Employment Opportunities at Atrium School
Atrium School's PreK – Grade 8 progressive education encourages academic curiosity, creativity, and exploration while fostering each child's intellectual growth. Our students develop confidence in themselves and respect for others within a joyful, vibrant community of nurturing teachers, engaged parents, and enriching partnerships. Atrium School, an independent school in Watertown, serves about 125 students, with each grade typically consisting of 10-17 students.
Atrium School is committed to building and sustaining a richly diverse community that includes a wide range of family structures, racial, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds, and students with various learning styles. Atrium School’s curriculum and school culture are inclusive of, and responsive to, the diversity within and beyond our community. Our motto, Excellence with Joy, embodies the balance we strive for each day.
Current Openings:
Interim Director of Development
Substitute Teachers (Part-Time)
Interim Director of Development
Full-time five-month position, February 1–June 30, 2025
Atrium School is a progressive, inclusive PreK – Grade 8 independent school in the vibrant East End of Watertown, MA. Our program encourages deep academic curiosity, creativity, and exploration to foster each child's intellectual and personal growth. Our students are diverse and original thinkers, who develop confidence in themselves and respect for others within a joyful, energized community of nurturing and challenging teachers, engaged parents, and enriching community partnerships. For information about Atrium, please visit www.atrium.org. To apply for this role, please send a resume and letter of interest to mcarter@atrium.org.
While the Director of Development is on parental leave, Atrium seeks an interim leader for our fundraising, alum outreach, and community building work. Responsibilities include:
Leading and completing the annual Atrium Fund.
Planning and managing key events and working with the Family Association.
Communicating the recent successful closure of Atrium’s Comprehensive Campaign, and maintaining relationships with an array of donors, including endowment-building cultivation.
Overseeing and managing precise and complete database records.
Leading alum relations.
Contributing collaboratively to strategic vision, communications, and external messaging alongside fellow members of Atrium’s leadership team.
Atrium seeks an experienced development and advancement professional with experience in and/or knowledge of independent schools and nonprofits. The successful candidate cherishes a just and equitable approach to progressive education and will enjoy interacting with students, families, teachers, and community members in a warm, joyful school. He/she/they will work alongside Board members to ensure the long-term financial health of the school through philanthropy. Further, the ideal candidate is:
A proven project manager who excels at both minding the important nitty-gritty details of a project and connecting the details to their broader purpose.
Skilled at event planning, playing a key role in big and small details from beginning to end.
Relishes the effective use of technology to advance fundraising work.
A strong communicator, both in writing and speaking.
A flexible, adaptable, and positive individual who works well within a close-knit team.
This is an exciting opportunity to build depth in philanthropy and community with alums, at a young school (founded 1982). Atrium is located on the Cambridge line, in Watertown’s rapidly growing arts, culture, and technology-rich East End. At Atrium, diverse experiences, backgrounds, personalities, thinking, and identities help us be better.
Substitute Teachers (part-time)
Atrium School currently seeks substitute teachers who take the place of a teacher who is absent for personal, professional, or health reasons. Though long-term subbing situations may arise, the usual commitment is for full or partial days, one or two days at a time. Opportunities for after-school programming subs may also be available.
In PreK to Grade 5, this means assisting the co-teacher who leads the classroom.
In the Middle School, this includes facilitating and carrying out lesson plans for the day for a given class and creating reports to inform the students’ permanent teachers about the day.
Atrium School is a progressive, inclusive PreK – Grade 8 independent school in the East End of Watertown, MA. Our program encourages deep academic curiosity, creativity, and exploration to foster each child's intellectual and personal growth. Our students are diverse and original thinkers, who develop confidence in themselves and respect for others within a joyful, energized community of nurturing and challenging teachers, engaged parents, and enriching community partnerships.
Responsibilities include:
Following lesson plans provided by the regular teacher to create a cohesive and consistent learning experience for students
Managing the classroom effectively to encourage student participation and maintain a positive and creative learning environment
Supervising students in and out of the classroom, including in the halls, on the playground, and at lunch
Qualifications:
A strong candidate for the Substitute Teacher position will possess the following skills and qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or higher, preferably in education
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to lead and instruct students of all ages
Ability to adapt plans to specific classrooms
Flexibility and critical-thinking skills
Atrium is committed to building and sustaining a richly diverse community that includes a wide range of family structures; racial, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds; and students with various learning styles. Atrium School’s curriculum and school culture are inclusive of and responsive to, the diversity within and beyond our community. Our motto, Excellence with Joy, embodies the balance we strive for each day.
For further information, and to apply, please contact Front Desk Administrator Ana Mercado at frontdesk@atrium.org. In your cover letter, please mention where you first saw this position posted.