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{2026-2027 School Year} Preschool & Kindergarten Homeroom Teacher

  • Location Dayton, OH
  • Job Type Full Time
  • Posted September 2, 2025

Preschool & Kindergarten – Homeroom Teacher


Provide world-class schooling to students from low-income communities. The Greater Dayton School will be Ohio’s first non religious private PreK-8th grade school exclusively for students from under-resourced backgrounds. 


What is great about this role? 

  • High-performing educators: Work collaboratively with some of America’s best teachers.
  • Impact & innovation: Teach the whole child in a modern-day Montessori class.
  • Wellness services:  Our students receive pediatric, dental, mental health, vision, and other wellness support.
  • Resources: We spend $30K per child annually, three times the national average.
  • 10 to 1 – student-to-teacher ratio: 2.5 teachers per class of 20 students.
  • State-of-the-art campus: We built a $60M campus designed by one of the nation’s top architecture firms.  


Does this describe you?

  • Do you love kids?  Are you one of the best teachers in your school/district?
  • Do you have a passion to teach students from low-income communities?
  • Do you like to innovate and work with a team of high-performing educators?
  • Do you want to throw out the industrial model of schooling and teach in a student centered way?
  • Do you have an undergraduate degree and at least two years of teaching experience?  As a private school, we don’t require teaching licenses.


Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Teach reading, writing, math, school jobs, and character education to a mixed age 4 Preschool & Kindergarten class.  Plan individualized lessons and units with a co-teacher.
  • Build rapport with students and families and communicate with them effectively.
  • Schedule – 10 month employee (paid breaks), 8:00a-4:30- or 8:30a-5p


Compensation:  

  • Base salary – $59k-$63k
  • Full benefits for teacher & family (0% check deductions) + 401(k) retirement
  • Relocation, child tuition at GDS, child care assistance, maternity leave
  • $1k annual discretionary classroom spending stipend and more!


APPLY NOW – GREATERDAYTON.ORG