School in the Square (S2) is a growing charter school currently serving elementary and middle school students, with plans to serve families from Pre-K through High School by 2025. S2 engages, educates and empowers its students to respond mindfully and creatively to life’s opportunities and challenges, built on the belief that to optimize learning, each child and educator should feel known, heard, and safe as well as challenged. Our community is grounded in principles of justice, equity, diversity and inclusivity (JEDI), enacting a culturally responsive and sustaining lens to our pedagogical practice. S2 provides a sustainable, progressive, rigorous, learning community in which students thrive physically, emotionally, and academically and adults grow through rich and robust professional learning. We have taken seriously our obligation as a public school. Since the pandemic started we pivoted to completely close the digital divide, provide regular food pantries and deliveries, help with rent relief and anything else families need.

Respect children and are committed to working towards equity for all. Want to join a vibrant learning community. Collegial relationships through open dialogue, collaboration and sharing of effective practices. Open to learning from inevitable mistakes and value honest feedback. Values relationships first with an emphasis on social and emotional learning with high academic expectations. Empowers teachers and provides the resources to ensure student growth. Measures student growth using multiple assessment tools, including but not limited to test scores.

At S2 we take as much care with our teachers and staff as we do with our students. S2 is redefining what it means to be a teacher by supporting sustainable, rewarding careers that build on each educator’s passions and multi-disciplinary interests. All of our faculty and staff are valued professionals and we are proud to provide extended planning time, team-building and collaboration, comfortable working conditions, fair compensation and more to ensure our team members all have the tools they need to succeed. In addition to meaningful and rewarding work, S2 provides competitive salaries including opportunities for supplemental compensation, an excellent benefits package including employer short & long-term disability insurance, a 401K program with a 6% organizational match, generous paid time off, access to a federal student loan debt reduction program and a friendly work environment.