

VCS seeks to hire a full-time 4th Grade Social Studies, ELA & Homeroom Leave Replacement Teacher for the 2025–2026 schoolyear to begin immediately through June 12th, 2026.

Salary range: $78,000–$142,500 annually-salary to be prorated based on start date.

Too apply, send a resume and cover letter describing your qualifications to hr@vcs-nyc.org.

Responsibilities:

• Create and sustain a joyful, inclusive classroom environment that affirms the identities of all students and supports their intellectual, social, and emotional growth.
   
• Serve as a Social Studies and ELA Teacher, designing and implementing engaging instruction that strengthens literacy, historical thinking, and analytical skills while cultivating curiosity and critical reasoning.
   
• Serve as a homeroom teacher, leading daily routines, Morning Meetings, and community-building activities that reflect VCS’s values of respect, responsibility, and belonging.
   
• Differentiate instruction, integrate hands-on and inquiry-based learning, and use data to inform teaching practices.
   
• Design and document curriculum using principles of backwards design, aligning with New York State Learning Standards.
   
• Implement accommodations and modifications as needed, and integrate technology and hands-on learning to support student growth.
   
• Regularly assess, monitor, and document student progress through both formative and summative assessments.
   
• Collaborate closely with colleagues, including grade-level teams, The Guidance Team, and the Division Directors, to ensure a holistic approach to student learning and wellbeing.
   
• Communicate regularly with families about student progress, both formally and informally, through conferences, written reports, emails, and phone calls.
   
• Supervise and support students during transitions, lunch, recess, and community gatherings, maintaining a safe and supportive environment.
   
• Participate fully in the life of the school, including attending faculty meetings, professional development, and school-wide events.
   
• Report directly to the Lower School Director.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Education or related field required; Master’s degree preferred.
   
• Minimum 3 years of elementary classroom teaching experience.
   
• Deep knowledge of elementary ELA instruction and enthusiasm for working with 4th Grade learners.
   
• Strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with a demonstrated ability to affirm the identities of all students. Collaborative spirit, excellent communication skills, and a growth-oriented mindset.
   
• Familiarity with progressive, student-centered pedagogy and experience with curriculum design preferred.

VCS seeks to hire a full-time Database Manager/Development Associate.

Salary range: $70,000–$110,000 (commensurate with experience).

Too apply, send a resume and cover letter describing your qualifications to hr@vcs-nyc.org.

This full-time, in-person position reports to the Director of Advancement and requires a person with excellent communication and organizational skills as well as facility with PC-based software (Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge, Microsoft Office, etc.).

While previous experience in independent school development would be a plus, we will consider applicants with the desire and demonstrated ability to learn quickly. Numerical skills, attention to detail, organization, flexibility, and interpersonal skills are all essential to this position, as is discretion with confidential information.

This position requires a Bachelor’s degree.

Primary responsibilities include database management (75%) and providing administrative support (25%) for the busy advancement office. Examples of duties include:

• Maintaining an accurate and up-to-date development database.
   
• Compiling data for the annual report.
   
• Entering biographical and research data in the development database.
   
• Processing donations.
   
• Printing and mailing gift receipts.
   
• Communicating with families, including coordinating mailings and correspondence via e-mail.
   
• Preparing reports and materials for meetings and events.
   
• Assisting with newsletter articles, donor tracking, managing event responses, website updates, research, and other development analysis, working in conjunction with the other members of the advancement team.
   
• Other duties as needed.