2025-2026 Middle School Science Teacher

Responsibilities
Lakeside Middle School’s science teachers are a collaborative team. Across the four grades the curriculum includes physics, chemistry, life science, geology, global topics, climate change and engineering. Interdisciplinary, student-directed, and competency-based projects are a focus at each grade level. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic science educator who is interested in curriculum development, innovative pedagogy, culturally responsive and collaborative teaching, and working with highly motivated young students.

Specific responsibilities for this position are to:

• Teach four sections of science in the Middle School. Class size is 16-18 students per class. Each class meets for fifty minutes 2 out of every 3 days. These courses will be planned and taught in collaboration with 1-2 other teachers.
• Collaborate actively with colleagues to develop curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment that align with departmental emphasis on project based learning and teaching science through an equity and justice lens.
• Serve as an advisor for a small group of students.This involves being present for morning check-in, daily community time in the afternoon, and parent/guardian communication as needed.
• Provide academic support for students outside of class time as needed (e.g., answer homework questions via email, provide extra help during lunch or study halls).
• Attend science department meetings , faculty meetings , and other all school events.
• Participate in the life of the school community, including experiential parts of our program such as outdoor trips and service learning days.

Requirements and Qualifications

• A degree and preferably teaching experience in science, biology, and earth science.
• Have a demonstrated interest in educating adolescents, in or out of the classroom, ideally with experience teaching middle school, high school or college students.
• Proven ability to differentiate instruction to accommodate different knowledge bases.
• Have demonstrated experience in developing culturally responsive curriculum and assessment.
• Demonstrates a commitment to hands-on learning; has experience working in an experiential learning environment.
• Have experience instructing a diverse student population (race, gender, religion, politics, etc.), including teaching students with different learning styles and past experiences with science.
• Enjoys a highly collaborative work environment that values academic rigor, innovation, inclusion and creativity.
• Demonstrated cultural awareness, including knowledge of themselves and the cultural lenses they bring to interactions. The candidate will understand different perspectives; interact respectfully with cultures other than their own; and cultivate meaningful relationships with people that have different cultural frameworks.
• Committed to being a positive and contributing member of the professional community
• Be flexible and have a sense of humor (seriously, it’s middle school)!
• Candidates must satisfactorily complete two criminal background checks.

Salary and Benefits
Salary Range:$$72,388 - $128,150 based upon experience and education.

Lakeside School is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding candidates and provides a competitive compensation package. Benefits include:

• Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance (based on FTE).
• Dependent medical and vision subsidy.
• Retirement with generous employer contribution.
• Life/disability insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Free lunch.
• Free parking.
• Bus/bike benefits.
• Housing assistance program.
• Reduced facility rentals.
• Passport Corporate membership.
• Computer loan program.
• Paid holidays and vacation.
• Use of school library and gymnasium.

Additional Information
Lakeside School was founded in 1919, and currently enrolls 860 students in grades 5 through 12 from diverse ethnic, racial, religious, and economic backgrounds.

The School’s Mission and shared commitment of all Lakeside employees is to develop intellectually capable young people the creative minds, healthy bodies, and ethical spirits to contribute wisdom, compassion, and leadership to a global society. We provide a rigorous, dynamic academic program through which effective educators lead students to take responsibility for learning. We are committed to sustaining a school in which individuals representing diverse cultures and experiences instruct one another in the meaning and value of community and in the joy and importance of lifelong learning.

Working At Lakeside
To learn more about working at Lakeside, including our professional development and mentoring programs, benefits, diversity and inclusion, and opportunities for involvement in non-academic programs, please visit our page on the Lakeside School website. CareersAt Lakeside we are committed to sustaining a school in which individuals representing diverse cultures and experiences instruct one another in the meaning and value of community.