4th Grade Lead Teacher

Overview of School:

Prospect Sierra is an independent, coed TK–8 school located on two campuses in El Cerrito, California, serving 450 students. Prospect Sierra gives students the tools to build a better world by integrating rigorous academics with a deep understanding of human emotions. Every day our exceptional teachers connect students’ academic experiences to ethics, empathy, and social and emotional intelligence. The result is deeper intellectual engagement, greater self-knowledge, and compassionate relationships. Prospect Sierra students develop the courage to become more than great students, but great people. Please visit our website, www.prospectsierra.org, for more information.

Overview of Position:

This is a full-time teaching position for a Fourth Grade Lead Teacher with the contract beginning July 1 and with a start date of August 17, 2026 for the 2026-27 school year and beyond. The successful candidate will report to the Elementary School Division Head and be responsible for teaching humanities, math, and reading and writing workshops.

Responsibilities:

• Support the social and emotional development of students.
• Collaborate weekly with teaching teams, to ensure consistency between classes.
• Uphold a strong commitment to a balanced literacy approach, which includes the use of the Being a
• Reader and Being a Writer curriculum.
• Maintain our math program by following the Bridges and Number Corner curriculum currently in place.
• Coordinate buddy experiences, finding creative ways to connect across groups both at the elementary and middle school campuses.
• Collaborate with specialist teachers regarding the individual behavioral and learning needs of specific students.
• Collaborate weekly with the grade-level learning specialist and the school counselor to determine pull-out and push-in support needs for students.
• Maintain regular communication and contact with parents, including regular digital newsletters.
• Assess students regularly through unit assessments, reading assessments, projects, and class work.
• Write narrative reports two times annually for all students.
• Participate in the one night, grade level overnight study trip.

Required Qualifications

• Appreciation for and desire to work with fourth grade students
• Authentic love of helping students excel in their learning
• Knowledge of the essential role social-emotional literacy plays in the workplace and interest in the application of SEL within the educational setting
• Knowledge of identity safe and anti-bias educational practices
• Ability to create an inclusive classroom community that allows for a multitude of perspectives to be heard and respected
• Ability to take initiative, work passionately and joyfully, and collaborate effectively with diverse constituencies
• Willingness to be a team player, show initiative, and take on leadership roles as needed
• A passionate commitment to creating an innovative, joyful environment for students
• Bachelor of Arts or Science degree and/or professional coursework or certification, indicating training applicable to the responsibilities of the position

In addition to the required qualifications, desirable additional skills include:

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Flexibility
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Organizational skills and the ability to multitask
• Proficiency in essential digital tools, including Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive), email, and Slack, and a willingness to learn school specific software
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of educational technology to support teaching and learning
• Understanding of differentiated learning techniques
• A nuanced understanding of DEI/social justice knowledge from a personal or programmatic perspective
• Willingness to be flexible

Schoolwide Duties:

• Participation in all staff, division, committee, department, and grade-level team meetings
• Support and participate in schoolwide events such as: Panther Picnic, All Together Now, Walkathon etc. – as designated by supervisor
• Support the overall day-to-day needs of the division with weekly duties, such as yard supervision and curbside dismissal support
• Engage schoolwide professional development structures and processes, including but not limited to:
• Equity and Inclusion work, pedagogical best practices, technological skill development, etc.
• Follow Prospect Sierra’s Essential Expectations
• Perform other duties as may be requested by the Head of School and ES Division Head.

Salary

The salary is competitive. Benefits included. Our 2026-27 salary schedule can be found here.

How to Apply

Send a résumé (including contact information for three references) and one-page cover letter to:

Jessica Walker, Elementary School Division Head

Email: tapscottjobs@prospectsierra.org (Please put “4th Grade Elementary Lead Teacher” in the subject line)

Prospect Sierra School is an equal opportunity employer. Our community is diverse in many ways, inclusive of race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender spectrum, age, ability, and more. We welcome and value the same in our faculty and staff.