CAREERS

Elementary Financial Literacy Teacher – Job Description

The Greater Dayton School is a private PreK-8 school for students from low-income backgrounds.  Our students receive a $30K scholarship receive world-class and whole child schooling.

We’re searching for a second Financial Literacy teacher to co-teach and collaborate with our current Financial Literacy teacher.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Collaborate and co-teach grades PreK-8 in financial literacy courses
• PreK-2 – Intro. to money, counting money, spending and saving.
• 3-5 – Personal budgeting, intro. to investments, assets vs. liabilities.
• 6-8 – Advanced investing, debt, insurance, interest, stock market, Bitcoin.
• Co-operate the school economy
• Pay students for school jobs
• Run the school bank and ledger
• Implement a stock market simulation
• Co-overesee and run the school store

Character Traits and Preferred Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree (in any subject area).  
• At least 1 year teaching school age children.
• Loves kids and is motivated by their growth and development.
• Treats kids with respect, acts as a mentor, and has high expectations for students.
• Ability to effectively manage students and a classroom environment.
• Content Expertise: Economics, personal finance, investments, insurance, and interest.
• Preferred:
• At least 1 year teaching financial literacy to school age children.
• Experience operating a bank and investment simulations.
• Experience with competency based learning assessment models.
• Experience with digital learning platforms and educational technology.

Compensation + Details:

• Base salary – $59,000-$63,000 (3 year contract – annual raises)
• Hours:  8a-5p (10 month teacher work calendar, 2 months paid vacation)
• Full benefits for teacher & family (0% check deductions) + 401(k) retirement
• Relocation, child tuition at GDS, child care assistance, maternity leave